Skills audit 1,2.3

Skills Audit
I think that I am quite good at speaking loudly and clearly I am open minded. I enjoy developing character and finding more about them as i do so. In ast experience I dont usually play male characters and i feel to develop as an actor I need to be be able to portray both effectively. I also tend to speed up when I am nervous but it is a habit I have nearly broken.

When learning my line i need to learn tosay them cold and not learn them in a certain tone as that may stick with me and i may tend to repeat myself. In my previous school i learnt to work the lighting and to do special effects e.g. fade out into blackout. I am good at communciating with my group ad with others and I work very well in a group. I am able to occasionally take lead if the group is off track and make sure we are doing  the right task.

Skills Audit 2

Performance skills < Voice (projection, control, accents, singing confidence) < Characterisation < Rehearsal skills < Movement/physical skills < Different styles of acting (Comedy? Shakespeare? Emotional work?) < Confidence in working with text	Out of 10 8 8 9 8/9 8 9
Current skills and experience   I am more confident and feel as though I know more about script work and what is best on how to practice when reading form a script and learning my lines. Areas to improve
Do you have skills or experience in any of the following? Stage design, make-up, directing, script writing, lighting, sound, finance, and digital IT supports, marketing administration?	Out of 10
Current skills and experience Skills to develop
Other skills in the workplace Communication Organisation Team work	()
Current skills and examples Areas to improve

Best Blog Nomination

Best Blogs:
Nominated Blog:

Blog Author: Charlie Norton

Why do you think this blog deserves the Excellence Award?

I think that this blog deserves the award because you can clearly see the effort and hard work he has put into each post. Also the background relates to the character and how he feels. I alo think that charlie deserves the award because reading his blog I have learnt new information about the character. This shows that charlir has successflly beome the character and been able to portray what the character might have been feeling at the time.

Nominated Blog:

Blog Author: Lara Orugande

Why do you think this blog deserves the Excellence Award?
Like charlies I learnt alot about the character and the effort was  clear. It was very easy to read and she went into a lot of depth and detail about everything during the whole lessons af researching and finding out more about the character.

Peer Editing Skills

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?

 

 1. I think that the strongest part of the blog is the introduction to herself and the picture that goes with it, the reason that I  think this is because the style of writing makes it seem that it is her deepest and darkest thoughts that are finally getting  and are be able to be said. I think that this is effective because of the picture it shows her in a nicer light and when she was happy which is in contrast to when she left the school feeling upset. This makes the element strong because its showing Alex for who she really is and not who other people see her as it also shows that she is like any other normal human being and wants to be treated that way.

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?

 

 2. I do there is a part of the blog that doesn't make sense every upload to the blog has had something to do with A lex and her life, or how she feels about jospeh choosing not to do the exhibition nothing is out of character or random which also makes the blog more realistic and enjoyable.

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.

 

 3.The two questions that I have are:
 .  How did you feel when Joesph said he wasn't going to do the exhibition and what are you plannning to do to change his mind?
 .  How did you feel living in a bedsit with strangers, why didnt you just go home?

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

There was few mispellings and grammatically incorrect issues such as:  now. what this is incorrect as after the full stop there should be capital letter. Another issue is not! guess  After the exclamation mark there should be a capitial letter.

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

If not, which one or ones still need to be added?

Most of the requirements have been fulfilled to great standard. However they are yet to fill out the peer editing and the skills bank.


Overall Chloe's blog was really amazing and I learnt so much about the character Alex from reading her blog and learnt about the characters deepest, darkest thoughts and how she really feels about everything that goes on inside her.

 

Acting Skills Bank

Character Creation Exercises

Researching Character/Play

Historical, Cultural, Social, Political

            Finding given circumstances

Hot Seating

Improvised Scenes

Create the previous scene

Working with physical objectives

            Playing objectives

            Finding useful physical objectives

3 Line Scenes

Taking Direction

Working on a prescribed set

Acting Skills

Voice Warms Ups

Sirening

Breathing

The tip of the teeth and the lips

Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers

Physical Warm Ups

            Cat stretch

            Rolling down the spine

            Pull and Pressing Exercise

            Shoulder Rolls

Energy

Status

Emotional State

Physicality

Evaluation

Skills Audit 1

Skills Audit 2

Evaluate what learnt already

Evaluate how you’ve improved.

Evaluate your ability to communicate character using voice and body.

Evaluate your awareness of audience and space.

For character creation exercises we research the character to find out more about the character, there background and why they act a certain way towards a certain subject. I researched Rwandan genocide as the play is based around this topic and to understand the play fully i needed to understand and learn more about the genocide. Also the Rwandan genocide is a significant moment in history and has effected and is still effecting a lot of people today all over the world. I think that finding the given circumstances (the facts from the scripts) is very useful because you need to be sure to base your character around these circumstances to make the play more believable.

