Now we need to finalise all the documentation and marking. The first thing I want you all to do today is EVALUATE your OWN performance from last night. Be honest, but also be positive about yourself...maybe a friend can help you if you can't think.
Please do so in the following way:
1. Using a scale from 1 - 5 (5 being the best) rate your performance on the four core principals: Energy, focus, self awareness, group awareness.
2. How 'convincing' were you in the role/roles you played? Did you shape each role to its full extent?
3. How did you use your voice? Evaluate your volume and projection, the vocal tone or resonance, its appropriateness for the character and moment of the compostion, and clarity and articulation - were you clear?
4.How did you use yor physical skills? What did you do with your body that was 'extra-ordinary' for the audience? What risks did you take? How did you interact with the group and the audience?
5. What, if any, feedback did you get from your family/audience about your performance and the show in general.
1- i would rate myself a 3/5. I think my energy could have much more concentrated in places and even when i was standing still i could have held on to that energy better. i believe my group awareness was pretty good as we were all on queue and in time to each other a majority of the time.
ReplyDelete2-i think i played my chacters well, i tried to be convincing to the audience and keep in character no matter what. i tried to use everything we'd been taught over the past couple of terms and hopefully that showed!
3-i think my voice my clear and that i projected it enough for the audience. I also tried to incorporate i creepy sounding voice to add more depth to the character i was acting as at the time, the make-up we wore- in my opinion- helped channel each character we were playing it gave me more confidence it what we were doing even infront of a crowd.
4-at the beginning of "The Trial" when i come out from the wings with my arm up, that is somethign i tried to put alot of enegergy into. By keeping my head high and my eyes up as well and concentrating on actign as if there was nails and glass on the ground and i had to feel around it, just like Drew taught us in the excercise/game.
5-My Mum loved our performance and especially our make up. although she did admit she had no idea what it was about and she didnt understand any of it, she said she was rapped in the performance and encaptivated by the whole show. Her only question at the end was "but who was Joseph K?" lol
-CASSIEEEEEE xx
wait maybe i'd give myself a 4/5, its up to you Dobby
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I really really enjoyed last night!! the practicing was getting tiring and it was starting to feel like the play was boring. But our actual performance was so much more intense and with us all focusing it was developed well.
ReplyDeleteI felt we all, including myself, that we all had a lot of energy.. My mum (haha pretty cute) said that during the begining of the performance we were all full of energy but toward the middle some focus and energy dropped and then toward the end again it built back up. My energy would be around a 4.. i was very into it and also very focused..
i felt my energy and focus went hand in hand and stayed around a 3-4
However i did feel that i wasnt as goodwith my group awareness.. as time i wasnt sure where i was in comparison to other people and following their movements.. i would give myself around a 3 and perhaps a 2 at certain moments through out the play..
my self awareness was around a 3, i was aware of how my movements were being performed and the energy and focus at the begining of a play these were all around a 5.
2) i felt thqat we all worked well together to help portray each role as a group or even an individual.. i enjoyed my role as kay in "then end" scene.. it was very uncomfortable position and at time i think my focus dropped due to the bark in my legs and brick in my back haah but i still felt i held focus most the time. (the bark and bricks also helped me portray the pain of Kay in his death.
3) Many of my characters didnt involve much voice by myself.. it was generally in a group and we worked insink to clearly speak each line. however when i had to whisper loudly i sturggled .. for some reason my voice doesnt do that.. In "the end" scene as kay i felt my voice volume was appropriate when i said "not till im on the street, im not ill" however i felt it could have been louder and clearer when i yelled "a friend""someone who sypathises, one who wants to help"
4) Laying in the position of the end was very uncomfortable for me and i guess "extra ordinary" because im extreamlyyyyyyy unflexable!!! staying in character i made sure whenever i had to move from one position to another i remained "creepy". after the opening scene when we were running around everyone ran out one door.. as it was cluttered i took the risk of running down the line in the audience to the opposite door.. i was a bit hesitant but i dont think it made to much difference. I tried to involved the audience when i was near them.. by approaching them when saying "whos acusing me" and also hold strong eye contact with certain audience members.
5) Mother dear said that we and i could have held our focus more strongly in the middle of the play ( as i said before) she also said that it was very very entertaining and she very much enjoyed that form of theatre! father dear said that my eyes looked very reasuring and scary when i was "dead"
thatss is alll :) had an awesome time performing it and enjoyed doing something very different from normal acting
:D
hey dobby :)
ReplyDeletethanks for last night,i think we all really enjoyed it!
