Homework 5

3 Examples

example 

1- ' You know what i miss, i miss being bonkers!' 

In my blog this has been brought up alot because it is one of the most shocking lines in my scene as it is a connfession that has a bad effect and causes disagremments and shock. From this line and the way i have perseived it,  it shows she wants a reaction and she wants to hurt callum. I do this by building up tension and saying it with anger and bursting it out rather than just saying it with no emotion.We can see lynettes objective is to shock the audience. i do this by facing the audience looking at them and postioning myself in front of callum. I change the pace and the pitch of my voice by lifting the volume at the end of the sentence and projecting my voice when needed. 

2-  ' and how would we pay for that anyway I'm not like you, i dont have what it takes' 

This line in my scene is quite interesting because i believe it is the oposite of my character as she is usually quiet, drifting away and gentle but ths line shows frustration and upset. At this point i have been stopped from leaving the room so tension is high but callum tries to calm me down, from this ive chosen to show that im frustrated by what he has previously said in my body language. Doing this i dont look at him in the eyes and  turn away. I deliver the end of the line seperately because it is a different thought. By saying she is not like him shows she has doubt in herself. i change my pitch here and become quieter. I also slowly move as im saying the end of the sentence this shows im thinking. 

3- 'isnt it?' 

This is an example of a line that is simple yet effective, this comes after callum tries to show me that me being in my own fantasy world wasnt true. Before this the atmosphear is tense and high but here the tension eases and we come to realise it was true and im not going to change. To show this i burst out my line looking at callum and then curl up sitting down. Curling up and being lower than callum shows my emotion and shows im vulnerable. Even though i project my voice and it is quite a loud line it calms down the whole process. This is effective for the audience because it is breaking down the tension and emotions change quickly. 

Evaluation

Evaluation 

I really enjoyed the topic of this term as i have studied the book before in english but this time i got to put all my effort and thought into a performance. 

I think the performance went really well all round and everyone worked together as a team. Once we all got into character and focused The show flowed together easily. I think everyone was nervous at the start but it was much easier once we had done it to the other class. 

Things we did well

-I think we got into character easily and put aside our actual thoughts and feelings and focused on our characters 

-throughout the performance I reacted to what jake was saying, this helps because it makes the performance look real and it shows understanding if you are reacting. It also makes it flow because if you were talking in a conversation you wouldn't stop and stutter. 

- I think me and Jake both interacted with the audience and also acknowledged them by looking at them and revealing our emotions in the way we speak. 

Things we could of improved 

- i think we could of improved how quick and slow we were talking because sometimes i felt as if we were slowing down to much also also  were to many  pauses which can slow down the scene and create awkwardness. 
- In some part we were quiet and we could of prejected our voices further such as when jake is talking about what he wishes he could do and when im confessing 'i wish i was bonkers' by doing this we would of created an effect of passion. 

weekly blog 6

Weekly Blog 6

On thursday we didnt do alot but we exstended our exercises and ran through  scenes 21 and on.

We did our usual physical warmup and then went into Articulation using pace and energy. Using this we went around  

weekly blog 5

Weekly Blog 5

On thursday we went through our scenes thouroughly and Miss Lee went round and helped people develop our scenes. In my scene we focused on spacial awareness, use of pause and characterisasion. We also learned how to truly stay in our role without letting our normal selves come into the scene. 

As usual we did our body and facial expressions

Here are some exercises we do: 

* Articulation, sometimes we do games and tongue twisters 

* Focus, relaxation and moving into character, usually lie down and close our eyes 

* Flex and strech, chew gum, ski- these are a few exercises i remember because everyone enjoys these exercises and they help us move easily and develop our facial exspressions 

The main subject of the Lesson was Peer assement

I was matched with Oriana and Chris. We assesed them and then filled out a few boxes of what they did well and we left a comment on what they could improve on. 

The comment i left: " It was believeable when Orianna was explaining to Chris how she has now realised that life wouldnt be easy and they couldnt be together  however when chris is talking orianna needs to react with her facial expressions" 

My comment was: " It was believable when you started your scene but you need to seem a little more crazy like lynette" 

i took my comment and developed my role by seeming a little more lost as in the scene lynette says she misses being bonkers so she actually isnt now but she is still lost. 

peer assement comment

Peer Assesment comment

Assesor name: Oriana Pooles 

Peer name: Antonia Bogidi 

Oriana said: 

It was more believeable when you started you scene but you need to seem a lillte more crazy like lynette 

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Weekly blog 4

On Monday we Focused on 

* Still moments/Freeze frames 

* Getting in a neutral state 

* Staging- Traverse Theatre 

* the 'Sex scene'

Still moments

We focused on still moments in part of the lesson so we could understand that even when were not using dialogue emotions are important. Jake starts our scene of when he uses direct speech to the audience i then Knock on the door. I used emotion by showing my face was else where and unfocused. I think there is alot of silence in this scene becuase Both characters have difficulty in their lives but mainly lynette because of her accident and she was in a fantansy world in my scene we find out that she wants to be like that again and she feels like she is knowhere.

