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Week Beginning the 3rd February

On Monday 3rd February, myself, Hanna, Louis, Henok and Aso presented our presentation for the context of Citizenship.
After the presentations were shown two people from each group were nominated to go to the front to be asked question about Citizenship. 
One question shenagh asked was “what do you think Citizenship is about?” My reply was mental health,the others said there are more than one theme to Citizenship, and these are their examples: 
  1. Identity 
  2. Mental health 
  3. LGBT 
  4. Teen pregnancy 
  5. Making decisions 
This is the Q&A session we had with Shenagh after our Citizenship presentations: 


Afterwards,Shenagh informed the class that our presentations will decide who will get onto the level 3 drama course in September. When I heard this, I started to feel nervous because really want to study this course in September.

 Theses are the WWWs and EBIs of my presentation:

 WWW:
  1. I was able to speak in a loud and clear voice. 
  2. I was able to pronounce words that I found hard to read. 
EBI: 
  1. Read notes before presentation so I can understand what I am saying. 
  2. Stay in one position (not swaying). 
  3. Act professional. Be in character. 
This is a video of our presentation: 


On Tuesday 4th February, we rehearsed our scenes for Citizenship and then performed in front of Rob so he could give us feedback. 

This is my feedback:
  1. Speak from the chest as I’m speaking at one level. 
  2. Slow down. 
  3. Have my hair back to see my face.  
In tech work, my group for Silent films talked to Ezra who will be helping us with our live Movie performance. We told him what lighting we wanted. He is going to the Camden Peoples Theatre to check what lighting is available for us.  

For example:

 Scene 1 - Ouija Board: 
Red Spotlight beamed above us whilst playing Ouija board.

 Scene 2 - Fun Fair: 
Colourful lights to show we are at a fun fair. 
The lights will change colours slowly to create an atmosphere of a fun fair. 

 Scene 3 - Fortune Teller: 
White spotlight on all of us when we are with the fortune teller. 
Red spotlight on fortune teller when he is miming death by cutting his throat.
A red flickering light whilst fortune teller laughs. 

 Scene 4 - Haunted House:
Blue light

Scene 5 - Car Scene: 
Flickering lights when Myself and Hanna are in the car escaping the house which will create tense in the scene. 

 We also decided to have a blackout when Ashleigh falls to the floor after becoming possessed. The lights will then turn back on with Mark in the room. 


Unit 5,6 & 7 - Citizenship    

The research element of the Citizenship assignment really helped me with information on Mark Ravenhill from Wikipedia, I read his background as a child, putting on plays with siblings, studying Drama and English at Bristol University, then becoming a writer, actor and journalist. I was able to understand what Mark Ravenhill wanted to present in his play. He wanted to show the audience how difficult it can be for teenagers to discover their sexuality and identity, whether they will be excepted by friends and family. The characters in Citizenship are teenagers, so I connected and identified with how the characters felt. The research element was also helpful because it helped me know how my character, the Tarot Card Reader would react when she meets Tom. I showed confidence in how I spoke to him as I was in charge of his destiny because most of my customers want to find out if they will find true love. Tom was desperate to find out who kissed him in his dream as he did not know if it was a man or woman. My character was kind, did not judge Tom as she knew he was desperate for answers about his sexuality.

Acting skills, what I have developed over this project is my confidence, speaking in a clear and loud voice. I feel I am also coming out of my comfort zone. My confidence has grown by learning my lines at home, listening and understanding Shenagh and Robs feedback, so my performance as the Tarot Card Reader can be more convincing. As for my voice, I have practised different tongue twisters, used tasks which have involved speaking from my diaphragm that has helped with my breathing and voice projection. For my comfort zone, I needed to take risks when rehearsing my scenes as the Tarot Card Reader. For my body language, I used facial expressions and arm movements to exaggerate my character. My voice made a range of different tones to empathise the good and bad news I was giving to my customer Tom. Using different emotions and tones in my voice can help express the other actor’s reaction to what I have said. When learning my lines, I wrote annotations, to build my character, writing notes on movement and voice for my performance. E.g. on the line “Or a man with a feminine energy” I wrote really empathise the word “OR”.


I thought our performance for “Citizenship” went well. Everyone stayed in character and was focused on the performance. The audience reacted with cheers and laughter in the scene where Tom (played by Louis) confidently showed off his muscular arms whilst having his hair dyed. I felt my scene with Aso went well, I took my time and spoke in a clear and loud voice even though I felt nervous. Using the tarot cards as a prop helped me begin my performance, it gave me direction to stay focused, it also showed the audience who my character was in the scene. 


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