25/09/14

• What is subtext? We were asked in the lesson to do write subtexts for our character that's for the scene, most of use didn't understand the task, so in the lesson we began to understand that it meant that what is the emotion, the true meaning behind our words for example someone could say to someone that they hate them but actually they mean they love them, so we had to write what the character actually was thinking and meant for what they were saying. most of the groups had loads of subtext most didn't such as mine. My scene was very literal from mine and my partners perception as we thought what the character was saying is actually what they thought except from one line where Callum speaks, but overall it was really hard to find subtext in my scene as i said it was really literate. as our lines were basically the same to what the character was thinking it didn't really change the scene in any way as we thought.

Unit 3 Acting Skills Audit: DATE: 25/09/14

Throughout your blog you will be marked on:

P2 Present an on-going review of acting skills, describing strengths and areas to develop

M2 Present an on-going review of acting skills, describing strengths and areas to develop, setting achievable targets for improvement and reviewing progress

D2 Present an on-going review of acting skills, describing strengths and areas to develop, setting achievable targets for improvement and evaluating progress

Workshop and rehearsal observations:

Which acting strengths have you been able to demonstrate today? How?
i demonstrated a lot on characterisation so actually being the character and trying to think like her and act like she would also knowing the blocking helped so i could work more on the character and make my character realistic. I learnt all my lines so this was an advantage and this meant we could do more rehearsal and i could develop and teak more on my scene to make it better. also i did well on movement memory but remembering all the blocking and thinking ahead before i make the movement  so i wouldn't need to stutter on my words just to remember movement. Finally i think i demonstrated my pace well and not rushing any of my lines

Some key words: 

articulation      

projection      

breath control      

learning lines   

pitch, inflection and modulation 

tone and vocal colour        

phrasing             

pace                

use of pause              

gesture  

facial expressions     

characterisation         

staying in role             

balance                   

coordination 

movement memory       

spatial awareness       

weight placement        

focus and control 

relaxation                              

pace, energy and dynamics 

Which acting skills do you need to develop based on the workshop today? Why?
I need to work a lot on energy because i will build up with energy but then I'll start to loose it and the character won't become believable and the audience won't start to enjoy it because it'll look really fake, furthermore i need to work more on gesture and not just standing still but using body language to go with the facial expressions i do, last of all i need to improve in staying in character because sometimes when i muck up a line i come straight out of character and apologise when i should carry on and at like there isn't a mistake 

Set yourself  three targets:

1. use energy throughout the scene 

2. relax more when performing 

3. use gesture to go with facial expression

Reflect on the targets set:  Have they been achieved? How?  
I have reflected on some of my targets, the only target i did not meet was relax when performing, as i was panicking and i was thinking of my lines before i said them which made me mess up my lines or forget what i was saying. so it wasn't really a listen and response tasks.           

Date of review: 29/09/14