Unit 8-Evaluation
Evaluation
Firstly, I think progressing through unit 8, most things covered in the proposal were improved and touched on. In my performance there were many positive moments where the actors would get a shocked reaction from the audience, specifically in 'Flashback' when my partner Taylor gave a sudden reaction of loud gasping.The audience would have been surprised by the loud volume of voice used in the scene.However, there were negative patches in the performance when for example, we had mistakes such as forgetting lines or gaps in scenes, one memorable moment was when a member of my team forgot their lines during a scene and had to improvise by adding extra dialogue.
From the experience and development of the play, personally I really liked the pieces because it allowed us as actors to be able to be 'open-minded' and our individual creativity. Therefore, this allowed me to develop on some skills such as confidence where previously I struggled. In contrast, I would constructively criticise a few of my team members as they need to work on their own skills. For example, remembering lines is the key to a successful performance. Personally, as I have said before, there is a noticeable change in my levels of confidence in my voice and how I speak, but I still need to work on my own facial expressions, as these are essential to build an atmosphere relevant to the meaning of the plot line, and relationship with the audience.
Some of the clear mistakes that could be altered would be staging and spacial awareness due to my great dislike towards the layout of the stage. I think that the layout of the stage could be improved to show a meaning behind each story and set a clear plot line for the audience. Furthermore, the sole advantage of the stage was the contrast of levels it showed the audience, whereas other factors of the stage were pointless in my opinion. The uncreative side of the staging disallowed actors to use their spacial awareness as they struggled on moving around the stage.
Throughout the seven units I have learnt many new skills and new techniques to get around the world of drama/acting. For example, teamwork is a necessity not only in acting, but also as a general life skill, and the skills I have learnt during this unit will influence the way I act towards others in future performances and even in daily life circumstances. Additionally, a skill I think I personally improved on was my vocal speech and articulation. The reason why I think articulation is a very big improvement for me is because when I first joined the course, I mumbled a lot during my performances, which confused the audience with I was saying. My volume of voice improved drastically because I'm able to adjust the tone and volume of voice whilst playing specific scenes.
A way which I think I developed scene by scene is through the use of spacial awareness and being able to show different levels between characters. For example, in the scene 'Stone', spacial awareness was shown by my character sitting on a bench whilst my friend Lucky stood up and approached the innocent person that was playing with stones.This showed different levels as I was seen as more of a shy and quiet person because I didn't want to be part of the bullying part. Some of the things I would change about the performance, would be the mistakes that occurred such as; people knocking chairs down by accident and making a lot of unnecessary noises backstage, causing the performance to seem less professional.
Firstly, I think progressing through unit 8, most things covered in the proposal were improved and touched on. In my performance there were many positive moments where the actors would get a shocked reaction from the audience, specifically in 'Flashback' when my partner Taylor gave a sudden reaction of loud gasping.The audience would have been surprised by the loud volume of voice used in the scene.However, there were negative patches in the performance when for example, we had mistakes such as forgetting lines or gaps in scenes, one memorable moment was when a member of my team forgot their lines during a scene and had to improvise by adding extra dialogue.
From the experience and development of the play, personally I really liked the pieces because it allowed us as actors to be able to be 'open-minded' and our individual creativity. Therefore, this allowed me to develop on some skills such as confidence where previously I struggled. In contrast, I would constructively criticise a few of my team members as they need to work on their own skills. For example, remembering lines is the key to a successful performance. Personally, as I have said before, there is a noticeable change in my levels of confidence in my voice and how I speak, but I still need to work on my own facial expressions, as these are essential to build an atmosphere relevant to the meaning of the plot line, and relationship with the audience.
Some of the clear mistakes that could be altered would be staging and spacial awareness due to my great dislike towards the layout of the stage. I think that the layout of the stage could be improved to show a meaning behind each story and set a clear plot line for the audience. Furthermore, the sole advantage of the stage was the contrast of levels it showed the audience, whereas other factors of the stage were pointless in my opinion. The uncreative side of the staging disallowed actors to use their spacial awareness as they struggled on moving around the stage.
Throughout the seven units I have learnt many new skills and new techniques to get around the world of drama/acting. For example, teamwork is a necessity not only in acting, but also as a general life skill, and the skills I have learnt during this unit will influence the way I act towards others in future performances and even in daily life circumstances. Additionally, a skill I think I personally improved on was my vocal speech and articulation. The reason why I think articulation is a very big improvement for me is because when I first joined the course, I mumbled a lot during my performances, which confused the audience with I was saying. My volume of voice improved drastically because I'm able to adjust the tone and volume of voice whilst playing specific scenes.
A way which I think I developed scene by scene is through the use of spacial awareness and being able to show different levels between characters. For example, in the scene 'Stone', spacial awareness was shown by my character sitting on a bench whilst my friend Lucky stood up and approached the innocent person that was playing with stones.This showed different levels as I was seen as more of a shy and quiet person because I didn't want to be part of the bullying part. Some of the things I would change about the performance, would be the mistakes that occurred such as; people knocking chairs down by accident and making a lot of unnecessary noises backstage, causing the performance to seem less professional.
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