08.01.15

Set yourself three rehearsal targets:

1. Contribute to the lesson more, by putting forward my ideas.

2.Don’t hold back when performing; commit 100% to my character.

     3. Be engaged in the lesson from start to finish.

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

Target 1: I achieved this target as during lesson when we had to create tale 7, on our own, I put forward my ideas.

Target 2: I think I need to continue working on this because even though in tale 2, I do feel I gave 100%, in tale 7, I don’t feel I was very committed as we were trying to stage the scene as well as act it out. Also it was the first time I have played that character properly not just when learning my lines.

Target 3: I feel I achieved, as I followed the instruction, and knew what I was doing throughout the lesson. Also when rehearsing I didn’t lose my focus, when the teacher wasn’t around.

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 would give myself a merit because I made positive and constructive contribution when creating tale 7, also I feel I demonstrated personal and technical skill when rehearsing, as I learnt my lines, and remember the blockings for tales I haven’t performed in a long time. Also I used my voice to put on an east end accent and movement memory.
D2 Demonstrate personal and technical skills in rehearsal with consistently positive and constructive contributions, engagement, commitment, input and self- reflection.

 Make some notes of what you need to do better within each tale

Tale 2:

I can improve upon this tale vocally as I need to make sure I am projecting throughout.

Also need to work on my cues for my lines as even though I know the cues, I am focusing on what other people say so I don’t miss my lines. Therefore my whole focus is not on my characterisation.

I could work on the same details to make it more realistic, for example, as even though I am pretending to go on my phone throughout the tale I haven’t thought about what I am actually doing on it, e.g. text, Who, Calling someone, what I am talking about. This would improve it as my acting would be more believable.

Tale 7:

Some things I need to do better in this tale, is to become more comfortable with my lines. I think this because, even though I know my lines I am worried I will forget them when I am thinking about what else I need to do.

I also need to work on my character, as I haven’t studied the tale in depth before. So I don’t know my character background, or objective, and I think knowing this will help me play my character better.

I also need to work on my cues, as in the tale it is important for me to be at certain points of that stage at specific times.  I think knowing my cues will help me do better in the tale, as it will flow better and I can just focus on my character.

You then started working in two groups on Tale 6 & 7.

Write some notes on the creative choices that were made.

Ø  We are using the red stall to make the till.

Ø  We start the play with half of us on one side of the stage and the rest the other, apart from Benji who is behind the till. When he starts speaking we all stay frozen until, he said, ‘my brothers stacking selves’, then we all acknowledge him and start stacking selves.

Ø   Another choice we decided to make was that once you have said your line you then go behind the till. We did this because we were all symbolising the mains character’s family joining his side and not the side of the racist customer. We did this as one of the lines towards the end is ‘my family by my side’.

Write about the work that you need to develop further

Ø  We have only got to the middle of the play which is when the argument starts. We need to figure out how we are going to build tension, and make it engaging. We also need to work out staging, that isn’t majorly blocking off any parts of the audience but also make it interesting.  One idea we did have to build the tension was when the cashier describes the customer as being an ‘angry pissed bulldog’. Then everyone who wasn’t behind the till apart from the customer would turn in to an angry dog. Then when the lines ‘family by my side’ is said they would join the rest of us behind the till. We would do this to show that now everyone is supporting the cashier in the argument.