drama-week10- tuesday

the lessons today were about character development. starting at our stereotypical characters and breaking them down from there. my stereotype character is a skank/slut, this made it easier in some ways to answer the questions we were given, becaused mine ahd a very defined stereotype.
the types of questions we were given as our stereotypical characters were things like name 3 physical features of your character?..........g2g finish l8r

drama-week 10-monday

today we went through more of the script, and i found a whole other scene im in hehe. more lines!! oh well ill be able to do it.
i like doing this process building up to the performance, its great to see people develop in their characters, but most of all myself. now we only have this week, the holidays and then 2 and half weeks when we come back from holidays to have this perfect. to me it doesn't seem like alot of time, but i know Ms Mace knows what she is doing. i hope people in the class put the effort in to make this play as good as i know it can be.

drama- week 9- friday

after having some time to look over my role, i have become more confident that i can do this role. i think maybe putting attitude into Mellisa's character will probably be one of the hardest things for me. i like to believe i am not a person with alot of attitude, so putting on the attitude may be difficult, but we will just see how i go. i think it will be fun though. but now that i have been thinking more about the play, i realize in the other group production i was in last semester i wasn't nervous because i barely had any lines it was mostly improvised stuff so it felt more natural and relaxed, but now that i do have a fair few line, im scared my nerves will get to me once again and i will let the class down or embarrass myself. i really hope this doesn't happen, i think if i get confident with my lines then i will be ok, ill just have to practice lots and lots in the holidays, but i know it will still really worry me. ahh

drama-week 9- tuesday

i was excited today because i knew we were going to be getting our characters. i wanted the character of Jessica, 46 year old aunt of the main character Angela. my main motives for wanting the character of Jessica was because she had a reasonably small part, and i wasn't really interested in getting like a main part or something, because i am not good at memorizing lines and i wouldn't want to let the class down.
to my complete suprise i got picked to play the part of Melissa - 19 year old friend of angela and fellow student. the only thing i had heard about this character was that she was some kind of slut! i am totally opposite in personality and well everything to this, i kind of thought it was strange to pick me for this type of character. i went home and read through the play a few times and have actually come to really like the character i have been given. i think she has alot of personality to work with and should be a fun challenge for me.
I'm kind of glad i wasn't set on getting any character, like Jessica, because i have done this in the past and have been let down when i didn't get the character.
but yes, it sounds interesting, im excited. most of all i cant wait to develop my character further as this will probably be the most challenging thing for me.

ok thats all

from me..beth

drama-week 9- monday

we went through the script one last time today before Mrs Mace choses our characters. i have tried to think of who should get the parts, and i have a fair idea of who i think would best suit the male roles, but as for the female roles, i have no idea, i think it will be really hard for Mrs Mace to choose, but i cant wait to find out tomorrow my role.

beth

drama-week 8 , friday

Mrs Mace was away today so we had a relief teacher.
we got work to do in groups that Mrs Mace assigned us in. i was with Erin and Matt.l. i liked my group, i think we were probably the only group on task the whole time, and just managed to get if finished within the lesson, so i assume the other groups didn't. and it wasn't like one person was doing all the work, we all had our input into the questions on our play.
i think the exercise helped to give a wider range of thought about the play and its elements. it also was good to hear other peoples opinions on it and how they thought it should be set and done.
the only thing we had trouble with was explaining the key theme's for the play, none of us really new this so we left this question and decided to tell the teacher tomorrow. i think this proves we have to research into the theme's of the play a little more.

drama- week 8 monday

we got the second part of our group production script today. im a bit scared because i don't want to get a bit part because it looks long. but im excited to start acting it though. the character i would most like to be is jessica because:

-she has a small part
-her character is very diverse compared to other characters i have played in the past.
-i think it will be a good challenge for me
-i want a small part to be able to remember the lines better and to develop it more.

drama- week 7

today, we just went to the computer room to work on our blogs.
i have to say i was a little distracted as the ball is tomorrow and yarr excited!!
but yer ... got lots of my review done though, but i dont think i will be able to send it too Mrs Mace till monday cos the email is down.
oh well will have to see.
i do think that it has been much easier to write this review though.

beth

drama week 7- tuesday.

Today was a pretty basic day.
Mrs Mace is away on camp so we had a relief teacher. i was surprised at how much work i got done, i got my plan done and half my review!
see, i told you sam makes me more focused on my work lol. she is like my little roll model i look up to her. sam you my hero!!hehehe but its true, as lame as it sounds.
well, must be off.
bye bye

drama week 7- monday

what a long day. this day has gone so slow. anyway today we got the requirements for our reviews. Mrs Mace went through what was to be expected from us and what we should include in our reviews and how it should be structured etc. i thought this was alot of help, as i struggled last term when i had to write one, hopefully i can do better than last time as i believe i know what i am doing, and will actually be able to get a draft in!(i did last time, but never got it back because everybody was so busy, i didn't mind, but i think i could have of done better if i got some feed back on it).
the play we are reviewing is alot easier to understand from last semesters play we went to see, so this too should make it a bit more easy.
this is all we did today, and we ended the lesson with some fun rounds of SPACE JUMP.

luv beth

PS: and sam got her braces off, cant wait to see her!

drama week 6

This week we started script work. learning the process in which to follow when receiving your script. i found this a little helpful, as i sometimes freak out when i see a script because that means i will have to memorize lines which scares me, cos i don't have a good memory. but i don't want that to put me off because i know i can do it if i just apply myself to it. taking it in steps will hopefully help me to memorize it and not be so afraid of it.
i read through the script a few times, and i have to say i am leaning toward one character more than others, but i shouldn't this because i don't want to be let down if i don't get it. so i am keeping open minded. i actually like alot of the characters in this play, they are all so diverse and interesting and all add something different to the play. if our class is commited, i think we can produce a spectacular performance.
fingers crossed.
beth