Saturday, 17 January 2015
Blog 6
On Monday we started of in room 415 with everyone so we could register and talk about the upcoming plays, in the common ground season . I am going to see blue skies which is a physical play about mental health in young teenagers I'm also going to see spring awakening.
Next we found out we were going to start doing exercises as a whole group. We started of with breathing skills to help with projection and how to control our speech and how fast we can say things or slow. We started with inhaling for 4 seconds then exhaling, this helps us become calm and tranquil so we can concentrate easily.
Then we walked around in neutral and began going faster, slowly we changed how we moved and used sharp movements and turns to get around without bumping into each other or stopping this is related to East end tales because in the east end in rush hours everyone is moving at a fast pace trying to get places. After doing this we had to make a connection with someone through eye contact then we moved onto using our bodies for example- i made eye contact with daniel then we touch hands and changed our level by going to the ground. Once we had done this we moved to the walls and there was a square in the middle of the room which we used as our space. One by one someone had to move into the square using an action related to East end tales we then formed a whole square of different movement and characters, i chose to incorporate my scene by imagining i was in a pub with a glass in my hand falling over. After individually working on our action we had to make contact with someone else using speech or movement. We then used 1 sound to add onto it.
After this exercise we split up again into separate rooms. The next task was to create the prologue so miss Lee got 4 people up to make a diamond shape. The person at the front was told to walk forward once they had done this they turned and a new leader began walking. They then added movement of there choice. Once they had done this twice round 4 more people added on and we kept adding until the hold class was in the diamond. We then changed the movement with things that a taxi driver would do because this is the prologue scene. After working as a whole class we split into mini groups of 5 and got a verse each to work on. This is how we are going to start the play.
Next we got our target sheets for what we wanted to achieve by the end of working on our tales. i put
- To of gotten through a big chunk of the tale as we have lots to do we will do this by moving at a fast pace and not repeating what we've done.
- We will share all our ideas and put them together, we will do this by working as a group and not saying NO!
- We will understand our physical side of the tale and make sure all the movement looks clear and neat, we will do this by learning our lines so we are able to work on movement
When we finished this we started developing our tales, my group had a few difficulties but we got a lot done.
Thursday, 15 January 2015
homework 5
Girls - what decisions did you make when staging Tale 2?
We made the decision to become what we were doing such as when we say 'a man maybe younger' we get a drink go to drink it and chuck it away this is interesting because it shows a different perspective in an unusual way. We also decide to be talking at the start almost like a sleepover so the audience can see the contrast
what is working well? Needs Improving?
WW- we make snappy ideas and try them out, we don't block each others and we try to put them all together, we also work well together and our formations looks good
NI- some people don't contribute, whether thats because there are strong voices or because they don't want to everyone needs to say there opinion. We also need to make it go smoothly and in time
When working on your group tale - what section did you focus on next?
We focused on the characters description next, what they looked liked and how to present the two characters without over physicalising it
How are you communicating it in Physical Theatre style?
We are communicating it by picking out key ideas and in places we can use them we do, we also use emotions and the mind to physicalise it e.g- when we need to describe a character we use our body to instead of just saying it
How are you delivering the lines?
we are delivering the lines in chunks or separate lines at different points and scenes
What ideas do you have for staging the rest of your tale?
My ideas are to have someone narrating it really clearly showing the picture in the head and someone acting it out in certain ways with no speech just physically
We made the decision to become what we were doing such as when we say 'a man maybe younger' we get a drink go to drink it and chuck it away this is interesting because it shows a different perspective in an unusual way. We also decide to be talking at the start almost like a sleepover so the audience can see the contrast
what is working well? Needs Improving?
WW- we make snappy ideas and try them out, we don't block each others and we try to put them all together, we also work well together and our formations looks good
NI- some people don't contribute, whether thats because there are strong voices or because they don't want to everyone needs to say there opinion. We also need to make it go smoothly and in time
When working on your group tale - what section did you focus on next?
We focused on the characters description next, what they looked liked and how to present the two characters without over physicalising it
How are you communicating it in Physical Theatre style?
We are communicating it by picking out key ideas and in places we can use them we do, we also use emotions and the mind to physicalise it e.g- when we need to describe a character we use our body to instead of just saying it
How are you delivering the lines?
we are delivering the lines in chunks or separate lines at different points and scenes
What ideas do you have for staging the rest of your tale?
My ideas are to have someone narrating it really clearly showing the picture in the head and someone acting it out in certain ways with no speech just physically
homework 4
My monologue was about the beaten women and I've written in a separate post.
Q: What choices did you make when staging your monologue? Think about how you used your voice and physicality.
I chose to sit at angle near the corner of the room because my character is frame and weak and isn't a loud happy character so i think performed it in a closed space will show some of the characteristics. I used my voice at quite a few areas in the monologue because i started of quiet and shy then i changed my voice when i repeated , CRASH WOLLOP BANG i did this to show i had come out of character and the create an affect of pain and hurt. I also imagined i was answering my boyfriend who hit me with a frightening high pitch tone to show its hard to forget. I was sat on a chair facing away at the start as if i was daydreaming to show i was distant because i was ashamed of who i am now then i stood up and looked up when i remembered memories but for most of the monologue i was huddled over to show i was scared and fragile.