1)i dont think i can give myself an overall rating so hope its ok that i rate myself on each principle?
for energy and focus i would give myself a 4,i was really pumped throughout the whole play and i thought i maintained my character and focus pretty well (suprised myself haha)
my group awareness wasnt as strong as i would have wanted, sometimes i caught myself having to take a quick look at the other to make sure i was keeping in time, so for that i would give myself about a 3.
my self awareness would be about a 4,throughout the play i didnt find myself getting lost in what to do next or what mood i was having to portray.
so i guess overall i would say a 3.5-4?
2) As far as i could tell i portrayed the character pretty well, and i agree with kirsty when she says everyone helped each other stay in character, the mood amongst the group was really intense and focused throughout the whole play, although i noticed myself drifting form the role a bit in the final scene when we all marched in opposing circles
3)i felt confident in the projection and volume of my voice, but in the opening scene where i was the authority figures and i told brandon 'you are not aloud to leave from here' (or something along the lines of that haha) i was unsure of how demanding and scary my voice sounded so i think i could have worked harder on how appropriate my tone was for the authority character.
4) the first thing that comes to mind is the pain of having to stand up on the black structure when where being 'snakes' (im sure jules would agree!) so that might have come through in my performance while i was up there. other than that i felt like i connected with the physical side of the roles pretty well. a few risks i took were how heavily i 'dropped' in the scenes where we had to (before the snake scene and the scene with regan after the 'marriage' to make it look more realistic and in that same scene with regan the way we all crawled around and portrayed getting pulled back into the circle etc (which i copped very bruised knees from!)
5)Mum came to watch and said she was really blown away with the costume and lighting and how intense and realistic all of us managed to portray the storyline. she did say that she found herself a bit lost in some of the parts, but when you meet my mum (lets just say shes really...'blonde' haha) you might understand why she struggled to keep up (love her haha). Devo said she was really impressed with the whole class as well and she was able to pick up on the storyline so im guessing it was just my mum?
i loved every single part of the performance and rehearsals and overall unit. thanks alot dobby, mrs mc and class :)
xx
Hey Dobby :) i most enjoyed the play even though it was on my birthday! ahha
ReplyDeleteim going to do the same as jess as well and go for the ratings of each individual principal.
Energy: through out the play i believe my enegergy levels were high and i gave it 100% on all the physical aspects. so thus i would rate myself a 4/5 for enegery :)
Focus: this was the hardest aspect to maintain through out the night, when doing phsycial theatre like that way it was hard when everyone was looking at you and (parents you know) to not smile and laugh at them when performing. so in that aspect i would rate myself 3/5.
Self Awearness: this was a particulaly difficult thing to maintain when completeing lines to the audience in sequence of others. I believe that i held my self awearness well and maintaned that to a standard of 3/5.
Group Awearness: with such a large number in our class it was difficult to overcome self awearness with working together and holding everythnig to complete the performance. rating i would give myself would be 4/5
i believe i worked really hard to maintain the standard that was appropriate. i believe the roles that i played in this physical theatre peice was acceptable and done to the best extent.
i think that the voice that i projected was clear and 'in the moment' in places my voice was very loud and demanding but at other times to fit in with that particular peice it had to be low and soft.
my body was used as: a guard, the weather, the person stabbing KAY, a snake sliterhing up the pole, and part of the 'chorus' working together with the group. everything that i did was definatly out of my comfort zone in portraying things that i never would have before. interaction with the audience was mostly done with the group as a 'whole' as well. i also interacted with them when i was walking through saying 'what are you guys doing here'.
well my family was unable to be there so i sadly dont have any feedback but from teachers such as Miss.Eggert and Mr.Horchener said i was very good and projected to the audience the weird story of 'The Trial'.
Thanks dobby :D xoxo
question 1) energy- i would rate myself 4 for this section i put alot of energy into the performance could of used a little bit more but nerves get the better of me sometimes. i could of concentrated a little bit more at times to show more energy.
ReplyDeletefocus- i was pretty focused could of done better in this section but i tryed i would rate myself about 3 and a half to 4
self awareness- probabally about a 4 i think i did pretty well with this and i was aware of what i was doing and what to do next.
group awareness- about a 4 using the group awareness especially in the first scene when i was on the boxes we used group awareness to know when to go up and when to start putting our arms out i felt i did well in this section.
question 2) yes i did i felt i played the character very well and was very convincing and it gave it a dark scary sort of feeling amunxed the audience i could of been a little more convicing with expressions on my face.
question 3) this was the best thing i did i used my vioce very well and was loud and clear and projected this is my stronger point in performances.
