Comparing and contrasting demands of DFTA and WWRY

Don't Feed The Animals and We Will Rock You are very contrasting pieces in terms of location, characters and synopsis. However their some similarities that can be identified.



Character demands

:The character Cam that I played in DFTA was part of a school group on the bunk, he was a follower and would occasionally voice his opinion. He blended into the group and was very much part of the furniture. We all played similar characters that had the same status in the gang apart from Angel who is the gang leader. My We will rock you character Brit was extremely contrasting to my previous character, he is a leader of his people and plays a significant part within We will rock you. Leading Galileo to the Bohemians and helping him become the one to bring back the music. The obvious difference between my characters is the ages of both. Cam is a 17 year old boy with no real passion whereas the character of Brit is an adult male who has dedicated his life to a cause. The similarity is that I am portraying a different age within each role. This involves thinking about: my voice, the pitch, tone and accent, movement, how I present myself and move around the space and finally, what type of personality a person of the age I am playing will have, this involves surveying the public around me and even people of a similar age I know and their characteristics.The Key thing im going to highlight is based on my research. I intend to contrast the character's based on the oppression they have both received, this is where I take the similarities of the 2 characters, neither of them wish to conform to the higher powers, in theory they are both rebels and in both shows they are rebelling the cause. The difference being that Brit is very much one of the leader's of his rebellion, it is clear his passionate and devoted and he continues to relay this throughout the show. Cam however has a different take, he refuses to conform and rebels the idea of school and so on. But are these really his decisions? Or is he just being led astray? Using my own experiences as a child and now as an adult, I would say I am more entitled to my own thoughts, goals and opinions now. Therefore I will use this in my characterisation A major difference between the characters I am playing and the circumstances I am playing the characters is the context of the productions. One being a play set in the modern day in which singing and dancing doesn't feature, and the other within a musical in which I sing and dance and over-exaggerate my character. I feel the difference between performing in a play and a musical is quite opposing as you need to be prepared to begin a musical number during you're dialogue. It requires more movement, choreography, the use of a backing track and strong vocal ability. Adding even more pressure to just remembering a script.



My final decisions for each of my characters.

Don't feed the animals

Cam: I will take inspiration from the idea of the kid at the back of classroom, I want Cam to be uncertain of himself, on the verge of trying to make a good impression in front of Angel. I will continue to slouch and wander about on stage as if im trying to think of something impressive to do. When the scenes pick themselves up I want this energy to appear in him out of nowhere as I feel that this will show he has potentialhe just needs motivation, like alot of modern day teenagers he is trying to find his calling. For example the cartwheel scene, he wants to prove himself to everyone and this is a crucial point for him to do that.


We will rock you
Brit:I will take Queen drummer Roger Taylor as my inspirations for Brit's voice. I really want him to be the polar opposite of Cam. Meat looks to him instead of the Cam looking to Angel aesthetic. Brit will have stage
presence and a passion that is reflected to the audience, for songs like 'I want it all' I want him to encourage
the crowd to join in and get the Bohemians to really engage themselves with Galileo. I want him to reflect and
personify rebellion. Running and jumping across stage for emphasis and often getting lost in his own thoughts
and desires.