28th-2nd of October level 3 performing arts

On Monday I had Rob for 4 hours during this lesson we covered a lot of techniques as usual. In this lesson firstly , Me and my class did some tongue twisters , body relaxing techniques etc to get us into shape for the lesson . These exercises are essential to help us get into the right mind to be rehearsing to our full capacity. Once again the whole class performed there pieces but not in the normal way we do so , this time it was a bit different. Rob shouted out different emotions at first for example ,we were doing our scenes then Rob would shout out emotions such as sad  and we would have to apply to this to our scene. This was Robs idea of making our acting lessons more fun and interesting rather then doing our scenes like we always do the same mixing it up a bit was really fun. After Rob gave us different genres to do our scenes from ,this was really fun Rob was giving us genres like western , James bond and detective etc. This was funnier then doing the same every lesson it made it much more engaging thanks to Rob.

Furthermore my last lesson was with  Sharon ,in this lesson me and my class mates  did our monologues this was  for us to get into the hang of auditions , that hopefully should be coming up in my future. Sharon's main improvement for me was not to give to much away about my self as the judges will have second thoughts on weather to work with me. This was helpful for me to help me feel the moment in the auditions to do the best I can and ready for real life auditions. 

On Tuesday was our day off this day wasn't good for me as I was ill. 

On Wednesday I did not attend college as I was ill. 

Thursday I was well enough to come in which was good. This day was relatively short. In the morning I had English at 9.15 , this lesson we covered more film reviews getting us ready for our controlled assessment coming up in a few weeks we have to write our own film review. After my English lesson I had Robs lesson in this lesson we did a lot of relaxing techniques because as you know acting is all about relaxing and letting everything be loose to act to perfection. All these exercises  are really helping me and my class mates to absolutely nail our performances coming up very soon. 

On Friday I had my English lesson as usual in the morning this lesson we actually started writing a draft film review and self assessed others peoples reviews in the class room. Then for the rest of the day I had Rob, in his lesson me and my class mates went over various amount of tongue twisters really trying to nail our articulations of words and saying them clearer which was really fun. Rob asked us to  make out own tongue twisters up and present it to the class which was very helpful. After this in our last lesson of the day we had solid rehearsals after and performed them to Rob ,who again gave us more notes to take into consideration to really help us nail our roles. Robs improvement for me was to keep my arms by my side at all times, my other improvement was to under play my role the best I can to build tension instead of shouting as my character is angry but also thinks he's right and sees clearer then other even though he is blind.

Level 3 performing arts 21-25th September

On Monday we had Rob first a usual , we were in the theatre which was great to be back in there rehearsing. First we did warm ups as always to get us into character which is always fun. Then me and my partner Isiah rehearsed our play this rehearsal was even better then the last one. We really this time properly got a real sense of our characters. Afte rwe rehearsed for about 30 minutes ,we showed them to Rob who gave us feedback. Rob was impressed with my performance , he said my vocals were on point . Only thing he told me not to is not to point and stop dancing about ,he said only move if it's absolutely necessary. This helped me to controll my charcter as usual Robs feedback is always top class Rob is an incredible teacher I'm lucky to have him. But overal Rob was impressed with everyones first time performances. 

On Tuesday was our day off as you know, I worked all day asual. 

On Wednesday We had sharons lesson first asual in the computer room sharon asked to answer questions about our trip to the national theatre ,such as how many seats does the olivia theatre hold. After we had Rob in the same room, in this lesson we went over greek theatre Rob showed us a few clips of people talking about greek theatre which was really interesting. Rob set us a task he out us in groups, he asked my group to right about the greek theatres in general due next week which should be interesting as I can learn about how it was back in those times  how theatre was. 

On Thursday I had my english lesson with a new teacher they split our classrooms up my new teacher is called Hailey a really nice and good teacher. In my English lesson we were explained how the year would work and all our controlled assessments coming up.Our first official task was to read a film review and underline things we thought we could use in our film review assesment coming up in 3 weeks. The review really helpwd me how to structure mine. Then I had Robs lesson this lesson we didn't look at our scripts we looked at tongue twisters the hole lesson and relaxing exercises when acting which was really helpful towards my acting and Rob made sure we all nailed the exercise. Then we practised reading a monologue and pronunciations of words. After this we did a poem which was really fun. Rob asual watched and gave feedback my feeback was to not make a character just yet as it to was to soon. After this I did self directed learning which is using a free room to rehearse in my own time. I'm happy to say me and Iosiah practising away ,we have nailed all our lines which is really good next step showed them to Rob without the script this should be interesting. 