4) yes when crawling on the ground saying tick tock tick tock put a scary feeling to my physical side and with the you should of stayed in your room i gave it my aall but sounding angry and throwing the book using the physical side.
5) i got feedback saying it was a great play, but very outthere and scary, but really good and unusual my mum said she hasnt seen anything like it before.
Hey Dobby, thanks for a really wonderful night we all had a really wonderful time.
ReplyDeleteAs for the actual play I'm not terribly sure how I did, I still wish I had tried a little harder to try and keep my focus, I tended to get distracted a lot and wasn't paying enough attention to those around me. Perhaps I was a bit nervous due to the late changes and slight lack of practice near the end.
I think I spoke pretty well and I tried to keep a bit of a 'scary face' I guess but as for movement and energy I think I could have done a little better but with my back and a little bit of a sore leg it can be difficult do those sorts of manouevres.
Despite the little distractions I think the performance went incredibly well. Unfortunately no one could actually come to see me but from what I heard and saw from the audience everyone seemed to be entertained ... and confused, but I think we were expecting that.
Working with this peculiar novel (I think it's a novel) was a bit difficult but also exciting to see what some of the more prominent actors were capable of creating from such a small amount of script and the way that it fit together was quite amazing.
Overall I would give myself a 2 or 3 out of 5 just because I feel I could've done better and the others in our class were a bit better than I was.
See you Dobby can't wait till the next one.
but i luved the play it was so much fun
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Heya Dobby,, thank you for tuesday night we all had so much fun in the real performance,,
ReplyDelete1 ) on a scale of 1-5 i think my focus and performance was a 4?
i know that in my previous practices i forgot my line a few times, and i laughed a fair bit throughout but in the real performance i feel that i gave 100% and focused to the full.
With the Group awareness bit, everyone kind of was aware of everyone else and quite involved with everyone elses movements.
We all did pretty well because mainly, we just didnt want to stuff up in front of the audience.
2 ) i only really played one bit where the audience was focused on me and two others fully, i believe that i kept my character really well and we had the audience 'WOOED'... Pia, Danni and myself kept our emotional, angry and upset side really well, i even scared myself when i started shaking from being angry about the situation. Everyone shaped the play into an actual real live instance.
3 ) I had to scream and cry and yell out in frustration in one scene, many people came up to me after and told me that i seemed really angry and that my voice was projected well.
You (Dobby) told me in the last rehearsal that it was very well done and you could hear what we are saying, just we all had to speak over eachother and yell so it was complicated.
When we were all on that massive tower thing, acting like snakes and telling simmone her life was basically over, everyone had a different tone of voice, even though we were all being the same person, it was so effective with the way some people spoke like witches, some angry, some up themselves and stuff like that,
it all worked really well and i believe that my parts of speaking were said loud enough and clear enough for people to catch the drift of th feelings i was trying to project and the purpose we were their for.
4 ) With our physical,
there were a couple of things i had to do that others didnt, one of the risks that i had to take was standing on a chair and almost hang over the balcony, and throw read feathers which symbolised 'death'.
i didnt really do anything that stood out from everyone else,, it was all the same and most other people were in that situation to. But the balcony thing was clever and not really dangerous but effective at the same time.
5 ) My mum told me that it was complicated and that it took her while to kind of figure out that we were all acting as one person and even when one person at one time themself was Joseph K, the next scene someone else might be Joseph K to, so it was mixed around but she said she got it in the end, she said that all of us held our focus really well and that we were clear with our speaking. She really enjoyed it.
Thanks Dobby
Chloe x
heyy dobby :)
ReplyDeletei think the performance was amazing and it was so much fun! :D
okayy
1. um for the core principals i would rate myself individually as i feel i did better in some but not so good in others.
so for energy i would give myself about a 4 as i maintained a high level of energy throughout the whole peformance.
focus was also alright but i would rate myself about a 3 as i lost focus twice throughout.
self awareness would be about a 4 because i felt i was incredibly aware of the state my body was in, for example the beginning of the peerformance when i walked out with my arm up, i could feel the glass and nails on the ground and i was trying to step around it.
group awareness i feel was not up to standard, this was shown just before the killing scene when the tambourines were being hit and we were surrounding the kays, we weren't in time with eachother or the beat. therefore i would give myself a 3-4, because it wasn't just me who wasn't in time, it was the group as a whole. the rest of the group awareness was awesome though. :)
2. i believe i harnessed each character to the best i possibly could, i was a bit nervous about the part when i played franz, as i only realised we were doing that until the day we were to peform, and the rehersal in front of the middle school kids wasn't so good. but in the end it worked out and ended up being heaps of fun :).
