Acting skills performance grading criteria

P4 Perform a role using relevant technical and interpretive acting skills competently

M4 Perform a role with confidence and consistency ung relevant technical and interpretive acting skills competently, to communicate the creative intentions of the piece

D4 Perform a role with confidence, consistency and ease; use relevant technical and interpretive acting skills competently and fluently; and fully communicate the creative intentions of the piece.

Performance Evaluation

Through out this first term I have already learnt many new skills and techniques and had lots of fun doing so. Everything has happened so fast but the other night all we have learnt came together for our production of the Witness.

I was every happy with my performance and felt that I fulfilled all of my objectives confidently and used my voice and body to connect with the audience clearly. I felt that I could have improved my performance by exploring  more emotions and different ways of portraying my character physically.
Because of all these things I think I have achieved a M4.

Acting Skills:  

Voice Warms Ups (Sirening, Breathing and tongue twisters): Voice warm up techniques such as tongue twisters and sirening are good ways of preparing your voice for performing so you can fully project your voice so you are clear and be heard.

Physical Warm Ups

Cat stretch: This stretch involves you being on you had and knees and simultaneously flexing your back in and out. This stretch is a good way of relaxing your muscles and making you less stiff.

Rolling down the spine: this involves standing up straight and slowly rolling your neck and spine down so your arms are hanging and then slowly role back up and then repeat this about five times. This is a good way to relax your back so you are loose and relax

           

Character Creation Exercises

Research:  It is extremely important to research your character and the play.It is important to research your character so you have a better understanding of what is going in characters life and in the world around them. You can do this by reading the play and finding out what is happening in the news and world at the point in time your play is set as all these things could effect the way you portray your character.

Hot Seating: Hot seating is a technique used to get to know the character better and find out the truth about how they are actually feeling. You can do this exercise by choosing a person to sit on the chair and pretend to be their character. Then the rest of the group ask the character questions to find out more about them. I personally think this is good exercise as it allows the people to learn more about that character and how they are feeling and there opinion on things.

Create the previous scene: Creating the previous scene involves you thinking about what has happened in the scene before yours.This means that when you are performing your scene you can keep in mind what has happened in the scene before yours as these things can effect your performance.

Working with physical: To be a good actor you need to know the purpose of your character. Your character needs to have objectives so when you are performing you don't end up just standing around meaningfully waiting to say your lines.

Nominations for best blog.

Nominations for best blog.

Walk around the room and view the various blogs designed by your classmates. Browse. Enjoy. Link. Read the content—don’t just view the graphics! It is the combination of the two that makes a blog strong.

Now, nominate two blogs for Excellence Awards. These blogs should represent their characters accurately AND demonstrate exceptional style and writing. Please write at least four sentences about each blog you nominate, explaining why it deserves the award.

Nominated Blog: Chloes acting and charecter blogs

Blog Author: Chloe Harris 

Why do you think this blog deserves the Excellence Award?

 

Chloe has fulfilled all the set requirements  and has given alot of information for the readers.

Nominated Blog: Samantha Mills acting and charecter blogs

Blog Author: Samantha Mills

 

Why do you think this blog deserves the Excellence Award?

 

  Samantha  has fulfilled all the set requirements and has created to very intresting blogs.

 

Peer assessment  

Kits Blog 

1.  What do you think is the strongest part of the blog? This could be a certain post, the writing style, the graphic design, the use of alternative media, the images, etc. What makes this element so strong?

 

The thing I like about Kits character blog is the depth and detail she goes into. This allows people reading her blog to have a really clear idea of what Joseph is thinking and going through at that point in time. For example

'Oh my bloody hell. GUESS WHO TURNED UP AT MY DOOR TODAY. Simon. That’s who .

Iguess I should probably explain, when I visited Rwanda during the genocide when I was photographing the war zone when I came across Alex (I think I have mentioned her before) anyway, if I haven't she’s my I adopted daughter and I love her with all my heart but whilst I was there I also came across Alex’s older brother, I unfortunately couldn’t carry them both. Oh who am I kidding? I’m a horrible human ; the real reason I didn’t take Simon is because he would remember . He would remember me readjusting his dead mother to make a better photograph, to make art . to make money , what does that make me ?'

2.  Is there a part of the blog you find confusing? A part that doesn’t seem to quite match the rest or the character for which it was designed? A link for which you don’t understand the connection? Can you give some suggestions for how to improve that part?

 

There is no part of the blog that confusies me or I feel does not match the rest of the blog.

3.  After reading the blog, what would you like to know more about? Is there a post that leaves you with questions? Write down at least two questions to help your partner further develop this blog.

 

After reading the blog one thing i would like to know more about is the post that says 'I need a break from the loneliness that is slowly consuming me'. I think this post could have gone into more detail exactly why Joesph is feeling this and if this because he feels he does not see Alex enuff or because he wants a relationship in his life.

4.  Did you notice any major misspellings or grammatical issues? Please note down anything.

 

The only grammatical issues I noticed was that Kit didnt use capital I's when talking as Joseph.

5.  Did your partner fulfil all the requirements on the Character Blog Requirements handout?

As far as i am concerned Kit completed all of the requirments icludeing the images, four posts written from the perspective of your character from various points in the play and a header with a title that matches your character and blog content 
 


link to Kits charecter blog: http://josephpotterblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Lesson 2

The world of acting

During this lesson I feel I learnt allot about acting that I didn't really realise. One thing I learnt is that acting is easier than I thought and that when you don't realise this it means you can end up over acting witch can make for quite fake and unreal performance. I have also learnt that when you are building a character it is important to think about the facts, opinions and purpose of your character. I feel this has helped me because I now know when acting not to try too hard as it makes your performance seem unrealistic and hard for the audience to belive.

What is good acting ?

Good acting is being able to become free of yourself and who you are to become someone or something else. To enter a zone where you are no longer yourself but your character. Not just saying your lines but understanding then, believing in them and saying them with truth and honesty. Good actors can express them self physically, mentally and emotionally.Good acting is being able to convince the audience that you are not just playing your character but that you are your character. Good actors are on time and have respect for the other members of there company.    

What is bad acting?

- A bad actor doesn't learn their lines.

- A bad actor does not research or fully understand the character or play.

- Bad actors mumble and don't project their voice.

- Does not make eye contact or listen to the other characters.

- Does not fully engage with the telling of the story through the character.

- Fidgets on stage with hair, costume, props and generally looks uncomfortable.

- Does not have a good working relationship with the cast (other characters) or audience.

- Really shy or quite boring to watch.

- Unable to relax their body or voice and get over the appropriate emotions when needed.                          

Self assessment

At this point in time i think Im working at a P1, this is because i think i have been able to show competent use and control of technical and interpretive acting skills in practice but not had enough time to achieve anything higher then a P1 as its only been my first day in strand and I have not yet developed the skills I need to  achieve higher.