Wednesday 21 May 2014

My character Simon

In the play I am playing a young man roughly I have placed his age round about 17 only because not only has he now family but teaches himself a number of things and I wanted him to be roughly near the same age as Bonnie and Sylvia or maybe older as he does protect both of the girls without fear and he has no one in his family apart from geese which he sells to make money for himself and lives in a forest cave which i picture being big as in a circle but not to far in the mountain hill, I think of this only because of the things which he would have belonging to him like food, bed and a pen to keep the geese. I do have a picture of what i have been told to dress my character but my camera quality isn't as good but i have put what type of clothing i will be wearing------->

Next is about my posture, now this will sound silly but I have done some research on archery about different stances which they position themselves before shooting and how far they should pull the string back (archers always pulling the bow string back to their chin, any less their wont be enough power in the shot of the arrow and pull it to far back their is a chance of the bow string will snap or it will strain the archers wrist and forearm dis-balancing the shot). Archers never hold the position for long because the target could move and it would be a waste shot so most archers which i have researched never normally aim they ''quick shot'' if they want to get a clean shot at a target, these shots are normally used for medium to short range shots, if the target is at a long range distance the archer does take his time at aiming and takes a deep breath......slowly breaths out to calm to body.......release and the arrow will have enough power to piece the skin on animals and non-armored people, sometimes it can work on armored solider's if the arrow hits the right position were the armor is less protected or their is an open space. Here is a picture diagram of other positions from a different culture who uses a bow > 




















1 comment:

  1. You have an understanding of your character here and have given some thought to details like age and backstory, offering some justification of your decisions.

    This is a good post, and I would like to see much more like this in your Look Back in Anger Blog. You have done some good character work and the detail of your research into archery had a definite impact on your portrayal of Simon in the scene where he rescues the girls - your mime was very convincing and your physicality excellent in creating a believable moment.

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