The analysis of the performance

In a overal aspect, the performance went really well. I was very pleased even when people missed a line they kept on going on. 

The performance was a big eye opener for me because now in future performances I will be more focused and confident. In my honest opinion the performance was very clear on what noughts and crosses is based on.

The improvements for me and the class are :

Be more confident.

 Engage with the audience more.

And enjoy and play with character more.

Skill audit3. (2/10/14)

My acting strengths i was able to display in mrs lee class was : breath control, spatial awarness and facial expression. I demonstrated these three things in the scence , while i was acting as a depressed young bou called callum in noughts and crosses.

The acting skills i need to improve on , in thursdays lesson is : face qnd control, staying in role and pace , energy and dynamics. I need to develop tbese skills so i can outline and fullfill my character.

MY KEY TARGETS FOR NEXT LESSON:

1. Pitch, inflection and mouldation
2. Balance
3. Use of pause

traverse theatre research

Traverse theatre 

Traverse theatre is when the stage is set
 up in a traverse staging format. This is a type of theatrical stage which is predominantly on two sides facing towards each other. The stage is commonly known as alley or corridor stage.

In noughts and crosses we are going to use traverse staging.The reason why i think this a good layout for us to perform in because its like a long alley, this will put a effect on the performance as the play is based on a cold long and unequal society.There have been a lot of theatre shows that have used traverse theatre for example the derby playhouse community. This theatre production was established in 1991 . This play was about the gruesome events which took place in ww2. The level of conflict in the play suited traverse staging. 

In my opinion traverse theatre is used when the storyline is about struggle and a high consistency of conflict .

The layout of traverse theatre and arena where the derby playhouse community is being performed:

FIFTH BLOG

Callum's Character profile

• Name : Callum Mcgregor
• Age : 16
• Race : nought 
• what people think about him : Cross lover, Blanker ,amazing brave, intelligent ect.
• what he thinks about himself : worthless, too good to be a nought ( not in a snobbish way) ect.
• what he says about other people : oppressive,controlling,manipulative,rude,firm(in a good way).

My perspective of Callum:  

• Bags under his eyes
• very hard/ cold facial gesure
• depressed 
• very basic clothes : green top and jeans, this could show how unwealthy he is.
• scruffy(long hair)

FOURTH BLOG h/w2

Why should actors warm up their body and voice?

Actors should warm up their voice and body to  make there performance stronger. By warming up your body you rib cage opens out in order for you to project your voice towards the audience the best. We also need to exercise our voices so we can articulate our words and scripts to the best of our ability. By being able you to articulate your words properly means you can say the hardest tongue twisters with ease.

THIRD BLOG h/w1

  How do the character's body postures help to inform you of their statues?

Characters help to inform you of their statutes because the method they put in place and their strategies. For example levels. Levels play a big part in when characters want to inform you of their status because a person on a low level , obviously has a lower status than a person who is walking upright and relaxed. 

I can infer this because the starting image of the little clip was with callum look down on the ground. Also when sephy and callum where in the middle of a gun feud callum go to the floor very quick because his low statues background is used to scares. But on the other hand sephy was still standing up during the gun feud , bewildered because of her such high authority in society. That scene in the clips tell us the type of people sephy and callum are.  

SECOND BLOG

lesson :2 blog3

In my previous drama session ( 12.9.14) we were focusing on projection. Ms lee gave us a various amount of strategies for us to project are voice with ease. what i learnt from that part of the session is that you have to have a lot of stamina to execute words with projection.Ms lee  also gave us a hard challenge,
which we had to multi task.

The second section of the lesson was to help us properly grasp the meaning and feeling of the characters from noughts and crosses were feeling. We were put in groups to perform still images from the little script given to us. 

And after we perfected our still images. Ms Lee allowed us to change the still image scene to slow motion and we could say the script that was allocated for the scene. I really liked this activity because , the still image at a start of the play can make the audience have a clue what the play is about and to start of your scene well. 

The picture below defines the power of still image.

(callum being hung)