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
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
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.
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.
Monday, September 24, 2007
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
Sunday, September 23, 2007
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
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
beth
Monday, September 17, 2007
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.
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.
Monday, September 10, 2007
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.
-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.
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