3. i feel that because my voice hasn't properly healed from the flu, i was a little quieter than i should have been. but i tried to make my voice as clear as possible and projected as best i could. clarity and articulation were really good even as a group, i dont think there was ever a time when the audience couldn't understand us.
4. my physical skills were pretty coool, i didnt really do anything extra-ordinary with my body i dont think, i would have liked to though :P
i took a few risks when interacting with the audience as i climbed through them during graces composition, and got up close and personal during 'the end' scene.
5. hahahahaa my parents were freaked out. and they were like dayyuumm id hate to be sitting up the front when they screamed. but they said overall was a thoroughly entertaining performance, mum said she understood it but only because i brieflyy told her what it was about, dad had no idea even though i told them the same thing hahaa. but yeah they said the costuming, lighting and music really contributed to create a fabulous performance.
YAYYYYYYYYYY :D
-loveee piaa xox
Hi Dobby :)
ReplyDeletePhysical Theatre has not only been challenging but a lot of fun. I know that in the rehearsals we all started to get restless and lost our focus easily, but I thought the performance was a success!
1)It's hard rating myself, but I felt I did a lot better when there was an audience there and I had stage makeup on (being in character). Rating myself on the four core priciples I felt that overall I was around a four out of five. Looking back I know that I must have been really focused beacuse I can't really remember thinking about what came next in the performance- it all kind of flowed naturally without consciously thinking what action to do next. It's hard to explain. But I am happy with my self-awareness and focus on the night. Being in the group of spiders I felt we had really good group awareness. We all moved simultaneously without looking at eachother. Plus the group as a whole had really good energy throughout the performance!
2)I tried to shape each of my roles to its full extent. I'm not sure how convincing I was, as I couldn't see myself but I felt I did pretty well as a spider and a monster-like creature. Mum said that a couple of little boys that came to watch said "it was really spooky", so I guess we must have been pretty convincing.
3)I used my voice in some very unusual ways for different charcters. I projected my voice when needed, and tried to speak as clear as possible when speaking in a funny way. When the group of us in Grace's choreography had to whisper at the back of the audience "speak nothing" etc. we had to try and project really loud in order for the whole audience to have the illusion that we were whispering. All voices were appropriate for each charcater in order to convince the audience what our roles, status etc. was in the piece.
4) Because I have never done physical theatre before this unit I felt it was different to everything else I had ever done before. Therefore I did not use any other previous skills, but instead took advantage of using a completely different style of story-telling. I tried to do things out of my comfort zone and use Drew's workshop in order to help use my body in unusual ways. That was the risk I thought I took; not setting any limitations. Being a spider, I didn't realise that using something as small as fingers could make a movement so extraordinary. Interacting with the group was easy, as I think we are really close as a class, so I didn't hold back at all. I interacted better with the audience than what I had thought I would. I just remained true to my role and crawled in between people sitting really close to one another. I actually crawled in between a couple resting their heads on eachothers shoulders, which was funny.
5) My mum came to watch me. She said she was glad she came to see it because she had never seen that style of acting before. She thought we all did really well and that she was a bit freaked out in parts, which I took as a compliment; our objective was to captivate the audience with the different moods we portrayed throughout the piece.
Thanks everyone! I think we all did really well!
xo
On my personal performance i rate myslef as a 4 out of 5. I think this was achieved due to the impact of the others energy that surrounded me. Their focus and movements impacted on how i moved and felt.
ReplyDeleteI think group movements convinced the audience of our intentions, personal input i believe could have been placed to another or higher level, however I did give in a lot to make the performance run accordingly even in shaky areas, eg, when I was the last to get to the person in Graces parable, I tried my best to keep my character and make my way smoothly into place. This was done mostly due to the energy within that started to create doubts, such as thinking about our weak spots of the performance and how it would turn out when it comes.
Throughout the performance most of the time/ majority of the time my voice was used as whispers (tick tock/ smothered/yes, but what do you want)then from time to time screams (who are you/ this is not a joke,/ this is not a crude joke/ we dont answer such questions). In my opinion these words were clearly spoken as they were projected with spaces in between words.
The physical performance that i thought would be seen as interesting to the audience was when me , eliza, gam, lucy and grace were on the wall "tied" up moving in slow and fast gestures to escape. Risks that i had to take for this performance was breaking/moving though couples and groups of people to get to spot and crawling and walking backwards towards to spot; eg, graces parable. Opening scene. Audience interaction was introduced when we ran outside and yell " who's that?" another audience interaction was noticed when the audience started to dribble in.
