Final assessment

My final assessment went much better than the first, I didn't forget any lines, well apart from a very small stumble. I had been working on my characters physicallity (movement) for a couple of days before hand which payed off during the assessment. I gave my character more things to do (such as laying backwards when the character Nina was thinking) and felt more confident with the way I was moving and the outcome. I still got very nervous beforehand but I managed to control it more effectvely and use the nervous energy to improve my monologues.
I have learnt that when I manage to control my nerves, I can use them to my advantage (if im careful), yet if I let them get the better of me they have a negative effect on my performance.
Overall I think I managed to improve my monologues from my previous attempt and I received good feedback from Georgia, which proves that if you act on feedback you can improve. I am very happy with how it went and I hope I can continue to improve on the monologues for future auditions.

Wednesday 24th October

We worked on our devised piece based on the tube train. We added in the character monologues and flashbacks to make it more meaningful and to give the characters a story. We split up into two groups, of which one all had monologues and the other flashbacks. We worked on what order to say our monologues and how to move between person to person, we decided to stay completely still when we are not saying our peices and when is nearly our turn we interupt someone else using movment or words (e.g James throws Kirstys book on the floor), this helps it to flow more smoothly.
The flashback group all worked together on one piece, which involved a troubled home and a youthworker, this will go before the monologues.

Overall I think the day went well, we all worked together and were honest with feedback which helped us to improve. I did alright I think as I shared ideas, although I think my monologue was too long as I felt like It may have been detramental to the group as I was taking away other peoples opportunitys to speak: Im not sure though but I'll have to talk to my group about the length. I also think I was still holding back in the performance which will have effected the urgency of the scene, yet I did do better than the last rehearsal so I am improving. :-)