An engaging character is created by the amount of work the
actor does pertaining to the character, the amount of experimenting and playing
the actors does and also the amount of research done to develop a character.
Character Research
The name of my character is Jamal and he is 18 years of
age. My character is noticeable by is
very loud tone of voice. His speech can be heard and recognised from afar off.
Jamal really detest this habit of speaking loud but he cannot really help it.
He has made so many attempts to speak in a lower tone, but is not consistent in
doing so. He has another habit of
leaning his head in a very quick motion whenever he is speaking.
One thing he really enjoy doing is spending time with his
close friends. He lives in a North London community. It is seen as a deprived area by
many people. He resides in a flat with his mother. His flat is on the third
floor. The entrance for his flat is well secured. There is a black gate
blocking the door in which has to be opened. Behind the gate, there is a black
door. The buzzer for the flat doesn't work so the door is either knocked or the
mail section used. In front of the door, there is a brown welcome mat, a bit
dirty and the words, ‘welcome’ is faded. Inside the flat is painted pink which
he dislikes. Throughout the flat, the
floor is boarded apart from Jamal’s bedroom..
Jamal dislikes his residence because he does not live close to his
friends and he wants to move in a nice house instead of a flat. Jamal has lived
here all his life and he is tired of the same old place. His favourite place in
the flat is his room because that’s where he has alone time and space to think
and also where he smokes his cannabis without interruptions. He detest going
into the front room because his mom is always there watching Emerdale and
Coronation Street, which he hates and he is full of joy when he has the flat
for himself. In his bedroom, the wall is painted blue, with three posters of
Chelsea football club on different parts of his room. He sleeps on a small
mattress in the corner of his room with a play station controller on the bed.
The play station console is under a small table beside his mattress and the
television in which it is played on the small table. Beside the television
on the table, there is a grinder, 2 packets of cannabis, an half empty box of
cigarettes and two red lighters. In the corner of the room behind the door,
there is a small closet where his clothes are kept. He is very organized, so
his clothes are kept by trousers, then shirts, then jumpers and then jackets.
Parallel to the closet, on the other side of the room, his footwear are lined
out by the brand. Firstly, there is Nike, Adidas, Gucci, Ralph Lauren, Vans,
Puma and then his shoes for church and for special occasions. On the opposite
side of his bed, he got his dresser draw where keeps his underwear. On top of
his dresser draw, he keeps his perfume, deodorant, lotion, face cream, hair
cream, etc.
At bedtime, he sleeps in a Chelsea FC kit, including jersey,
shorts and socks. Most of the times, he dreams about playing for Chelsea FC and
scoring goals in the Champions League. Also getting rich and helping his mom
out of poverty.
He lives with only his mother because his father is in
prison for being falsely accused for dealing in drugs. His mother works as a
nurse in a North London nursing home.
In terms of his background, His mother is from Jamaica, But
his father his from Scotland and Jamaica. He believes in Christianity, but
doesn’t practice the religion. He only read the bible and prays but doesn’t
follow the commandments. In the past, He had a girlfriend called Angela who he
dearly loved and appreciated and did everything he could to make her happy. She
once loved him too, but apparently, she wants something that he cannot give.
They went out for six months, but she was not happy with the way the
relationship was going and she broke it off, but he was alright with it. This
was because she had a lot going on in her life at the time and he wouldn’t have
the amount of attention he would have wished for. When it comes to intercourse,
he loves it. He is, I would say, addicted to sex. He particularly loved the relationship he had
with Angela, reason being, as he would tell his friends, the sex was good.
Jamal's family is very working class. With his mother working
as cleaner in a college, he doesn’t really get the pocket money he wished he could get,
so as a result, he sells cannabis for his own benefit. He sells his cannabis at
Five pounds a packet. At times, he might even get a thousand pound a day, depending on
the amount he sells. He enjoys doing this because of what he earns and that
way, he helps his mother, while she believes he has a part time job working
in KFC. Even though he loves doing what
he does, he also has fear about it. He fears getting caught by the authorities, getting robbd or getting killed.
Jamal wishes he can live with his father again and wishes he
has his father living with him, since he left things as been a lot more
difficult.
There is one thing Jamal loves doing and cannot resist it.
He loves playing football. He has a passion for it and plays for a local
football team called Chesnut youth FC. H plays as a Central Attacking Midfield.
Favourite
Things
When it comes to his favourite things like the smell he
loves, it has to be said that he loves the smell of gasoline.
Jamal’s style of clothes is modern. He wears new bought
trainers, high tops to be exact, that are a bit loose on his feet to make them
last longer. His favourite foods are
afro Caribbean dishes. He eats a variety of Caribbean meals because his parents
worked in a restaurant previously. He rides a bike around to do his business
because it gets him around quite easily. He is always riding around to get his
business done quickly.
Biggest Mistake
The only
mistake he made was lying to his girlfriend which resulted in her broken up
with him.
Best Thing
The best
thing that happened in his life for a short time was the relationship he had
with his former girlfriend.
Now, most of all, he wants to get revenge on a boy called Ryan because he is always talking bad things about him.
Now, most of all, he wants to get revenge on a boy called Ryan because he is always talking bad things about him.
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