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Week Beginning the 2nd March

On Monday 2nd March, we studied mime. We were given scenes to perform.

 The options for us where:
  1. Making your favourite food
  2. Babysitting and giving them food
  3. Making food for your boyfriend but putting poison in it as he cheated on you
  4. Being a chef and acting like Gordon Ramsey
I chose to mime a scene where I poison my boyfriend. After performing Shenagh told me I had good facial expressions but I should be clear about what I am making in the kitchen.So I need to make my movements more clear and exaggerated so the audience know what I am doing.  

We then got into our Silent Movie groups and rehearsed our performance. We then went over it in front of the class. Shenagh gave us feedback. 

 Our feedback: 
  1. Make our  facial expressions more over the top to show our emotions.
  2. Take our time. 
Shenagh then gave us all a word, we had to use facial expressions to show what that word meant. E.g: 
  1. "confused" we frowned.  
  2. "Happy" we gave a big smile. 
  3. "scared" wide eyes and opened mouth.
Today was the last day of rehearsals for our Silent Movie. This means we had to work together as a group to make sure our performance will be great for tomorrow.  

Mime Schools: 

 The Comedy School: 
15 Gloucester Gate 
London
NW1 4HG

 Mime workshops with Richard Knight. The lessons will teach you techniques in Mime from walking in the wind to pushing and pulling plus the moon walk. 

LAMDA: 
155 Talgarth Rd 
Hammersmith,
London
W14 9DA

Students will learn:
  1. Interpretative skills 
  2. Technical skills
  3. Knowledge of the performance process 
Mime was popular in ancient Greece and Rome. 
Marcel Marceau was a famous Mime artists known for "Bip the Clown" he said Mime was the art of silence and performed all over the world for over 60 years. 
Now in the 21st century, Mine has become less popular as we have TV, Internet and phones. We watch films with language and sadly the younger generation including me have not been brought up to watch Silent Movies. Even though YouTube allows us to watch clips from great performers such as Charlie Chaplin,Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton.  
Buster Keaton
Charlie Chaplin


Harold Lloyd
Marcel Marceau



On Tuesday 3rd March, we performed our Silent Movies to family and friends at the Camden’s People Theatre. I felt nervous but excited because I was confident with my performance in rehearsal and excited to finally show it off to an audience. WWWs and EBIs I thought after doing the performance. 

WWW: 
  1. When Hanna wanted myself and Ashleigh to play the Ouija Board we used facial expressions to show her we did not and looked annoyed when she made us play it. 
  2. The facial expressions we used was frowning 
  3. We concentrated and worked as a team.
  4. Stayed in character. 

EBI: 
  1. We should have taken our time when performing, it felt rushed.
On Thursday 5th March, we started Unit 8, Progression.
Today we wrote our own monologues as we will be performing monologues in three weeks’ time. Whilst writing the monologues we had to think about: 
  1. who am I playing?
  2. Who I am talking to?
  3. Where am I? 
  4. Why am I saying the words? 
  5. What am I thinking when saying the words? 
This is the monologue I wrote: 


  1. My character is an 18-year-old girl. 
  2. Her name is Emma. 
  3. I am talking to one of my siblings.  
  4. I am in my bedroom at home.
  5. I am stressed and worried that my mum will get mad at me for taking her favourite earrings and losing them.

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