Q: How did the monologue task help you to understand the play further?
The monologue task helped me understand the play because it made think about what was really happening in poor run down areas and what was behind characters speech and actions in the play, as it made me think about her characteristics further. It also helped me understand physicality, because i had to think about how my character moved.
Q: What monologue performed by a peer worked well and why? What had they written about?
Daniels monologue was really interesting because he wrote about a common man that drinks and smokes in the pub and he always says cheers London pride. But there is a twist in the story because once he got really drunk and started a fight and ended up killing someone but no-one knows so he carries the guilt around. I think Daniels one was really good because he showed the character well by using his body and where he stood and then changed it when he started talking about his past, he also lowered his voice to give a serious effect.
Q: Who performed their monologue successfully and why?
Amaia also did a really good monologue about the man in the pub who seemed really angry when he got a drink spilled on him but then starts talking to the women who did it and they end up talking about there family, in his case his mum is dieing and amaia chose to pick up on repetition by occasionally repeating in a cockney accent "she's all i got you no?" she showed upset and despair in her voice and movement really well and it was interesting to watch.
Q: What was effective about how you brought the characters, atmosphere and location of your tale to life?
We brought the characters to life using staging and understanding how an east end pub is like in reality such as, hustle bustle, loud sounds, sounds of glasses and exchanges of cigarettes. This was affective because we showed the audience this in many different ways and switching up the staging so it seems like everything is constantly moving like the east end. We made the atmosphere affective by using different tones and facial expressions by doing this the audience understands the emotion and it creates an effective atmosphere.
Q: How did you use the Physical Theatre style?
We used physical theatre in every possible way by changing levels and stepping outside the box so it can be brought to life easily. In the beginning me and Amaia start on the floor casually talking then we higher our levels to show we are in the pub. We also use emotion to physicalise the piece by becoming emotions and thoughts.
Q: What ideas do ;you have for staging the rest of the tale?
For the rest of the tale we want to use the two characters and show them clearly. To do this we will centre stage them and have background noise
Q: What choices did you make when staging your monologue? Think about how you used your voice and physicality.
I chose to sit at angle near the corner of the room because my character is frame and weak and isn't a loud happy character so i think performed it in a closed space will show some of the characteristics. I used my voice at quite a few areas in the monologue because i started of quiet and shy then i changed my voice when i repeated , CRASH WOLLOP BANG i did this to show i had come out of character and the create an affect of pain and hurt. I also imagined i was answering my boyfriend who hit me with a frightening high pitch tone to show its hard to forget. I was sat on a chair facing away at the start as if i was daydreaming to show i was distant because i was ashamed of who i am now then i stood up and looked up when i remembered memories but for most of the monologue i was huddled over to show i was scared and fragile.
Q: How did the monologue task help you to understand the play further?
The monologue task helped me understand the play because it made think about what was really happening in poor run down areas and what was behind characters speech and actions in the play, as it made me think about her characteristics further. It also helped me understand physicality, because i had to think about how my character moved.
Q: What monologue performed by a peer worked well and why? What had they written about?
Daniels monologue was really interesting because he wrote about a common man that drinks and smokes in the pub and he always says cheers London pride. But there is a twist in the story because once he got really drunk and started a fight and ended up killing someone but no-one knows so he carries the guilt around. I think Daniels one was really good because he showed the character well by using his body and where he stood and then changed it when he started talking about his past, he also lowered his voice to give a serious effect.
Q: Who performed their monologue successfully and why?
Amaia also did a really good monologue about the man in the pub who seemed really angry when he got a drink spilled on him but then starts talking to the women who did it and they end up talking about there family, in his case his mum is dieing and amaia chose to pick up on repetition by occasionally repeating in a cockney accent "she's all i got you no?" she showed upset and despair in her voice and movement really well and it was interesting to watch.
Q: What was effective about how you brought the characters, atmosphere and location of your tale to life?
We brought the characters to life using staging and understanding how an east end pub is like in reality such as, hustle bustle, loud sounds, sounds of glasses and exchanges of cigarettes. This was affective because we showed the audience this in many different ways and switching up the staging so it seems like everything is constantly moving like the east end. We made the atmosphere affective by using different tones and facial expressions by doing this the audience understands the emotion and it creates an effective atmosphere.
Q: How did you use the Physical Theatre style?
We used physical theatre in every possible way by changing levels and stepping outside the box so it can be brought to life easily. In the beginning me and Amaia start on the floor casually talking then we higher our levels to show we are in the pub. We also use emotion to physicalise the piece by becoming emotions and thoughts.
Q: What ideas do ;you have for staging the rest of the tale?
For the rest of the tale we want to use the two characters and show them clearly. To do this we will centre stage them and have background noise
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