Possibly due to my sister being 7 years of age she thought it was sad “especially the ending” because they die. My mum thought it was different, unexpected and a little intimidating due to her usual experience of watching in seats while the performers moved “in front” of her on stage meters away. Most of the other feed back I received was that it was different, a whole new experience.
THANK YOU TO MRS DOBSON MRS MOORE-CARTER AND ALLL THAT WAS INVOLVED =D
hi dobby :)
ReplyDeleteTuesday night was amazing, loved every minute of it!!!
1) I would rate myself through out the whole play around a 3-4. I thought my energy was good, but could of been concentrated through certain scenes abit more. My focus was good overall, in the beginning scene as we were moving through the audience, i saw people i knew and was hard not to smile at them ;) (expecially my parents, who tired to talk to me!) myself awareness/group was good, I was aware of my movements and the people around me and the architecture.
2) I felt that we were all very convincing in our roles but when ie (running up the stairs) we came out of character, but got that level of focus that was need quickly back.
3) My voice was only really used in group and was insink with each line. the only time i had to talk without other people was at the start brining the audience into the room, i tired to have a creepy but strong voice to keep the clarity of it so the audience could understand and obey ( not like the grade 6's "i dont speak to strangers")
4)When I started on the wall struggeling to get free I used my whole body, using different levels to make it more affective to the audience, In graces parabole when we were saying " tick, tock" and slapping the ground, i pushed my way through the audience to incorprate the audience into the scene, and my favourite physical skill was the cheerleader life that was fun :)
5) My dad loved it even though he did not get it, he loved our makeup and our energy, after moving the audience once outside then back inside he understood what physical theatre was all about. The only think he got was the end scene with the three groups portraying "K" as we used the whole class, so the audience could see what was happening.
Overall I loved every single minute of the performance and most rehearsals it was good to do a play that is different from the ones that we normally do.
Thank you for brining us Drew to help understand the concept of Physical Theatre, i learnt so much. THANK YOU MISS DOBBY AND MRS MC for putting up with us :)
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ReplyDeleteOverall i would think the use of my energy, focus, self awareness and group awareness was a 4/5. Everyone did a great job and it was definitely noticeable that the actual performance was the most powerful one we have ever presented. The strong focus was easier once everyone else was focused too. so with the group awareness we would find focusing easier because we influenced each other. at the start I was just beginning to get into character at the door and my dad keeps waving his hands in front of my face going “oh is that you gam? gam?” i didn’t reply and he kept going on haha. It was difficult to hold back telling him off but i managed to keep my focus on what i was doing, which was inviting the audience in to start the trial. The core principals came easy to me because we had practiced so much it became what we needed to construct the play to the success it was.
ReplyDeleteI had some individual parts which i have become comfortable with over the time so it was easy to play the role once you know and can imagine exactly what your character is doing, feeling, thinking.
Most of the speaking i did was with the whole group together, we all captured the expression to each scene well wether it was anger, confusion or pain and it was more powerful cause we all delivered the same expression. Also group awareness was great when we were all walking around Brandon on the blocks cause we started and ended together saying “ this is not a joke” etc. which turned out really well because everyone was in sync . It was difficult sometimes to be able to be loud and whisper at the same time, the amount of people whispering also helped with the loudness but as soon as you know how it is done it comes more naturally during the performance.
There were many physical skills used during the play that was probably new to the audience so actually telling them what to do would’ve confused them. Everyone stayed in character whilst instructing them to go to different places through movement, expression and voice. being lifted up onto the fence was also and being thrown onto the table afterwards quite different , i had to manage a way to fall without getting owned lol which meant a way to support myself. What i found difficult and i thought i ended up doing quite well was staying still. Because i usually can’t keep still haha, i always have to be fiddling or moving. So in graces parable scene walking and keeping still and waiting was quite difficult for me. I found the practices really beneficial because it just gives us more to work on.
For my parents who went, they really thought it was a great new experience because it was different to anything they’ve seen before. Most of the feedback was that it was kind of difficult to get what was happening, but my dad managed to get a little because i gave him the low down a couple of days before, i also told him he was probably not going to get it because most bits were metaphorical. Also the lighting and sound effects and makeup really helps set the mood further to achieve its meaning. But overall they were glad they came and were entertained the whole time.
It was such a great drama experience thankyou for all your hard work :D
Hey Dobby
ReplyDeleteI had so much fun performing last tuesday night.
Overall i would probably rate myself a 3-4 out of 5. Within rehearsals I didnt feel 100% in character for I wasnt completley focused. But within the performance I was focused and felt as if I captured the role of my character well. Within each scene I felt as if I used the right vocal tone in each of the scenes using a loud, clear voice when speaking 4/5.
