Assessment 1

i) Through out last Wednesday morning, the task of bringing our relationships to a resolution was given to the group just after an improvisation exercise in which we were allowed to explore new relationships with other characters. Personally my character couldn’t find any other strong connections apart from Andrew’s and Sylvia’s characters. Although my character wouldn’t find any other connections he definitely found a much bigger connection to Andrew’s character. Theirs relationship on the piece achieved a whole new level of intensity and with that we were able to bring our fraction of the performance to an end. The exercise was important to finally help me understand my feelings for Andrew’s and Sylvia’s characters. So far I was not given the opportunity to work on my characters reactions to the different situations he comes across, I was only allowed to work on his feelings and develop his personality. On this exercise I was able to give appropriate responses to his emotions and therefore develop his personality even more. My character has achieved a new stage of personality, much more mature and developed.

ii) Bringing all the fractal bits to an end gave to every character a reason to be in this community. After all the process we have been through, all the characters now know why they belong to this community and what their role in it is. To my character was a great relief when he finally understands why he is there and also gave him more confidence and purpose to stay in it. It is clear the difference when my character walks in to the last community section, It is easy to tell how more comfortable and confident he is compared to the first section. Now he has someone beside him, he is no longer alone and confused.

iii) Life is fractal, and finally the last bit was brought to life, all the characters now really know themselves as a whole. For some of the performers this last Wednesday session might reflect on the earlier stages of their relationships, although this is all part of the development of the characters, this will surely bring the whole performance to a new level of understanding and therefore might change its structure as well.