Sunday, 31 May 2015

lesson 2

Lesson Two





Learning objective

.Take mental notes from the TTA presentation about our staging,props and costume.
.Explore characterisation from Text and Larban efforts.

Techinical theatre presentation(Modelbox presentation)

This short yet efficient presentation include an introductory of King Henry V's staging and props and how our costume will look.

Staging and props

This model box presentation gave us an idea of what our staging would look like and what props would be where on stage.This was a good idea because now when we rehearse i roughly know what would be where on the stage.




Costume


The costume designs are very to date with ww1 period which i love! and i'm excited for my fitting :)

Working with text

What this part of the lesson involved
This part of the lesson involved sight reading from a monologue in King Henry V.

My thoughts before we started
Before we started i felt nervous and judged due to the fact that i'm not a confident sight reader especially when it comes to reading in front of a group of people. I tend to race through my lines or sometimes i read a couplenof words yet muddle them up and say something else.I'm really bad at pronunciation and I've been like this since a young age.I know i struggle with pronouncing and articulating my words as i use to have speech therapy.I often feel really insecure about and get embarrassed when it happens however it's time for me to not let the little things like this destroy my confidence as it's rather petty.

My thoughts during the time of sight reading the text
In all honesty i was dreading the fact that i will have to speak in front of everyone.
The first couple of times i spoke i stuttered alot and repeated parts of a sentence twice but i think this was mainly due to self-confidence. When going around the circle reading a line each,i often counted the amount of people and the amount of lines so i could read through my line several times however the outcome was still negative.Nevertheless things began to brighten up when advice was given that we should try not to race through your lines but take each word a step at a time and also breathe when needed. I think breathing shows you have alot more control and understanding of what your saying.By not racing through i started to gain control and gather a concept of what i was saying.
PART 2-TEXT
After a while we changed it to gently pushing the person next to you as a queue to when you say your line.When i was pushed it woke up the energy within me and got rid of the shock.on the next round ,we then after being pushed had to say it to the person next to us,as if we are trying to tell them something. I became more confident as the lines started to gather a meaning and story.
PART 3-TEXT
The next stage with the text was to then go round the circle saying one line at a time while entering the middle of the circle.When doing this i felt more energised and i began to feel the rhythm of Shakespeares speech.
Useful points
We were told to hold our script in our right hand out in front of us so when reading we will be able to project our voice out rather than holding it with two hands and projecting into the paper.This was very beneficial as i know myself as one to not look up sometimes and read into the paper.By doing this i am able to interact within a scene as not not all my concentration is on the script.

Laban Efforts



Highlighted Research about Laban Efforts
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laban_Movement_Analysis
Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) is a method and language for describing, visualizing, interpreting and documenting all varieties of human movement. It is one type of Laban Movement Study, originating from the work of Rudolf Laban and developed and extended by Lisa UllmannIrmgard BartenieffWarren Lamb and many others. In addition many derived practices have developed with great emphasis on LMA methods.
Also known as Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis, it uses a multidisciplinary approach, incorporating contributions from anatomykinesiologypsychologyLabanotation and many other fields. It is used as a tool by dancers, actors, musicians, athletes, physical and occupational therapists, psychotherapy, peace studies, anthropology, business consulting, leadership development, health & wellness and is one of the most widely used systems of human movement analysis today.

How it felt doing them?
At first it felt awkward as some of then are weird but as usual i got into it and basically as i like to say 'I just owned'.During this task i was always curious of how these Laban Efforts would match characteristics.

The benefits of the given task
The benefits of the task were that i was able to discover a physicality for my character.With this i am able to then explore my character in depth;this may involve prnouciation of my characters words or their vernacular.

How has Laban efforts effected my character?
Using the Laban efforts was great way of discovering my characters personality and how he may sound when talking.I feel my character to be a mix of punch and press as he is cocky and thinks of himself to be of a larger authority then anyone else however sometimes when speaking he has moments of sounding quiet slow, pompous and clueless.When walking in the i decided to chose punch and while walking around the space in this way i could imagine diffret ways in which my character would speak and how my character would be brought to life.

Ladies in the factory

Before the play starts we are women working in a factory during WW1.To help us get into the role of these women we used Laban efforts. it was suggested maybe the female character we play acts very different from how your other character (Bardolph)we play. Below is short character profile of my female character.



Name:Irene
Age:23
Relationship status:Newly married
Personality:Shy and very reserved unless you know her,then she is very bold, at times comical and rather brave.
Laban Effort:Flick

Laban effort for Irene
I chose my Laban effort for Irene to be 'flick' because she shy she'd rather keep out of peoples way to avoid conversation.She acts rather dainty when working and isn't used to this sort of work as she's not long started. To do this i acted rather light on my feet looking rather unsure of what i was doing sometimes and other times i was wondering around aimlessly avoiding people,keeping my head low.
Goals for next lesson

.When practicing use the method of holding the script in your right hand.
.Read aloud and rehearse with friends too.
.Practice using the Larban efforts.
.Make sure to articulate your words.

Did you know?

Suicide occurs an unlucky thirteen times in Shakespeare’s plays. It occurs in Romeo and Juliet where both Romeo and Juliet commit suicide, in Julius Caesar where both Cassius and Brutus die by consensual stabbing, as well as Brutus’ wife Portia.

http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/shakespeare-facts/



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