Can you say goblin?

Well todays class was really great, it was theatre for children and we went straight into work on the script for our pantomime. Last week the goblins, one of the parts i play, had barely any actions but today had loads! Cheryl kept adding us into scenes, it's good. We worked on the opening dance, which is starting to look like like a drunken spin. We also added in lines and created a scene where all the goblins act as furniture, along with some music to it. We learnt a new dance towards the end, for a later scene, and it actually looked good (woah, i know right?) And we talked about costumes. I brought in two props for scene one and im glad that we are blocking the scenes out now. Can't wait till next week :)

Only in for an hour!

I had an apointment today and could not make it to class until eleven , so i only was there to play a acting game but it  was good to see everyone relaxed and getting into the roles involved with the game.  Pkus it was good to act in front of them, even if only jokingly, it helps build confidence. Anyways, no tech on a tuesdy so I'll write on wedesday :)

Another day late!

In yesterdays class (friday), we began class by reading over monologues sperately, and began to try draw up ideas of how to present them in a modern enviroment. I read as the nurse and hoped to set my monolouge in either a hospital or ansalym. We then went to the libary where we worked on our letters for task one, its hard to get so much information of 1600 into one letter but i enjoy writing. After that we read about Stansvaski and highlighted keypoints, which helped me understand his techniques better. We ended on a few acting games and study of subtext before the end of class, it was a productive day and i enjoyed it :)

Pantomime!

Today in class we had theatre for children where we started the lesson by playing a few warm up games; I always find these help wake the class up. We then paired up and practiced the opening scene for the pantomime, my partner and I have yet to er… get it. But we are getting there! I don’t hate dance, and I like it a lot more then what I did but still find it hard. After the spinning, sorry dancing, we rehearsed scene one we still had scripts so it was a little rocky but I think it’s coming a long well, I have no speaking parts in the first scene but enjoy it anyways as I play a child. Once we (children) were no longer needed on set we went to the green room and worked together to write ourselves a scene as goblins, giving each other characters and practiced our dance, one we were familiar with. It was okay but we ended up with a very short scene, and very little lines, something we all agreed on was to write in more lines after.  I then read through the script to see what props were needed and made a list for the class, I’m hoping to create and provide a good few props, I want to feel useful seeing as I don’t contribute much to the panto  itself. We might need to put some money together for props but will be able to get them some how if we all work together. The guys started working on lighting and projection of sets, which is starting to make the set look better already. I’m really looking forward to rehearsing and adding more to the pantomime :)

Oopies, left this a day late!

Yesterday in class we read and performed monologues and duologues from Romeo and Juliet, I was in a pair and played the part of Juliet accompanied by the nurse, I enjoyed reading and acting the part even if it was only for a minute or so. I enjoy Shakespeare and have a fair understanding of the language which I believe helps when acting. We also read through a hand out on the year of 1600, to help with our soon due assignment  it was helpful as I've been having some parts of research difficult. Later in Principles of acting we looked and took notes of Stanislavski's technique. We then performed short pieces using the stimulus of a image provided and stanislavski's technique. Our groups image was of a father holding a dead child in his arms in what looked like a war zone  We interrupted the scene by performing it as a news story cover on shootings in Syria, where i played the news reader. I tried to show panic and anger during the short performance by remembering a past traumatic event.I thought the group worked well but were a little unfocused at the start yet the finished product was successful. This did effect me slightly but a quick game at the end of the lesson helped shake off any left over emotion. I am really interested in using this technique and look forward to it again :)  

The terrible singing experience.

In class today we began with a dance warm up, my dancing is still awful but I'm still trying my hardest not to look like a drunken clown who needs to pee. I do like dance, and it really did warm me up. We then read through the Sleeping Beauty script once more still swapping parts, I think all the girls in class would be lying if they said not even a small part of them wanted to be beauty, but well I would of been happy enough as a tree. After the read through we had the terrible experience of having to sing. Everyone was great.... except me. Yeah I kinda totally failed as I couldn't even pick up the guts to sing in front of the class, it was awful. I bet they all think I'm attention seeking now... But well, I enjoy singing when nobody can hear me, I felt like crying honestly, I just couldn't make myself sing. So yeah, that's something I want to work on, I guess. So after THAT, we were given our parts, I'm a goblin and don't have lines of yet but will eventually, I play some other minor parts but you know "There are no small parts" and all that, so I'm happy enough, I asked to help with costume and props so i can't wait for that. We also had to partner up to dance, I ended up just spinning in circles...We started rehearsing the first scene where i play a child, honestly? I think it's gonna work out really well :)

Voice and Mime!

Today in class we began by taking notes on Vocal anatomy including tips on how to write a good paper. I found it really helpful but only got half way through explaining how to do the task, it was also rather dull. After that we played blood potato, a game in which everyone is blindfolded and one person tries to catch and 'kill' the others, I find it helps my balance and also helps to develop listening skills and footwork. After this we lay on our yoga mats for relaxation and spinal work. The music played was kinda a mood killer but we soon got back into it once it was stopped. I liked the relaxation part but didn't agree with the stimulus provided (story of evolution). We had lunch and returned for Cheryl's class where we gather in a circle and were put into pairs for our future presentation of mime practitioners. I like my partner Steven and think we will work well together. We watched a video in class of the man with tape on his face which was inspiring. We then went to the library and researched the mime practitioners in pairs.I thought we made good progress and I'm looking forward to finding out everyones part in the panto tomorrow! :)  

In class today we began with a dance warm up, I don't find dance easy and I'm looking to improve my movement skills over the course, after this we read through a new script- Sleeping Beauty. I found it much better then the Cinderella script because there is a lot more humor and a wider range of characters with more lines, and personally I prefer the story line. The class seemed to enjoy it better and used a wider range of accents and more emotion into the lines, even on a first read through! I read the parts of the good fairy and Beauty for parts of it, I enjoyed both roles and put in maximum effort. Once we read through the script we talked about set and editing ideas, I think it would be cool to use a place I know to film a short clip for editing. I was really happy with the classes decision to do perform Sleeping Beauty and I'm looking forward to rehearsing it :)

Today in class, we began the class by forming a circle on the floor and talking about issues within the class, I found this useful and beneficial to the group and feel as if it has helped to resolve tension for everyone. After this discussion we all played some warm up games, I felt this helped to activate our minds and bodies ready for the class to start. We then watched Youtube clips on how to perform two new mime techniques, on top of the two techniques we already knew. We then used these techniques within group performances, I believe my group's finished performance was successful but could of been improved if we had of rehearsed more and I still find mime difficult to perform mime confidently. We gave each other feedback which helped to target areas for improvement. We arranged a class chart to track of our progess which I'm looking forward to seeing :)   

welcomes!