On Friday we had Rob all day, we first started with some games to build up energy for rehearsing for our performance coming up in October. Firstly me and my partner Iosiah rehearsed our pieces and tuned them up abit for example building the tension at the right times and not to force to much.

I'm happy to say I performed it 3 times without a script which I'm veryhappy about. This just gives me more confidence for our performance coming up.   After this we had Rob again this time Rob asked everyone group by group

to perform while he gave us notes. I thought everyone did very well while performing I was impressed. Robs notes for me was not to force my lines to much because it makes me look like I'm trying to hard he said just let it come naturally . His last improvement for me was not to wobble side to side , just to stand still and simply act. 

This week I've learnt that to not force anything ,because it makes me look like I just want my lines to be over and don't care about my performance. Robs notes have helped me as usual. 

Level 3 UAL performing arts 14-18th September

I'm going to write this blog for last week. We started our blog address  late so I wasn't able to blog for last week.

First week starting from Monday-14th -18th September 

On Monday was our first official day back at college. First was Robs lesson were we just did some rehearsal techniques getting us into shape for our upcoming performance in October. It was fun to be back I missed everyone my summer was beginning to get very boring without college and I made good friends so I was happy to be back. In Robs lesson we just  played around doing acting exercises, such as improvising activities which was really fun. To get us back to the usual routine I did last year. Furthermore after Robs lesson we had Sharon's lesson our tutor, in this lesson we just went over the side of things for our course and some little acting activities. The little acting  activities we did was reading and working on  articulation  of words from a Shakespeare play, which was good to help us improve the pronunciation of words. This really helped me to understand words I've never come across and helped me develop my acting skills. Also in Sharon's lesson we analysed the speech given to us of Romeo and Juliet ,which was explaining the mixed emotions along the speech, to help us understand the meaning behind the words when acting which was really helpful. 

On Tuesday we didn't have college as it was our day off. On this day I worked all day ,as I have job to do that was my day. 

On Wednesday we had Sharon first, in this lesson we worked on the theory side of things for our course. Which was signing papers for trips outside the college and doing the paperwork to give us permission to go on trips with the college. Next we had Robs lesson in the same room. In this lesson we set up our blogs for the year, although several people couldn't make a blog account from the computers at the college. Luckily mine worked ,I had no problems. 

On Thursday was a very productive day we had Rob all day ,we just did all acting exercises which was mainly mouth exercises to pronounce words to the best if our ability before the big reveal was revealed. We were given our first scripts for our performance coming up in October. My play given to me was Oedipus , my character is An blind but very wise man who's sees everything more clearly then others but they don't believe him ,his name is Tyresias. My partner is my fellow class mate Iosiah who's character is Oedipus. We rehearsed it a few time we really liked the play. 

On Friday as you know we went to the National Theatre  which was really fun the theatre was great honestly the best on I've ever been to. Before we went we had a shortened lesson with Rob ,we did a few little excises of acting techniques then we left for the theatre. 

National Theatre trip UAL

Tarkan Djemal                             National Theatre
UAL




On Friday we took a nice trip to the National Theatre, for a tour of the building based  in Southbank. The tour we had was very nice ,they showed us all the theatres at the national, you got the first class theatre then second then third all theatres were good. Some background history of the theatre they told us was that it opened in 1963 22nd October ,so quite a while back. Its a magnificent theatre. The theatre currently holds 4 theatres Olivier Theatre which can hold 1,125 people, Lyttelton Theatre which can hold 890, Dorfman theatre which can hold 400 people and last but not least Temporary Theatre which can hold 225.The props the theatre had were great my favourite was the food props there were great the way they made it amazed me. The national theatre has staged over 800 performances and still going. Overall out of all the theatres I've been to the national theatre is by far the best one I've ever seen. It was a fun day I hope one day I can see a show there or at the least be up on stage one day. The national theatre is based in a perfect location.  My favourite theatre was the Olivia theatre ,its so big it feels like your on top of the world  when in that theatre. Its just amazing to sit there even if there isn't a show going on.