I tried to maintain a high energy level so for that i'd rate myself a 4, I believe everyone held a high energy level on the night and we all worked well together as a group.
I believe I could have improved on my physical movements and the way I moved my body etc. I didn't feel as if I used my body movments to my fullest potential 3/5.
My family didn't attend on the night of the performance but once I got home they said the makeup was great. I had spoken to Jess's mum on the way home and she didnt really understand the play and said that the play should have been explained breifly in the beginning, overall she said we all performed well though and she liked the play.
Overall I had a great time and im looking forward to our next performance !
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ReplyDeleteHey Mrs Dobson,
ReplyDeleteGetting straight to the point, I would rate my focus and energy as a 4:
Harnessing the character of the 'Authority' at the beginning of The Trial, I ensured that I got into the character as an evil, daunting creature, which helped me control my focus until the end of the performance. When I was at the back of the audience whilst another scene was taking place at the front, I noticed a couple of people turning around and staring at me, and incidentally my focus was quite the intense that I remained in character, and instead of breaking the mood for the audience I concentrated on the current K (s).
A particular moment when I felt my energy was utilised to its full potential would be in the garden-bed scene, where my character became quite fierce and deterring screaming 'one hour and five minutes.' I ensured my focus on characterisation as either an authority or a 'K' was enhanced with energy. Two scenes where I feel my energy could have been elevated include when I was part of the group scrambling for Ks 'identity papers,' and also my entire co-operation in Graces parable (I could have been way creepier.)
My self-awareness would be rated as a 3, due to my attentiveness in insignificant bodily movements, such as moving my fingers menacingly. However, I could have been even more aware of my entire body in certain scenes, and thought more frequently about how I might have shaped myself to augment the character.
In conjunction with this, I rate my group awareness as a 3; I could have moved more simultaneously with the ensemble in particular scenes, however, in the opening scene, the spider kiddies (Isabella, Annabelle, Madison and myself) worked very well together in signalling when to start creeping under the curtain, and when to stand and raise/lower arms; we were very aware of each other.
Our success in The Trial is mainly due to everyone ensuring they were as convincing as possible in the characters they were handed. Individually, I made a lot of effort to be as chilling and intimidating as possible in my portrayal of the authorities (i.e. facial expressions, vocal use), and as a K I attempted to create a sense of vulnerability by pleading with my body (in the 'who's accusing me?' scene, I reached out as though begging).
There were numerous occasions in which my character was required to use its voice. As an Authority, I ensured I used my deep, terrorising voice, and projected immensely to create a sense of empowerment, e.g. 'you should have stayed in your room.' In the garden bed scene where I was part of the group that bellowed 'one hour and five minutes,' my focus and energy was angry, and my voice showed those particular emotions. Lastly, when I was a K pleading 'who's accusing me,' I equipped my voice to sound frightened and repressed, yet still projected easily.
Articulation could have been clearer, but in the jist of the performance, it was still understandable and worked well with everyone else’s voices.
The tools Drew taught us were combined with inspirational movements The Tempest used for me to execute a believable, physical performance. What the audience may class as ‘extra-ordinary’ include creeping under the curtains as spiders and dragging myself menacingly across the floor, and reaching out to the K’s in the opening scene whilst pulling a scary face without shame. To fully perform a physical performance risks must be taken, mine of which include rattling the gates in the garden bed whilst screaming (a risk due to the gate possibly breaking off), basically risking pulling Graces limbs off in The End scene (although that was a group effort), and ramming through the audience in Graces parable (it would have been embarrassing if someone refused to move!)
I would give you feedback from my family but nobody went! Instead, a little grade six girl came up to Isabella and myself today and said we both did ‘soooooo’ well, were very scary, and that I looked like a vampire. Yay for me!
Thanks Dobby!
i think that through out the practacing and rehersal i was barely a 2 but as soon as those doors opened infront of me and i saw the crowd i went to about a 4ish mabye pushing 5 (not to sound to cocky or anything).
ReplyDeletei put all that i had into my character so i would hope i was convincing but i guess the audience is the judge of that.
i think i was clear and very loud especially when i had to yell at simone.
i had to get up to the top box with out falling which is an accomplishment to me but i was also the first to move the audience and they responded well to that.
i had a teacher approach me the day after and she said she loved it and loved how we were all so focast and because shes never been to a physical theatre performance it was extra special.
Hi Mrs Dobson,
ReplyDeleteSimilar to a handful of others I think I’ll have to rate myself on each individual principal...
