evaluation of my performance in 'the witness' 16th oct 2013

I feel my performance was very successful and one of my best performances I have done so far! For my performance I think I would give myself a distinction, although there are always things to be improved on. I felt that I had practiced all my acting skills and could put them into my performance. I knew my queues and was sure of all my lines. I tried to concentrate on my breathing, like we did in our warm ups. I was clear on my objectives and my character circumstances. I didn't rush my scene and tried to be aware of the audience and their positioning.

Next term, I would like to try to improve my improvisation work and on my character creation work. I want to  try and put 100% effort  and concentration into my work, so that I can get a distinction for my performance next term.

Acting Skills

We have used a number of techniques to develop our skills in theatre...

Voice warm ups

Tongue twisters-  tongue twisters help to exercise your mouth. They also improve your pronunciation, because in order to say them correctly, you have to make each word really clear. This is a helpful exercise because when you are performing it is really important that you pronunciate your words so that it is clear to the audience what you are saying. Some of the tongue twisters we have used are...
-she sells sea shells on the sea shore.
-peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, a peck of pickled peppers peter piper picked.
-the tip of the tongue, the teeth and the lips.

Breathing- we did  exercises where we concentrated on our breathing whilst combining it physical movements. This was helpful for me as it connected my physical movement on stage to my breathing patterns.

We also lay down and imagined we had a feather resting on our lips. We took a deep breath to let our ribs expand, then blew out, trying to keep the imaginary feather up in the air. This is also helpful to make you aware of your breath and it is important that you are, because when you are on stage you need to know where to breath when your are saying your lines.

Breathing exercises are very effective at the begging of rehearsals as they help you get into neutral, and then you can then easily get into your character from your neutral state.

nominations for best blog

Nominations for best blog.

Walk around the room and view the various blogs designed by your classmates. Browse. Enjoy. Link. Read the content—don’t just view the graphics! It is the combination of the two that makes a blog strong.

Now, nominate two blogs for Excellence Awards. These blogs should represent their characters accurately AND demonstrate exceptional style and writing. Please write at least four sentences about each blog you nominate, explaining why it deserves the award.

Nominated Blog: samjohnsonactingskills.blogspot.com

Blog Author: Sam Johnson

 

Why do you think this blog deserves the Excellence Award?

It had really good content, which was informative and interesting. The images where relevant, as was the layout. It  had had a lot of work put into it.

Nominated Blog: hollygraciaactingskills.blogspot.com

Blog Author: Holly Gracia

Why do you think this blog deserves the Excellence Award?

It fitted all the requirements. everything was done to a high standard.

partner evaluation

Remember to be kindly critical and honest. 

1.  What do you think is the strongest part of the blog? This could be a certain post, the writing style, the graphic design, the use of alternative media, the images, etc. What makes this element so strong?

The images that have been used in Olivia's bog are personal to Simon, relate well to the posts, and makes the blog more interesting. She has also used a writing style that is suitable to the character Simon. the posts that have been written reflect on Simon's memories and past experiences, which makes the blog realistic.

 

2.Is there a part of the blog you find confusing? A part that doesn’t seem to quite match the rest or the character for which it was designed? A link for which you don’t understand the connection? Can you give some suggestions for how to improve that part?

One of the posts mentions that next year is 2014, although the play is set in 2012, there for the next year would be 2013 !!  Maybe Olivia could make sure she knows her characters given circumstances more clearly.
 

3.After reading the blog, what would you like to know more about? Is there a post that leaves you with questions? Write down at least two questions to help your partner further develop this blog.

What is the basic information of your character, etc. name, age, background, relationship? Could you include a photo of your character ?  
What is Simon feeling about meeting his sister and being rejected by Joseph?

4.  Did you notice any major misspellings or grammatical issues? Please note down anything.

If you don't know Google it. If you don't know, Google it.
 

5. Did your partner fulfil all the requirements on the Character Blog Requirements handout?

 

 No Olivia hasn't, but if the questions are answered from 3, then she will have.  

evaluation for lesson 3/10/13

I would give my performance an M1. This is because my objectives where clear for the first part of the scene, showing that I am putting my acting skills that I had learnt into practice. I put a lot of effort into learning my lines and objectives and tried to focus through out the rehearsal.  

I think I could of got a D1 if I had been clear about what my objectives where through out the whole scene. I think I could have put even more effort into the lesson and kept my focus high throughout.