I think that hot seating is very useful because you can learn a lot about a character due to hot seating that you couldn't learn about in the play, characters deepest feelings. It is also good because the person who is being hot seated can find out things about the character that they didn't even know themselves. Hot seating is putting someone on the spot and asking them question relating to the character that they are playing. Whilst rehearsing for the play we improvised the previous scenes, trying to think about what the character would say before the scene that we were rehearsed. I think that this is useful because it helped me understand more about the character and how they might have been feeling in my scene, also why they were feeling this way. I also improved on my improvisation skills.

Throughout the weeks of working on this play we have been practising working with objectives - not just any objectives but physical objectives. A physical objective is an action that can be played without using any speech. Even though working with physical objectives may look and sound easy it isn't because it is hard to find and objective that is physical and represents what you are trying to do. However after finding the right objective it makes becoming the character and understanding how the character responds to certain situations a lot easier.

When we improvised 3 line scenes it was really helpful because we were able to focus more on the actions and less on the actual dialogue. Working on a prescribed set is more useful than working on a set that is made up because when performing your piece it is best to know your surroundings and be able to adapt  to them and be used to them however not knowing your surroundings can lead to problems e.g. The audience not being able to see you. Each action is worth 1000 words.

Rwandan Genocide

• Throughout the course of 100 days from April 6 to July 16 1994, approximately 800,000 to 1 million Tutsis and some moderate Hutus were massacred in the Rwandan genocide.



Victims of the genocide lay in large gravesides throughout Rwanda

 

• During this period, more than 6 men, women and children were murdered every minute of every hour of every day. This efficiency of killing was maintained for more than 3 months.
• There are between 300,000 to 400,000 survivors of the genocide.
• Between 250,000 and 500,000 women were raped during the 100 days of genocide. As a result of this rape, up to 20,000 children were born from these women.
• More than 67% of women who were raped during the genocide were infected with HIV and AIDS. In many cases, this resulted from a systematic and planned use of rape by HIV+ men as a weapon of genocide.
• There are 10 times as many widows than widowers – almost 50,000 widows of the genocide.
• Nearly 100,000 survivors are aged between 14 and 21, of which 60,000 are categorised as very vulnerable.
• 75,000 of survivors were orphaned as a result of the genocide.

• Due to poverty, over half the children who survived stopped their schooling.
• 40,000 survivors are still without shelter, many whose homes were destroyed in the genocide.
• 7 in 10 survivors earn a monthly income of less than 5000 Rwandan Francs (Equivalent to 8 American Dollars)





Orphaned Child

 

What Is Acting Skills Today?

Grading Criteria For Drama
P1 Demonstrate competent use and control of technical and interpretive acting skills in practice and development

M1 Demonstrate competent use and control of technical and interpretive acting skills, showing consistency in focus, response and effort in practice and development

D1 Demonstrate competent use and control of technical and interpretive acting skills, showing imagination and insight and a high level of focus, response and effort in practice and development.

What Is Good Acting?

Good acting is always staying in character and to become the character that you are playing, it is effecting the audience in a way that is purposeful E.g. They feel empathy for the character. I also think that good acting is partly being yourself to a certain extent when being a character no matter what is going on outside the scene or room. It is also to believe in yourself and the character so the audience believes you to. You could maybe use past experiences to hack how the character is feeling.Good acting comes from the body when acting you should use the entire body. You should always act and play with feeling and try to understand why your character acts and is the way they are never use monotone unless that is your character.

I think that Denzel Washington is a very good actor because when you look into his eyes you see the character you see what the character and him are feeling as though they are one, he looses himself in the character and i think that this is good example of his talent in acting:

What Is Bad Acting?
I think that bad acting is not trying to understand your character and not attempting to find out why your character does certain things and acts a certain way. Bad acting is not being nice and respectful towards others. Don't go to far always make sure everyone is comfortable in what you are performing. Bad acting is not taking on notes of how to improve or not listening to teachers or peers when they have constructive feedback. Speaking without feeling and emotion and visibly not having confidence is also some examples of bad acting. Bad acting is not using your body to full extent and always keep in character and do not come out of character. 

I think that it is quite hard to find bad acting as it depends on how you define it, however I think the following scene is quite a good example of what bad acting is because the man in the video did not react appropriately to the situation he was in and didn't use a range of facial expressions to make the scene more realistic:

Skills Audit
I think that I projected my voice quite well and was heard when we did the last activity at the end of the day. I stayed in character most of the time and tried my best not to come out of character however I think that at one point I may have laughed due to the audiences reaction to the piece I was performing.  When I was rehearsing I was very focused as was my group i think that we rehearsed quite well. There was a lot of movement happening in our scene and our performance was seen as a comedy. I think that i am very good at projecting my voice and im not usually quiet. I need to practice at being more confident and becoming the character and not just acting the character.