I was surprised at myself on how much ENERGY and FOCUS I used throughout the play, I agree with Kirsty when she says the rehearsals got a bit tiresome but the whole atmosphere of the actual performance on the night was very powerful. I’d have to say I would give myself a 3 for energy. Although I felt at my peak during my outside scene with Son I have to be honest and say I didn’t keep that intense energy through out the whole of the play but still stayed focus none the less.
On the other hand I was extremely confident within myself and my SELF AWARENESS and my GROUP AWARENESS! I knew what I was doing, I kept in sync well with my peers and didn’t feel I had too search around the room for directions off others – for that I’d give myself a 4/5.
I feel confident in myself that I portrayed the many characters which I played. My first character was part of the authorities; I felt I was focused and very strong. My other main roll was the wife, walking down the aisle – my most powerful moment I believe personally... I feel that I definitely convinced everyone what role I was meant to be playing – especially after when Simone told me that she got teary after our scene the loser!
I’ve always felt self-assured about my voice projection so i don’t think my performance would be any different haha. As an Authority in The Arrest scene I tried my best to ‘be the character’ and tired to put on my terrorising ‘angry’ voice. Im not quite sure how well that went for me... I was a little too caught up in the moment! During the garden bed scene I really got into it as myself and the rest of the group bellowed ‘one hour and five minutes’. I also enjoyed the cathedral scene, i put a little bit of sarcasm and a lot of emphasis in my voice when we were walking back repeating ‘How simple this all seems to you, no no no that just wont do’ (or something along those lines...)
I enjoyed using my physical skills to my full potential. In my first scene as an authority i kept my stance strong. In the flower bed scene, Son and I weren’t allowed to creep down towards the audience with the others because we had to run straight to our next scene but I am really pleased on how I used my body along the fence creeping and slithering around it, reaching through the bars.
Unfortunately i wasn’t able to get any feedback off my parents as they did not attend but on the way home Jess’s mum mentioned how great it looked – as a mother should anyway.
I had so much fun... I didn’t expect it to be so enjoyable. Overall a really good night and am very proud of my performance considering it was my first in Drama
– Thankyou!
1. For focus i would rate myself a 4/5. I feel that I was extrenly focused within the performance and that I achieved the level I was hoping for. For energy I would rate myself 3/5. In certain sequences I felt that I may could of produced more energy than achieved but overall I feel that I produced an appropriate level of energy. For group awareness I would rate myself a 3/5.I feel as though I could have put more effort into being awre of where the other performers around where and what they were doing. I would give myself a 4/5 for self awareness. I was fully awre of where i was and what I was doing throughout the play.
ReplyDelete2.I believe that I was convincing in the majority of my roles. I feel that I could have been more committed to the part where we are saying "Who's accussing me?", but overall I feel as though the roles inwhich I played were convincing. I shaped my roles to the fullest extent. I made sure that I fully understood each character and that I made it individual so that it would provide a different perspective.
3.I used my voice in a variety of different ways. for the openeing sequence i used my throat to produce a monsterous like tone, whereaas after the lift and the K's have been thrown to floor, I used a more childlike tone to add to the mood. projection was a vital key within the production. If the audeince was unable to hear the dialogue, the plot would not go through to the audience. Clarity also posed as a vital tool so that meaning was being produced. I feel that i produced both projection and clarity within my performance.
4.Physical movement didnt feel like a challenge for me. I felt comfortable in the shapes that was created and I was aware of what I was doing. The whipping bit was probably the biggest challenge as we interacted with the audience. We did this by crawling up to the audience members and striking our arms in front of them, then slithering back to our postitions. As one of the spiders in the opening sequence, I believe that our hands and fingers would have been axtra ordinary for the audience to experience. As you do not often use just your hands to incorporate meaning, it was our objective to create great meaning through our hands.
5. Well my dad came and he said that it was a shame it was so short. He said that it ended really suddenly and that it was a really effective and different experience.
I personally really enjoyed the performance and thankyou to mrs dobson and mrs moore-carter na dveryone else who contributed in creating a really enjoyable production.
I don’t know if I’m being too generous with this rating stuff so you know just adjust and do what you do :)
ReplyDelete1. Personally for my own results I believe I did fairly good in most areas, sometimes it was hard to be aware of the rest of the group but there were little techniques made to make things easier like when I’m on the boxes with Paige and Sun, Paige and myself try and put our hands down in sync by touching behind Suns back and he is able to feel this against his back so he is able to do the same. My energy and focus improved majorly for the final performance and I felt that I was always aware of my own surroundings. For this section I would rate myself a 4 out of 5.
