How did it go:
At first I was nervous because I thought to myself the actors wouldn't like my play but they did and when I started to act my play out I enjoyed it. It felt good and natural, All the actors even spoke fluently and I was confident about my play. Even though we rehearsed a lot I was still nervous at the end because it was my own script that was going to be performed and it was my first script. Towards scene 2 my feelings cooled of and I was excited.
What went well:
While reading my play I was happy and excited because it went smoothly and we read our lines in Cue. In order to read out lines in Cue and on time we had to practised a lot, we read a lot and one technique that was useful was to change the page to the next quickly or to highlight our lines so is snappy. Delaying lines wouldn't be as good as reading it on Cue. It went fluently and everything was up to expected for me. Another thing that went well is I took all my scripts and highlighted the lines so all of the actors acting my play can read there lines on CUE.
We also had pictures pop up while reading , There will be different pictures depending on the scenes and the production artiest would show the pictures.
One Example of mines is :
Scene 11
(11 Months later Treyvon goes to visit Adams Grave)
Treyvon : you know that day always haunts me till this day (upset) I'm so sorry... and tell my mum that I said am sorry
(Treyvon Puts Adams last and final pay check and digs it Adams grave dirt. Treyvon sits down down and a old man sits next to him)
In scene 11 I am in a cemetery to visit the antagonist character (Adam who has passed away), I put this to show the resolution of the play and to show the audience where I am truly at. Another thing that went well is that we had someone to read out the stage directions, All the stage directions was highlighted but not only in one script, But in the other scripts. The reason why i decided to do this to my play is because during practise some actors would read over the stage directions, so I decided the stage directions should be highlighted on all of my scripts, So we wouldn't read over it which turned out to be a success.
How Could it be improved for the better:
Even though my play Turned out to be a adequate play I know there could of been some improvements for example I could of added sounds
Scene 10
I could of added sounds to my play
(Adam runs to grab the gun than chucks the gun away. Treyvon drops on his knees and cries)
Adam : look the truth is …
(Treyvon hears a gunshot and looks at Adam, his been shot dead in the head than Treyvon runs to hold him)
In this scene I hear a gunshot but I never added the sound for the audience to hear, There was stage directions said during the time but I felt like sound would of been better.
What would you do in and live production:
One thing I would do is control the pictures for the scenes and sound because I wouldn't exactly know how fast or if they would read on CUE, and I would want to control the lighting. and the sound because Lighting is important if you want to create a atmosphere to exited your audience, Lighting can draw the attention towards a point where the production roller wants the audience to see or to hide something from the audience.
Lighting can reveal the presence of an actor or an object or anything in stage regardless upstage or downstage, Lights reveal the mood of a play. It can also portray emotions This depends of the colour of the light it will have an dramatic effect and can support the actors and plot.
examples:
Jealousy
anger
sadness
these three emotions are commonly used to match the lights of the lights to match the emotion like red for anger.
What did you learn from this unit:
I've learned a lot in this unit, I learnt that reading lines on CUE is very important because it will make the play good and delaying lines would longer the play not making it realistic.
A loud and clear voice is very important regardless if you're the protagonist or not, A loud and clear voice will sound more confident to an extend where it shows your not nervous. It is very important for the audience to understand what is going on and the words that are coming out of your mouths.
A loud and clear voice will be easier to understand and without a clear loud voice the audience can miss out on stuff, like the story line or an inciting incident. I learnt that mouth exercises will give you a boost in speaking.
I learnt that art productions is very important if you want to create an atmosphere to make your play fancy.
Vocal exercise and Body exercise is important and regardless I would take and do for other plays, Why? Is because for vocal warmup it stretches my vocal chords making my clear my throat for a strong projection of a voice.
Body exercise is very beneficial for me and the other actors because it relaxes us by getting rid of tensions in our body. Drama games is also good for memory and it will prepare me for a physical demand of a performance.
What skills will you take forward and use in the future:
Skills:
A Skill I would take forward and use in the future is Body language, This is important as it can convey a message through non verbal communication. Body language can connect to your voice and speech, Body language makes your play look more interesting as well as communicating with the actors clearly.
A Skill I would take forward and use in the future is a clear loud voice, This is very important because it can show who your character is and for the audience to hear, With an mumbled low voice the play wouldn't be a good play a high and squeaky voice is good but sometimes a low and soft voice is good but this depends on your character.
Gestures are good to but this is basically body movement, Facial expressions is good too because it will highly show your emotion, Eye contact is a skill that you need too, Eye contact is a form on body language which is important during communication an eye contact with the actor you are talking to indicates that you are actually listening to what the person has to say.
Even through non verbal speech it will still indicate that you are listening to an actor that is speaking.
A skill I would take is Facial impression, this is good and you don't want to play a act like a dead zombie, Facial expression conveys an emotion that tells us about the characters and they way they feel and reacts about a situation during a play. Live the moment because facial expressions are a natural thing we do in our daily life's but during a performance you will have to pick a specific one.
Facial expressions like body language could be heightened or over exaggerated for an characters intention are clear for all. Even for an Antagonist at the background there faces provide important contextual information for facial expression processing.
A skill I would take forward most definitely for other plays is spatial awareness, This is because when I know what I'm doing I move efficiently and effectively on stage knowing my whereabouts of the actors, sets and props. I make sure I don't block anything or any actor.
The reason this is important and a skill I would take forward is because without spatial awareness we would not be able to open a door or have a bottle of water. This skill navigates my surrounds and with this skill it effects social functions like maintenance of personal space.
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