06/03/2011

On Thursday we watched the 1963 movie adaptation of "Lord of the Flies" by Peter Brook.
The movie helped me greatly with developing my character of Piggy. It gave me a more in-depth knowledge of his history and personality.

A few things that I learnt from watching the movie:
- Piggy was actually a nickname given to him by his old classmates. He was obviously hugely bullied for his weight. (Self Concious)
- He was very close to his Auntie. He depended greatly on her and looked up to her as an idol. Without her being there with him he is using Ralph as his leader/role model. (Co-Dependant)
- There was a big difference in the impression I got from our script to the film's interpretation. When I first read through the script I read Piggy's lines as though he was trying to stand up for himself and was a much tougher character than in the movie. However, now that I have learnt more about his past it makes more sense for him to be more vulnerable.

After watching the movie we split into our doubles, discussed how we are going to play the character and went through the script for Act One together. Brad and I discovered that we had quite different plans of how to portray the character. Brad was going to follow more to the character of the movie by making him very vulnerable and helpless. My portrayal is going to be that, in the first seen when he is alone with Ralph I am going to make act hime out as being quite tough and show that he is trying to defend himself, put his history of bullying behind him. Then, when the other boys enter and learn his name he returns back to his old ways and depends fully on Ralph for support and protection.

I like the fact that mine and Brad's performances and going to be rather different. I look forward to seeing how both work with the different cast members.

- Ebony.