Fraulein Kost Moodboard

The scene of her dark room and usual environments of parties she would go to
Natural Make up
Bright lip
Loose hair
Naturally Pretty
Inspiration- Mary Pickford

Score The Text

The active verbs I would give to my actor for reading their lines in the scene are:

Witty- Is quick with her humour and cleverly selects the right words for which she uses.

Amusing- Very funny and acts out her lines in a humous and silly way.

Confident- She's a woman who knows what she wants and is very comfortable in her own skin to give up her body to men.

Controlling- Controls the scene and laughs at the fact Herr Shultz has ask Schneider his hand in marriage.

Fiery- If she gets tried and tested with Schneider she bites back or speaks back about what she thinks is right.

 Obnoxious- Thinks she knows best, and is the one all the sailors want.

Flirtatious around men- She has a natural side to flirt with men to get what she wants and flirts with sailors even after getting paid so they can recommend her to their friends, which means more money.

Actioning

The active verb in the scene is the discussion she has with Fraulein Schneider and going to great lengths annoy her. This was by getting off with the sailor in front of her and calling them 'sisters under the skin.'

The active word: To Provoke

How would you translate this in make up and hair?

It should be subtle and relatively pretty looking. Shaped eyebrows, defined narrow lips. Light colours around the eyes with hints of darkness to define them. Contouring and highlighting, with flushed cheeks.

Due to the nature of her character her hair would be fashionable of its time. However, because of her profession of selling herself and in the scene I've chosen she's letting sailors out from her bedroom. I would expect her hair to be untidy and loosened because of the services she's provided.

This could be done by building up a style then backcombing it through. I would imagine the hair to be down, or loosely up.

What will happen if they don't get it now?

She will have no money to pay for rent. Which also means Fraulein Schneider will have less money as well. Its her way of living at this moment and keeps the crisis of the Weimar Republic away from her life as she can make her own money. Its her independence as a woman and if thats taken away it would get rid of her livelihood.

She needs the commitment of the sailors as her security with providing herself a living. They are her protection against homelessness and starvation which was very popular in Germany in the 1930s. She was making her own living now, and thats all that mattered.

Why do they want it now?

As there is so much unemployment, any sort of money mattered. The money she earns gets given to her admittedly as the sailors go. Its cash in hand and she feels its her only way she can deal with her money by going freelance and selling her body.

If she had a job she could lose it, or she would have to wait to get paid. Whereas quick money is what she needs right now for her the only option she feels she can live her life. As the Nazis were becoming more popular she knows the society of Berlin is going to change and needs to make the money while she can.

Why do they want it?

To be able to stay in the flat and have a somewhat decent life. Its in her eyes the only way she can make money. She also says in the scene 'I have a duty.' Like its her responsibility in the profession she's in to keep the sailors happy and to provide them with her services.

She wants to keep the sailors happy so they pay, and offers to bring there friends. She also wants to keep living in the flat and be able to look after herself as a independent woman.

What does the character want?

What they need

Money to pay for rent to stay at Fraulein Schniders house. Its the only way she can get the most money in a quick time. She is a metaphor for the problems of the economy crisis and unemployment. She feels she has no choice but to sell her body, and attracts multiple sailors to come back with her and pay.