Lesson 5 - 2.10.14

Unit 3 Acting Skills Audit: Benji Lord DATE: 12.10.14

Throughout your blog you will be marked on:

P2 Present an on-going review of acting skills, describing strengths and areas to develop

M2 Present an on-going review of acting skills, describing strengths and areas to develop, setting achievable targets for improvement and reviewing progress

D2 Present an on-going review of acting skills, describing strengths and areas to develop, setting achievable targets for improvement and evaluating progress

Workshop and rehearsal observations:

Which acting strengths have you been able to demonstrate today? How?

Some key words: 

articulation      

projection      

breath control      

learning lines   

pitch, inflection and modulation 

tone and vocal colour        

phrasing             

pace                

use of pause              

gesture  

facial expressions     

characterisation         

staying in role             

balance                   

coordination 

movement memory       

spatial awareness       

weight placement        

focus and control 

relaxation                              

pace, energy and dynamics 

Which acting skills do you need to develop based on the workshop today? Why?

LESSON 5 

Set yourself  three targets:

1. To keep articulating and pacing what I am saying so that it suits how my character feels and what my character wants.

2. To make sure I project to all areas of the room so everyone in a traverse audience will be able to hear me clearly.

3. To characterise my words so that I can come across to the audience as if it's the first time I've heard what the other character is saying.

Reflect on the targets set:  Have they been achieved? How?               

I achieved my first target by making sure my tongue and jaw are warmed up properly during our warm ups so I can clearly form the words I need to say. I find that these warm ups help a great deal with everyone in the class and not just me.

I don't think I have achieved my second target just yet because I feel I have been more observant on my diction and articulation than on my projection. This will be one of my targets for next week and I will definitely work on this.

I have achieved this by once again by using the notes on my script (see lesson 6 for the notes) to evaluate my character's objective and the subtext behind the actual lines. My character's objective put simply was: To tell her how he feels.

Date of review:

Here are some photos of my evaluation sheet on Rory:

and Connor's evaluation sheet on me:

Also, here are some photos of our rehearsals this week: