15.01.15

You need to write a brief reflection on the work that you did today.

 How did the scenes develop that you have been directing as a group?

Ø  In my group we have developed Tale 7 by finishing off the scene and tightening it up. We created the rest of the scene by incorporating different group member’s ideas.  We decided that when the argument starts between the cashier and one of the customers, the other customers should go behind him and make a hissing noise, to give the customer more power, and raise the tension. We then decided that gradually the people making the hissing noise would join the people behind the till, to show that we were now all on the cashier’s side.

What action have we added to Tale 5? What do you think the impact of this might be?

Ø  In tale 5, we have been working on the beginning section in the house, by someone saying things from the programme ‘weakest link’. This impacted the scene as it made it more realistic; when it talks about the volume going up, and its weakest link is scripted as the programme on in the background. We also added in the door, number 4 by using the red stalls to build to door frames either side of each other. This had an impact on the scene as it made the scene flow well, as it was nicely choreographed physical theatre. The last bit we blocked was the scene that takes place in the cafe. This had a good impact because the transition between the house and the cafe had lots of fluidity, and it was nice and simple as we only moved some stalls.  We then walked on one by one to saying our lines as the women walked about us with her pram. This impacted the scene as it symbolizes her place in society, nobody ever pays any attention, the abuse or the fact her baby twins have died.

Set yourself three rehearsal targets:

1. Commit to my characters

2. Stay focused, by not talking

3. Don’t use my script when performing

Reflect on the targets set:  Have they been achieved? How?           

1. I feel I achieved this target as I thought about my character objective, and how they were feeling, which helped me play my character to the best of my ability.

2. I achieved this as when we were trying to finish off the scenes I didn’t talk, so the process could be done quicker. Also, I never missed my cues, as I stayed focused even when I wasn’t performing.

3. I achieved this, as I never needed to use the script during my tales, by doing this I feel it made me perform better, as I could just focus on the performance, and not have to worry what line I have next.

What would you give yourself for today’s rehearsal? 

Marking criteria:	Why?
P2 Demonstrate personal and technical skills in rehearsal making a positive contribution to the process
M2 Demonstrate personal and technical skills in rehearsal, consistently making a positive contribution and constructive contribution to the process.	I think I am working at a merit but near distinction. I think this as I was engaged throughout, and committed to my characters; also I applied personal and technical skill, and I reflected on my rehearsals time to see what I could improve upon. However I feel I could have contributed more to the lesson when working on tale 7.
D2 Demonstrate personal and technical skills in rehearsal with consistently positive and constructive contributions, engagement, commitment, input and self- reflection.