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Unit 1 & 3 - 10th October 2019


Practical work 1:
We were given a sheet which was about our Identity performance.

We had to answer these 3 questions:

1. What were the skills we identified that performers need?
2. What do you feel you have developed and say why you feel that you have?
3. What are your personal targets for the next project?

For the first question I wrote:

1. Projection
2. Stay in role
3. Confidence
4. Clear voice
5. Good listening skills
6. Focus
7. Facial expressions
8. Teamwork
9. Taking your time


For the second question:

1. I have developed my confidence with my classmates because I am able to give ideas for improvisation, class discussions and mix with them outside of class.
2. My voice because I have been able to speak louder and clearer.
3. I have been able to take my time when doing my verbatim, really thinking about how to perform my lines. This is because my verbatim was from my dad which was easy to do because he took pauses and spoke in a clear voice when speaking.


The third question:

1. Stay in character when something goes wrong.
2. Use more facial expressions for my characters, so the audience can see how I am feeling, using my voice to express my emotions too.


Practical work 2 - Unit 3:
We started the class with warm ups for the voice so we can speak louder and more clearer.

We then got into pairs and named ourselves A and B. Bs would have their finger in front of As nose and direct them to move in different directions. We were then told to change roles. Doing this activity helps you to trust your partner, working as a team.

We then got into groups of 4s. We did a performance about a haunted house. Ashley, Mark and Hanna were in my group.

Ashley, Hanna and I went to a fortune teller who was played by Mark. He told Ashley that she was going to die in a haunted house. Mark changes character and becomes one of our friends. We all decided to go to a haunted house, but Ashley did not want to go in because of what she heard from the fortune teller.
Hanna, myself and Mark were able to convince Ashley to enter the haunted house with us. By persuading her not to listen to the fortune teller. But when we entered Hanna saw a blue light and became possessed and froze. We try to wake her up, but it did not work. Hanna then looked at me and I become possessed by her. I then looked at Ashley and possessed her, she fell to the floor. She then looked at Mark and he changed back into the fortune teller again. He tells us that Ashley is cursed, and she needs to die. Hanna and I run and Ashley dies.

I felt our improvisation went very well because we were able to work as a team. We were able to listen to everyone’s ideas, some we used for the performance.

Then we watched everybody else’s improvisation. They made me feel scared and laugh.

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