The focus was on Brecht's idea of gestus.
Gestus is the attitude of the actor as they perform gestures and movements. The purpose in Brecht's style is show meaning or to represent something, to explore this using the mode of a car salesmen, a lawyer and a telemarketer the focus was on communicating the image of those people through minimal voice and movement.
Through exaggerated movement I explored Brecht's theory to convey my occupation through stereotypical words or gestures. An example would be with the theme of a Lawyer. By having a straight posture and speaking in a clear, strong tone I showed authority in my voice suggesting that I was a Lawyer but not giving enough information for the audience to get attached to my character.
To contribute to this with each gesture, such as walking towards my defendant, or pleading with the judge, to add to the stylised piece I said subject specific words such as, object!, client and not guilty.
This follows Brecht's theatre by limiting my speech to key words I can give the same message - that I am a lawyer- but without performing in a naturalistic style and therefore the brief encounter does not allow the audience to emotionally invest in the character.
If I was to do this exploration again I would, as a lawyer, show less emotion through my face, as I think, for the style of Brecht, it shows too much emotional depth to the character rather than portraying them as a member of authority or perhaps a representation of the upper social class.
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