2. Prior to the actual performance, in rehearsals, I admit I was distracted at times by either he audience or other things but for the final performance I really felt ‘in character’ e.g. when running to the audience and screaming I was able to do this and keep a straight face and leaving the room K tried to use my eyes and body language to really express the mood, I think the makeup enhanced this. I would rate myself a 3.5 out of 5
3. I always tried to project my voice to the best of my ability, and when it came to moments like the screaming and chanting parts or having to put on a voice I didn’t hold back and wasn’t embarrassed to, unlike rehearsals and yes I believe I was clear enough. Rating myself a 4 out of 5
4. I found it really interesting when Dane and Daniel were ‘abusing’ me I tried to throw my body as realistically as possible and tried to be in time to move my head when I was being ‘slapped’, I found this quite fun to do. Butoh walking was fine after getting the hang of it and I think the audience could tell it wasn’t a ‘normal’ walk. Even though I didn’t have many risky body movements I always tried to put everything in to what did have to do. I would give myself maybe a 4.5 this may be a generous rating but for my own abilities I believe did my best.
5. I was actually surprised how much everyone improved from rehearsals to the actual performance. I could tell the audience was impressed also by the reactions they had seen in their body language and facial expressions. After the show the whole group was complementing each other and correct me if I’m wrong Dobby but I’m pretty sure you were a little teary in the back room, so enough said- the night was a success ;) 5 out of 5 for all!! Yaaay Hoora
Hello !!!
ReplyDeletei really enjoyed that night...
1)i would give...4 points out of 5.....
because of the face painting, i couldn't wear my glasses and i was crying because of your technique of facepainting.. haha
i couldn't see anything properly while we were performing so i could be forcus,brave and powerful and also i was sure that what i was doing and how to perform so.. i could perform greatly !!!
2)I think everyone was convince at that time because we practised as many times as we could and had been thinking about it all the time...
we really did well !!
3)I used my thickest voice as i could when i was saying "you sould've stayed in your room!!!"
because the part had to be scary......
but actually i couldn't say "tic-toc" loudly...
because the part had to be thin and scray but i can't make that sound(volume) so...
4)Evnen if i was brave at that time, my eyes kept trying to see people and my family...
i tried my best to not to see them but my eyes connected(saw each other)....with my family once but i ignored my family !!! was it correct thing to do ?? i don't think i got any other risks..
i tried to do clear actions and powerful~
5)my aunty and my brother came to see me...
they said i was cool !!! but looks scary....but i had to be scary so~ ^^&
several friends also came at that night to see me and said i was cool too~
@hahaha thank you!!!
hi Mrs Dobson
ReplyDeletethe performance was great and everyone did a good job
1) Since it was my first performance i have ever done. I would only rate myself as a 3 out of 5. This is because my energy was ok, i was focused, i used my peripharal vision well i think to see what other people were doing and try to stay in time with them and i made sure that if i was doing something wrong, i would try and fix it with the best ability that i could.
2)In my role, i think i played it alright, i didnt smile at all, i stayed focus, even when i was behind the curtain, i was still focused and wasnt mucking around. When people looked at me, i did what i was supposed to and looked where i was meant to look. Im not that outgoing, i have never done any of this stuff before, and i get nervous when i perform infront of a crowd of people i dont know, and people i do know. In the next perfromance i will be more confident because i have already done one performance, now i will know what is coming for the next one.
3)I wasnt that loud in all the lines i did, if i didnt know the lines well enough, i would only lip sync them incase i made a mistake. The only time i really used my voice was in the Cathedral scene where i had to deliver my own line. Even when i did that, i wasnt very loud, i dont think i was that clear, my characters voice wasnt that scary like everyone else, because i was too scared to let go.
4)In the first scene when i came out walking with my left hand up, i was also feeling for glass on the floor with my feet. I feel i didnt have my left hand high enough and i might of rushed it a bit. My feet were feeling the ground, but not like they were feeling for glass. I didnt move as fast as i should have because i was still very confused about what i had to do. I was mainly following other people and being just one step behind there move. When i was really confident in what i was doing, i felt more comfortable and did it to my best ability.
5)After the show, my family came up to me and said that in the first 10 minutes, they couldnt see which one was me cuz of my face paint and my hair slicked back. They said it was good and i stayed in focus when i was moving through the crowd. When my hair was slicked back, i looked completely different, but Mr Horshner still needed to make a comment about me getting a haircut. He also thought it was good, and that i stayed in focus the whole time.
Thank you so much. :)