This month part of my method training requires me to choose an animal most akin to myself and to start working out ways of humanising their movement and behaviour. I have chosen the wild Welsh mountain pony.

I have been studying the ponies on Newport mountain and Carn ingli in Pembrokeshire. They are incredibly captivating to watch,very cautious and as yet I haven't been able to get too close. Limited time doesn't allow me to build any sort of bond with them,but sitting quietly observing them has given me enough information for the time being to start work translating and applying their behaviour to everyday human activity.

This work is extremely useful when working on a character. I will be applying this work to my scene study's latest character 'Sarah Packard' (From the 1961 film 'The Hustler' starring Piper Laurie (Sarah) and Paul Newman (Eddie).