Hot Seating!

Hotseating is a character building technique. Someone is put under a spotlight or 'hotseated' and they have to answer questions from the audience as though they are the character. It helps them find out more about their character and how they would act in certain situations.

In the lesson, Mrs. Wolfenden and Tomas were hotseated. They then told us how the felt about what had happened and gave each other feedback. Afterwards, we added to the feedback and told us what we thought as an audience.
We discussed that quick thinking and good improvising was needed in the activity, that little bits of costume or props helped people get into character and that these interviews should be slightly uncomfortable as that shows the actors are needing to think about their characters and perhaps think ahead to what may be asked next.

10 Hotseating Questions+Answers for my character.

(8 year old girl)

1. Do you care about your body image?
   Not really. When some girls talk about it, I think for a little bit, but mum always said I was too young to worry about silly stuff like that. I think I'm normal. I think...

2. What do you know about dieting?
    Not alot. We're told about healthy diets at school and told not to eat too much chocolate and eat more fruit. And my sister complains about them cutting down on unhealthy stuff in school sometimes. Are they making us diet?

3. What do you think of celebrities?
    I think they're pretty. And skinny. But they probably have someone to tell them more about healthy dieting. Everyone likes celebrities, because they're pretty and they've got money I guess. I wish I could be a good singer like Miley Cyrus and be as pretty as her too.

4. Do you read magazines?
   Sometimes. I read some of my sisters. They have alot of clothes and gossip about celebrities that my sister doesn't like. Mums has weightless stuff in, sometimes I can read them. I'm not really bothered.

5. What do your friends think?
    My friends don't care, like me. Or, they've never said anything atleast. We all like different celebrities. Chloe complains thats some are too skinny or too pretty. Mandy tells us we look like certain celebrities or we would if we were taller or skinnier. I don't care.

6. What do you think about boys?
    My sister tells me they have germs but I only think they do if they've been playing too much football or playing in mud. Boys are nicer to me than girls, but my sister says they're the cause of everything bad.

7. How often do you exercise?
In P.E at school, obviously. And I go on bike rides and I walk to school. But that's pretty much it.