Movement 16/10/13

Today was SHOW DAY! 

We came into class and level 2s and ourselves rehearsed together each group being quiet for the group performing, we then went on a lunch break before performing at lunch me and Sam were running our lines then I quickly went to change before entering the theatre. 

We watched the certificate music, certificate drama, dance, level2s and then we were up! We all sat behind stage quietly waiting for are que, then it was me I went on stage thankfully remembering every line and action and then exited. We waited for everyone to go on stage and then we all bowed 

I think all the performances went very well and am proud of everybody as we only had a short time to get a quite difficult play ready. 

Classical theatre 15/10/10

As the performance was one day away we spent the whole lesson rehearsing, Lucia took videos and pictures of us performing to give an insight on what we look like. 

Here's terithias (me) and Oedipus (Sam) rehearsing our scene. 

Vocal 14/10/13

We came into lesson doing short vocal warmups and got straight down into rehearsing, while rob wrote feedback and told us after each group performed. 

We then went into the theatre to watch the music department perform their induction pieces 

Classical theatre 10/10/13

We ran our plays one by one while rob directed us. We then took it into the theatre and each group performed their play showing us what it may be like on the day and how loud we need to project and how to work the space. 

Movement 9/10/13

Sharon separated the class into our play groups (Oedipus, Medea, Antigone) and told each group to come to her at a different time to discuss our assignment was which to be given. 

While my group waited to be called we line ran outside robs class. 

Principles of acting 8/10/13

we rehearsed our plays as the show is next week Wednesday, we watched the other plays also giving feedback. 

Rob also gave us notes on what we need to improve on such as, taking my time and pausing on the line "you".

Movement 7/10/13

Josh taught Sharon's lesson and started off by warming us up with music! Doing exercises to allow our body to move. 

He then layed out three yoga mats, putting them in pacific places running around it in a certain 'routine' one by one. 

He then took them away making us remember where they were and pretending it was still there. Emma, Lou, Connor and Eliot made it believable that it was still there. 

The exercise showed us that even though nothing was there it was still in our memory (just how it is when learning lines on a script) it also showed us about team work, when nobody was going someone can jump in and save it (like being on stage when someone forgets their lines etc) it also shows team work. 

We then made 4 lines jumping in 2's up to 8s in correct timing while music was playing. This made us focus hard as you would on stage and not pay attention to any noise going on around you but to still stay focused and continue. 

Vocal 7/10/13

Rob started off the lesson with vocal warmups and 'loosening&moving' the body. We done tongue twisters such as 'thirty thousand fish thought of frying fish' I need to improve on my 'th's' by practicing every morning and night. 

We then worked on scripts and josh took  the Oedipus group into the drama studio and watched our play and suggested things/actions we could improve on or do. We came up with the idea that Eliot would bring me on stage (terithias) as he is blind and would allow the audience to open up and understand the play. 

Storytelling 12/09/13

First Sharon told the class to lay on the floor getting us into character and focus to start work.
she began by giving us our stimulus, this was to think about how we got to westminister kingsway college today, this could be from far back or waking up this morning. she then told us to mime it.
i started by sitting up miming the exam hall and then going back to sleep then my morning trip to college.

we then got paired up telling our partners our story to then pair up with another pair and tell your partners story, Sharon then told us she would like us to create a short scene demonstrating a mix of all four stories or one persons story to college: we decided to do a mix. 

we used our bodies to create objects such as tables, chairs, bedframes and dentist chairs we also created noises to demonstrate this object.
we then performed it to the class.

StoryTelling 11.09.13

First Sharon told the class to lay on the floor getting us into character and focus to start work.
she began by giving us our stimulus, this was to think about how we got to westminister kingsway college today, this could be from far back or waking up this morning. she then told us to mime it.
i started by sitting up miming the exam hall and then going back to sleep then my morning trip to college.

we then got paired up telling our partners our story to then pair up with another pair and tell your partners story, Sharon then told us she would like us to create a short scene demonstrating a mix of all four stories or one persons story to college: we decided to do a mix. 

we used our bodies to create objects such as tables, chairs, bedframes and dentist chairs we also created noises to demonstrate this object.
we then performed it to the class.

3/10/13 principles of acting

We began the session with 'hot seating' the characters Antigone, Medea, Jason. Asking them questions such as "didn't it pain you to kill your children" ( to Emma who played Medea) her reply was she didn't wanna see her kids go through the pain she is going through after loosing Jason. 

Rob then told us to get our scripts and looked at different actions we could do on different lines to make the script more interesting and real. 

My character is terithias his scene is with Oedipus (Sam plays) my action was to laugh at oedipuses anger and pleads being sarcastic afterwards to make Oedipus wound up. 

2/10/13 story telling

I came into class and Sharon told us to sit in a circle and tell the story of Cinderella one sentence a person we then started walking in the space with no story/no mood, Sharon then told us to think about the characters from Cinderella and then we had to mime their movement she first called out Cinderella so I swept the floor then Sharon called out a fairy godmother who is quite jolly and makes wishes come true so I skipped round the space imagining a wand then Sharon said a evil sister so I over exaggerated the movement by being monster like. We then got into groups of 5 and were told to perform the story of Cinderella we made tweaks to the story so it was less classic and humorous for the audience. At the end of the class Sharon gave us notes and to think about the stuff written on the board  

1/10/13 classical theatre

I came into class and everyone seated. Rob then spoke to us about the Greek plays we are performing on the 14th of October. We then pulled out are scripts and split the class. Oedipus and Antigone were in one class and Medea were in the other. We started rehearsing; starting with Oedipus, my character is Teiresias so me and Sam performed our joint scene. After lunch we came back in the room with rob giving us notes on our performance. My notes were to think about my character being more sarcastic and tormentive.