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Week Beginning the 18th November

On Monday 18th November, the last group in my class were filming their haunted house. The rest of the class went to the library to complete their Hamilton homework. I was lucky enough to help the last group with their film. I helped with the makeup and props. It was a fun experience as it was good to help out and work behind the scenes, but they were unable to finish filming because of retakes and the makeup. 

We then got into pairs and had to write a script starting with one of the following lines: 

1. No I don’t feel guilty 
2. Listen to me please 
3. Have you seen the .... 
4. Wait? Why 

Myself and Alana chose the line “no I don’t feel guilty” 
We made a plan, this is what we wrote: 


All the scripts were swapped around, we performed another pairs work. 
All performances were about relationships not going well. The script myself and Alana wrote was performed by Mark and Shadhut. It was funny to watch, they set it in a pub and acted drunk. I was pleased with how it went.  
When myself and Alana read the script written by Ashley and Adina, they helped us with certain lines. This was useful because it gave us more information about our characters. 
This exercise was to help us read and write scripts. When reading a script I need to understand the story and the characters so I know how to play my part. This will help me develop my skills in acting.


Tech work - unit 4 
On Monday 20th November I had to think of what went well and what could of gone better for our silent Movie.

WWW:
  • We worked well as a team.
  • We were able to tell each other if we did something wrong.
  • We had props, costumes and our story board ready for the film.
  • We listened to each other, so we knew when to say our own lines.
EBI:
  • When we were filming, we would laugh so we need to focus more and stay in character.
  • Make characters more over the top to make it believable.
  • Make sure what our background is on the green screen, so we know where we are and how to react.
  • In the scene where Mark gets angry with Myself, Hanna, Louis and Ashleigh as we go into the haunted house. Mark should use his facial expressions to show his anger. Myself, Hanna and Louis should express fear in our bodies and faces to give a better performance. 
fear 
anger 
On Thursday 21st November - unit 5,6 and 7 I was partnered with Alice and Albiona. We were given a starter script which we had to continue with our own lines. We decided our story would be about a serial killer on the loose. I did not think our performance went well as it was messy, and we were not centre stage. Rob agreed that it needed direction, so he went through it with us. Rob positioned us to make our performance better and clearer to see. This was helpful, next time I will stand in the correct position where the audience can see me clearer. When watching the other groups, they were able to make the rest of the class laugh because their stories were funny. We then went in our haunted house groups and re-did our story board for the editors. The title of our film is “Don’t look at the light”.
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