Neutral state

At the start of the lesson we looked at getting into a neutral state and putting our emotions and physicality elsewhere, i learned this helps get into character and also understand why that character might be doing why she or he is doing that. We can create new thoughts and processes so when we get into the Neutral state we know exactly what do its almost like putting a mask on and fitting into it. We started by walking around as our normal self then dropping our shoulders and keeping our legs and feet the same width apart while waling. We then stood still and let go this helped me notic what i do and how i need to get neutral. After doing this we started thinking about what our character would do. 

The 'sex scene'

As we were practising sir came round and gave us 3 or 2 sentences from the play that we had to write down. At the end of the lesson we found out what we were doing . As were are all performing a scene we had to do something with the sex scene. Many people would hate to do this as it would be really embaressing and awkward. Luckily sir thought of a really cool idea to perform it. We all were standing in random areas of the room and sir as sir counted we read out our lines in order, we took a few trys to get in the hang of it but together it sounded really interesting. I think its a really cool idea as it will make it less awkward and the audience will not only be engaged but actively listening. 


Traverse Theatre

A big part of theatre is staging, we are looking at traverse theatre. This is traverse theatre; 

We talked alot about how and why Traverse staging is good here are some reasons: 

* Different places you can stand on the 'Catwalk' can have a really interesting effect on the audience such as if actors were trying to show upset or annoyance they might stand at eaither end with their backs facing away. 

* Be able to hear what everyone is clearyly saying

* You get two or more different veiws and if the actors move around you get to see the emotions from different points of veiw 

* actors can show their emotions and body language really easily. 

Down the Catwalk There are 3 hidden squares one at the start and the middle and then at the front, The first and last box are normally used for performing but the middle can be used for direct address to to the audience. 

In my scene i only use one line of direct speech- "You know what i miss, i miss being bonkers" 

Direct speech is really good way of engaging the audience because your almost talking to them so they instantly want to hear what your going to say.

Homework 4

Homework 4 

Tchnical Terms: Voice

Sound and Silence

There is alot of silence in my scene because lynette is quite a meloncholic character so the scene isnt full of talking and joyous emotions. Also Callum and lynette both no that lynette has given up but callum tries to give hope to lynette but she tries to fight back, this means pauses and silence occurs alot in this scene. There is also alot of seriousness because of the recent event with jude and lynetes fight. 

An exampe;
Callum: Lynny, you are alright, aren't you? 
(PAUSE)
Lynette: i dont know. 

Pitch and Pace 

Voices are quite varied in this scene. I noticed when i was asking a question my voice got higher and when Jake (callum) asked a question it was low and serious. When we start disagreeing the pitch gets higher and the pace gets much faster and angrier. When i leave callum instantly stops me using a fast tempo this builds up tension and creates excitement. I like the different ranges of pace in our scene because it makes it interesting and you can also show the characters objective through how fast or slow there talking. Emotions in this scene are also cleary shown with how we change our pitch and pace. 

An example;
Lynette:I do. I know i was living in a fantasy world before but at least i was somewhere. Now i'm nowhere. 

Inotation

There isnt much of a range of Intonation during this scene because callum and lynette are siblings so neither of them demand eachother to do things and they are also quiet characters. However a few lines you can tell lynette wants callum to answer her question;
lynette: which is-? 
this is short and simple but i have chosen to emphasise it so she seems demanding and also as if she is doubting callum. 
Also another example shows that callums voice rises when he is trying to proove me wrong this starts to build up a disagreement which really helps because it means i know when i need to start chanign my pitch and reacting. 

Volume 

My character uses a basic volume in this scene. Lynette is very quiet character so i chose to be very soft in the way i speak. This is simple but it has a great effect because the audience can instantly tell my character and see my 
emotions. My voice is the;
loudest- 'You know what i miss, i miss being bonker' 
im my loudest saying this because its a confession that is angrier and upset at the same time so its as if im bursting it out
quietest- 'No.You?' 
im the quietest here because im lost at the start of the scene and ive just walked in callums room. 

Tone color

The differences in quality of voice are quite interesting because mostly its warm and understandng but sometimes it gets cold and abbrupt.
Here are two examples; 
- lynette: I told you were aloud to blink. D'you remember? That the screen wasn't going to diappear. 
here is where im refelcting and thinking about the past so my voice is gentle and calm 
however here
'Doing what?!'
this is when i am confronting Callum about his future and trying to show him that things wont get better for me and noughts. 

Emphasis

here are certain word that are emphasised; 

- questions, 'how would we pay for that?' 
this is emphasised because shes upset and angry 
- End of sentences, 'further you have to fall' 
the ends are sentences are emphasised so that so there is an effect and we can see clear emotions
- word after pauses, 'keep (PAUSE) going'
this is helpful because it makes the sentence interesting