I then worked with the other josh on the first mini script. We begun developing the scene by looking at the dialogue and how it would be used in a situation. We both felt that the dialog was extremely awkward and it felt a little forced to try and shape a scene around, so we approached it as a challenge. We first established the 'Who, Where, When's of the scene, deciding that our characters were two friends who had met up to go out for food - then after A returns from the bathroom, 'hello', B decides they need to leave to catch the bus home. We decided to make A and B friends of the same age and same interests to make the two characters easily relate to each other as it can't be assisted by the (very little) dialog. 

We then focused on developing the 'Want, Do, Feel's of the scene, adding more detail to colour the scene and the characters. Character A's objective was to catch the bus home with character B, but character B decides to stay behind and finish their drink rather than leave. This causes character A to feel disappointed and respond negatively to character B's response, B senses that A is disappointed and tries to compromise when saying "Well I'll see you then" - referencing that they should make future plans.

We then gave our lines of dialog an action to really add detail to our characters and the situation they were in. We both started with 'to greet', as both our characters were saying hello to one another, then i moved onto 'to confirm/answer' as I was responding to what B had asked me and I confirmed my answer to his question. After seeing B's disappointment, I decided to add the action 'to compromise' - this was to portray that my character genuinely felt bad about letting B down and tries to lighten the situation by suggesting to meet again in the future. However, that fails and B is withdraws from the situation and leaves, to which I finished the situation with 'to respond/to lighten' as my character is still trying to make up for the situation even as B says goodbye. By adding actions onto the each line of dialog, it really helps me as an actor understand the objective behind every single line, which therefor gives me a more detailed idea on how I should perform each line to it's full potential and get the point across. By watching other group's take on the scene, it shows just how different every scene can be with the same exact dialog but by just changing the situation and the actions on each line. The actions on the lines really help shape the detail and personality of the scene.

I then worked on the next mini scripted scene with Felix. This scene was a lot more straight forward and I felt it was a lot easier to approach as the dialog had more of a narrative to them. We began by looking at the 'Who, Where, When's of the scene to develop the situation and the characters. We decided to develop a scene between two friends who were meant to meet casually at the park but the meeting is derailed by A confessing the fact they've fallen in love with B. This helped us develop a background story for the scene and give the characters within the scene some personality and back story.

We then looked at the 'Want, Do, Feel's of the scene to add further detail to the situation and the characters. A wanted to tell B how they feel, and so they do, which isn't meant positively so it leads A to feel disappointed and saddened by the situation. As soon as A expresses their feelings towards B, B's main objective of the scene is to get the hell out of there and as far away as possible. We then added actions onto the lines to give our dialog purpose and detail. I action-ed B's first line as 'to question' as B is initially shocked by A's confession and I wanted to portray to the audience how off guard this caught my character. Then with B's second line, I action-ed this as 'to consider/to respond', this was because my character had to quickly respond to A's confession whilst also taking A's feelings into consideration. These actions helped add personality to the lines and helped me perform the scene more effectively as it had more detail and story behind every word spoken.

When then went on to developing the subtext behind each line and the scene on a whole. The subtext behind B's response is that they feel that A has taken their friendship the wrong way and doesn't want the confession to ruin the friendship they already have, B feels pity towards A. By developing subtext for the scene, it meant we were able to tell a different story through the words that were unsaid, this adds greater detail to the scene and gives us as actors more to work from. I found working and developing the subtext extremely interesting as a completely different story can be told through the subtext of a scene that's completely left unspoken by the dialog. I understand that by changing the subtext behind a scene, it changes the dynamic of the scene on a whole and could possibly change how I, as an actor, may choose to portray the characters and the situation they are in. 

Overall I found these two exercises extremely interesting and useful to work through whilst developing a scene and I will definitely use all these aspects in future projects.