Compilation of Work

Hotseating

Hotseating is a technique where an actor answers questions given to them in he role of their character, this allows the actor to gain experience with his role and to understand how their character would act in certain situations, giving them better knowledge of their role. We used this in the drama lesson for the same purpose, to better understand our character and to make it more naturalistic.

Role on the wall

This is a similar technique to Hotseating, but instead of being in character and being asked questions real-time, you draw an outline of a person, and write what they feel their like on the inside, and peoples views of them on the outside. This is another way of gaining better understanding of a character, and how the audience should react to them.

Group Evaluation

I believe that my group is able to function correctly, but with an unequal balance of power and workload. Currently, Abi and Frankie are the ones doing the ordering and making the piece, while me and Olly sit back, pitching in here and there, and doing what they ask. Really, we are working for the group instead of with the group, this may be because we feel they have a greater work ethic and are able to produce better quality work within a shorter period of time. But, to pitch in with ideas at this stage may upset the flow of the performance as the script styles clash and characters may change behaviour notably, which would detract from the quality of the performance. Overall, the group is working well, even if it may appear that me and Olly are not working as Miss. Woofinden expected the groups to work.

Book Quotes - Voice and the Actor
By Cicely Berry - Published by Virgin Publishing Ltd in 2000

"Technique as such is a myth, for there is no such thing as a correct voice. There is no right way - there are only a million wrong ways."

"The voice is the most intricate mixture of what you hear, how you hear it, and how you unconsciously choose to use it in the light of your personality and experiences."

"Now the image you have of your own voice is often disturbingly different from the way it actualy sounds to other people. It often does not tally with how yuo think of yourself."

"I think one of the greatest fears of the actor is that of not being interesting. This really need never be a fear because everyone is interesting in that he is himself. When  you get to the point  which says "This is me; it will change, and perhaps improve, but this is me at this moment', then the voice will become open."

"A great deal of voice work is done on what, to my mind, is a negative basis - This is, 'correcting' the voice, making it 'better', with all the social and personal implications of that word, somehow making it seem your not quite good enough."