After agreeing on a set of rules, we spent the rest of the lesson running our opening again paying close attention to the Proximity of our characters. We set Lilly (Freya) center stage on the left end of the desk and then set everyone else around her. When William (Tom) enters he initially sits on the other table, away from Lilly but he then moves to sit directly opposite her. We are trying to show how socially inept William is to the audience by having him move seat just to talk to Lilly. We then have Bennett and Cissy enter and sit together (to show their relationship) on the separate table also showing that they don't know Lilly and don't like William. Lilly then moves closer to Cissy after they have introduced themselves to show that Lilly wants to get away from William. William however moves closer to Lilly to show his start of obsession with her. We had Nicholas (Theo) enter the scene and sit at the big table, away from everyone but close enough to show that he is friends with the group. I entered and walked strait up to Lilly to show that she is who I need to see, I then move to sit next to her after William moves away and I take his seat to show my interest in Lilly. When I start talking to Cissy, Lilly moves away because I seem a bit weird and she finds Nicholas more normal so she moves over to him. I move closer to Cissy to show our close friendship. Chadwick enters and goes strait for the book shelf to show he is a character who does everything with a purpose. Chadwick never sits down and he stays away from Bennett until Bennett comes to him.
Proximity is the placement of people/characters in regards to other characters/audience.
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