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Sunday, 9 December 2012
Staging
Staging
Q1 - It is a good chance for us as performers to practice performing to a audience not just infront of us but surrounding us.
Q2- It limits the space to perform in width wise.
Q3- Ever since i started acting i have always learnt to face the audience when acting so a challenge for me will be opening up to an audience all around me and trying to perform at all angles so that i can be seen by the whole audience and they will not feel blocked out.
Lesson 5 - First Rehearsal
Lesson 5 - First Rehearsal
Today we started the lesson with working out our sequences with the other people that are being the same character as each other to try and show the audience we are the same character, we made Cathys sequence in perfect time and her doing her makeup and staring at her self because we portrayed her as quite vain , wierd and dopey
I did not rehearse this week as im in scene 3 so i did a character story board and watched .
Today we started the lesson with working out our sequences with the other people that are being the same character as each other to try and show the audience we are the same character, we made Cathys sequence in perfect time and her doing her makeup and staring at her self because we portrayed her as quite vain , wierd and dopey
I did not rehearse this week as im in scene 3 so i did a character story board and watched .
Monday, 3 December 2012
Lesson 4 - Casting Workshop
Lesson 4 - Casting Workshop
Q1- I found the workshop actually very fun as i found it quite a professional process of auditioning for the play, I read in for Jan, Leah and Lou, i particularly wanted to play these roles as i liked each of those characters story's a lot.
Q2- I found the workshop interesting to observe as it was fun to see all the ways that people interpretative the text for a character in comparison to someone else. I was impressed by the way that Kim experimented with reading different characters in certain ways to make sure every time she read for a different character it wasn't the same.
Q1- I found the workshop actually very fun as i found it quite a professional process of auditioning for the play, I read in for Jan, Leah and Lou, i particularly wanted to play these roles as i liked each of those characters story's a lot.
Q2- I found the workshop interesting to observe as it was fun to see all the ways that people interpretative the text for a character in comparison to someone else. I was impressed by the way that Kim experimented with reading different characters in certain ways to make sure every time she read for a different character it wasn't the same.
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Physical Theatre Lesson 4 - A Day In The Life Of Your Character
Physical Theatre Lesson 4 - A Day In The Life Of Your Character
In today's physical theatre class we explored a day in the life of our character from waking up in the morning, throughout the school day, when we came home in the evening and to sleep, I chose to be Lou as throughout the course and reading the play i thought she was a male part but was ecstatic to find out that the part was actually a girl so i wanted to explore her character more and get a feel for her and her daily life out of D.N.A. From reading through the script i can tell Lou is a very popular, strong and feared character as John Tate explains that shes not scared of anyone and lots of people are scared of her giving me the impression that in a school environment she would be one of those girls that you wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of. When acting out a day in the life of her i tried to play her very strong headed and confident and very socially connected, she walked around with her head held high and always on the phone and texting and calling all of her many friends. I think this exercise was very beneficial to us and would be a very good thing to do once we know are parts because it will help us to gain a better understanding of are characters back story so we can play the characters honestly and portray there characters personality convincingly.
In today's physical theatre class we explored a day in the life of our character from waking up in the morning, throughout the school day, when we came home in the evening and to sleep, I chose to be Lou as throughout the course and reading the play i thought she was a male part but was ecstatic to find out that the part was actually a girl so i wanted to explore her character more and get a feel for her and her daily life out of D.N.A. From reading through the script i can tell Lou is a very popular, strong and feared character as John Tate explains that shes not scared of anyone and lots of people are scared of her giving me the impression that in a school environment she would be one of those girls that you wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of. When acting out a day in the life of her i tried to play her very strong headed and confident and very socially connected, she walked around with her head held high and always on the phone and texting and calling all of her many friends. I think this exercise was very beneficial to us and would be a very good thing to do once we know are parts because it will help us to gain a better understanding of are characters back story so we can play the characters honestly and portray there characters personality convincingly.
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Lesson 3 - Creating Truth (part 2)
Lesson 3 - Creating Truth (part 2)
Task: Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski was a Russian actor and theatre director. His system of acting has developed an international reach. Stanislavski treated theatre-making as a serious endeavour, requiring dedication, discipline and integrity.
Task: Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski was a Russian actor and theatre director. His system of acting has developed an international reach. Stanislavski treated theatre-making as a serious endeavour, requiring dedication, discipline and integrity.
Q9- Subtext is the hidden truth behind a characters lines.
Q10- We worked out the subtext behind Leah's monologue so we could try and fit the way we said those lines to the actual text.
Q11- I think it did help us have a better understanding of Leah because it really showed me how Needy Leah is.
Q12- A truthful performance is important for DNA because it is set in this time period and this means we need to play the characters as we would if we had those feelings.
Lesson 3 Ceating Truth (1)
Lesson 3 - Creating Truth
Q1- We want to create truth on stage so that the when we are performing we can make the audience belive what we are saying because if we dont belive it neither will the audience.
Q2- We played this game to push ourselfs to try and make the other performer genuinly believe the line we are saying to them.
Q3- I learnt that if i say a line in a way that i would say it if i was in that situation i can really make the other character feel what im saying and it encourages them to do the same.
Q4- Chem had just got a girls number that he had liked for a very long time, at first Chem found it challenging to show the emotions that he would feel in the situation but after we gave him some constructive critisism to improve his performace he performed very well and created a truthful performance, Chem did this by us telling him to really put himself in the situation and think about a girl he liked and how he would feel when he got her number.
Q5- Non Verbal Communication is when you us facial expressions and physicality to tell a story and interact with another character.
Q6- I created a scene with Romy and we where in a Hospital with a young girl waiting to hear the news if her father had passed away and the nurse tells her that he didnt make it causing her to start crying and morning.
Q7- We made the scenes truthful by watching the other performances and by watching others it was feeding us emotions that we could express in our scence.
Q8- I thought Mia and Ellas was really good as when they hugged in theres you could see how much emotion they where feeling from how strong it was.
(TO BE CONTINUED...)
Q1- We want to create truth on stage so that the when we are performing we can make the audience belive what we are saying because if we dont belive it neither will the audience.
Q2- We played this game to push ourselfs to try and make the other performer genuinly believe the line we are saying to them.
Q3- I learnt that if i say a line in a way that i would say it if i was in that situation i can really make the other character feel what im saying and it encourages them to do the same.
Q4- Chem had just got a girls number that he had liked for a very long time, at first Chem found it challenging to show the emotions that he would feel in the situation but after we gave him some constructive critisism to improve his performace he performed very well and created a truthful performance, Chem did this by us telling him to really put himself in the situation and think about a girl he liked and how he would feel when he got her number.
Q5- Non Verbal Communication is when you us facial expressions and physicality to tell a story and interact with another character.
Q6- I created a scene with Romy and we where in a Hospital with a young girl waiting to hear the news if her father had passed away and the nurse tells her that he didnt make it causing her to start crying and morning.
Q7- We made the scenes truthful by watching the other performances and by watching others it was feeding us emotions that we could express in our scence.
Q8- I thought Mia and Ellas was really good as when they hugged in theres you could see how much emotion they where feeling from how strong it was.
(TO BE CONTINUED...)
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