CHARACTER ANALYSIS FOR VOCAL INTERPREATION AND PERFORMANCE

YOUR NAME:
NAME OF CHARACTER:
NAME OF PLAY:

WHO?
AGE:
HEALTH:
FAMILY AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND:
GEOGRAPHIC BIRTH AND UPBRINGING:
MENTAL CONDITION:
EDUCATION:
VOCATION:
AVOCATIONS:
MILITARY EXPERIENCE:
FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES:
YOUR ESSENCE:
WHO ARE THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE SCENE?
HOW DO YOU SPEAK TO THEM AND BEHAVE TOWARD THEM?
HOW THEY SPEAK AND BEHAVE TOWARD YOU?
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT (OR REFLECT) YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR FEELINGS, YOUR
WORDS AND YOUR ACTIONS?
WHAT?
WHAT IS THE EVENT (THE HAPPENING OR THE OCCASION) IN WHICH YOU FIND
YOURSELF?
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE COURSE OF THIS EVENT?
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO HAPPEN?
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAPPEN?
WHAT ACTUALLY OCCURS?
WHAT ARE THE NON HUMAN ELEMENTS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING
ANIMATE AND INANIMATE OBJECTS, ARCHITECTURE AND FURNISHINGS,
MECHANICAL OBJECTS AND EVERY OTHER THING YOU ARE USING, WEARING,
CARRYING OR OTHERWISE EXPERIENCING?
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR FEELINGS, YOUR WORDS AND
YOUR ACTIONS?

WHERE?
WHERE IS THE EVENT?
WHAT NATION?
WHAT REGION?
INDOORS OR OUTDOORS?
WET WEATHER OR DRY?
COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURE OR UNCOMFORTABLE?
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE?
FORMAL OR INFORMAL?
PLEASANT OR UNPLEASANT?
FAMILIAR OR UNFAMILIAR?
SAFE OR DANGEROUS?
HOW DO THOSE ELEMENTS AFFECT YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR FEELINGS, YOUR
WORDS AND YOUR ACTIONS?

WHEN?
THE YEAR?
THE TIME OF YEAR?
THE TIME OF DAY?
THE DAY OR DATE OR MOMENT OF PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE?
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR FEELINGS, YOUR WORDS AND
YOUR ACTIONS?

WHY?
WHY ARE YOU THERE – YOUR REASONS AND NOT THE REASONS OF OTHERS?