In the lesson, we started of by doing an exercise we firstly had to get into the character of someone being late, while the teacher said commands. Furthermore, we had to respond and to accomplish that we had to really focus and listen, this helped me because it got me focus into the mindset of Sephy's character, we then progressed into doing a debate activity by splitting the class up and making one half against segregation and the other for segregation (the half I was in) we made many different points towards each other, out of the activity I developed an understanding of the political world and what's actually going on and how serious it is. I then took on board what I learnt from that activity and portrayed that in my character by remembering some of the view points that was said and thinking about if Sephy would agree, the activity also helped me to understand the play in depth and to be more knowledgeable about it as well, knowing the background of the play.
When we ran through the whole performance, it helped me to acknowledge other people's interpretation of the different characters and I was able to evaluate them and use their ideas to shape my own scene.
Upon reading last weeks peer assessment, I have improved on my lack of energy by taking more risks during the scene to enhance the level of drama seen by the audience, because the scene is quite dramatic I chosen to use a bit of melodrama. Also to improve the over use of pauses, I used Miss. Goodall's technique by making my lines into a monologue, which helped because not only does it allow me not to rely on the other person but it also helps me with my improvisation skills.
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