When researching about Mr Stanislavski I came across a lot of his techniques , I used some of his techniques for example he wanted actors to produce realistic characters he was very fond on this . I found this very useful to help me to develop my character and make as realistic as possible. Another technique I applied to the development of my character is the technique was Motivation which was using your mind or emotions to stimulate your actions. This really makes you think about why you should do this action , the motivation technique really helps you to make your character realistic. Research I carried out on the play the background story really helped to understand my character even more and the what was going on in the society. This gave me straight away an idea of what my characters purpose was in the scene I performed, he wants to leave the play so his whole purpose was to persuade his Captain for him to leave. The whole play is based on convicts who put on production, all of this background research gave me a recipe from where to start from. Stanislavski techniques really link with this play. One thing that really goes with this play is one of Stanislavski's ways of learning he said when playing a character ,which was when playing a bad character look for where he is good and when playing a bad character look for where he is good. This play is about convicts taking a turn in life to do something good , the playwright of Our Country's Good believed convicts could turn there lives around through theatre. This works with Our Country's good because the convicts are bad but like Stanislaviski said look for where there good. This helped me to develop my character.
We developed a lot of skills ,we practiced various amounts of Technical skills ,we worked a lot on vocal skills mainly practicing on articulation of words and speaking clearly. For this we worked on a lot of tongue twisters to help us speak very clearly when delivering words due to the fact some words were hard to pronounce. We developed a lot of physical skills due to the fact of using Stanislavski's physical skills which were unique from others. For us to make our characters very realistic ,we worked a lot of voice exercises to really show our characters emotions. As in so at sad moments talk with a lower voice and when angry talk with a very loud voice. I think your physical skills are very important to the audience to show the status of your character. Next time I would love to player a character with the highest status to really challenge my self to play character with such authority over others.
I felt the collaborative performance with the dancers went brilliant ,this brought out more of our abilities to try work in different ways to do something different. Working with the dancers gave us good experience with working under different circumstances. I must say this was one of my favorite performances I've ever down at Westminster Kingsway college , I'm a fan of drama pieces with elements of dance pieces , it worked very well. I believe we hit the nail on the head and went over our expectations we were set to achieve. One thing particularly I was surprised at how fast we were able to put the acting and dancing together. At the end we collaborated very well ,I was proud of what we all achieved together well done to everyone.
What was strong in my performance was the relationship between the characters , my partner Segun had more authority over me as he was the Captain , I really showed this in our performance by how I listened to him and looked up to him. Segun showed he had authority by his stance during the performance and how he persuaded me not to leave the production. Another thing that was strong was our facial expressions when saying certain things. My facial expressions were confused most of the time because my partner Segun was talking about things that my character Ralph didn't have a clue what he was on about. Seguns facial expressions were serious due to the things he was talking about. This really worked so the audience could understand even more about the story. What was weak was the use of space , we could have used the space a bit more to our advantage. Next time I would like to use a bit more space. For example when my partner was talking he was telling me stories he should have been walking around a bit more to show how much he was into his story and me when he says good luck with the play I should have been a bit closer to the exit of the tent . For next time space and movement needs a bit more work.
The production elements were successful but were very basic we didn't really use anything fancy just a simple turn on and off. Looking ahead next time we do show, I would love to have different lightnings. For example red lighting, circular lighting , I liked the lighting from the Level 3 year 2's performance like there red lighting was very cool. Next time I would like further develop the use of production elements have a play around it and use to our advantage for our next production. Furthermore for next term I would like use sound affects it gives more tension and atmosphere for productions ,its a big help and makes everything more interesting.
This term my skills have improved a lot in everything ,I like say all my skills have improved particularly my articulation due the number of tongue twisters we have done have really helped me to pronounce words to the best of my ability. This term my goals were to have a successful performance with the dancers and my other performance which I believe I achieved. For this performance the reason I believe it was successful was due to me practicing in my own time vocals tongue twisters to nail my performance which I believe I did. My goals for next term is to deliver another successful performance and to carry on the effort I'm giving this course. Furthermore other goals I would like to fulfill is to play a another challenging character.
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