Examination of A Performance I Was In

This term we substantiate been chokeing on a devised procedure dealing with the composing of consequences and smell at lots the bags and issues. We have chosen the title to be Consequences. We came up with this title after the whole group had decided on what the theme would be, then once we new what the theme would be, we vox populi of ideas of what the title could be, and we chose Consequences. boilers suit the put to work Consequences took 4-5 weeks to put together and perform. I thought it was a worthwhile visualise because this is the introductory time I had worked in this group as a whole class. The performance we through with(p), took place in the main school day h wholly because we needed the space for our traverse phase angle to be held in. We had the st succession setting, with the hearing split in half, and the performance space was in the shopping m alone so that we could be seen at either told angles.To begin the topic our instructor put us into grou ps and then we had to call up of ideas of what our play could be approximately. We all wrote down ideas, then read them out, and then we decided as a group to choose the best idea. The age group we wanted to induce it at is our own year 10. We chose this age group because they can adjoin to the issues that be being performed. They would understand about our play because they are the age we are aiming at, and could relate to what the play was. After we decided on the theme of the play we then improvised of how to get ideas and put them together, then we discussed how to bridge player it and the structure of the play.In one childs play lesson we started working on the first family mise en blastoff where we were at the table persuasion were me and my group had to work on the family which was based on poverty. We rehearsed this so many times because we had to make this a sad family as they dont have that much money, but is was a great scene because we could make it funny as w ell. I played the division of a gay man, with my abetter _or_ abettor we adopted kids and we had hardly any money. My partner and I were always arguing, while the kids were around. But with my character I matte up that I had to play him as a serious but wound up man, with a hard life, so to do this I had to change his liveliness of voice, and my body language and gesture. One flake in the scene we did was when we were session at the dinner table and my partner was setting there with me, and the whole family was in a bad mood, so then me and my partner started to fight, so then the kids started to fight as well, and I had to stop them. Then we all stopped and sat and ate our breakfast. While we were eating I started to attest a story about how I truism two girls steal from the chemist. I was telling them that I hoped for them to neer to do the same. But by and by in the play they do. We did this because we wanted to set up the next scene for us to show that are kids are s o poor they are pulled into stealing.I personally feel that this scene was quite a successful because we all stayed concentrated in the important time in the scene. I thought we improved the scene by keeping loud so all the reference could hear us. This made the scene more effective because it keeps up the ambiance, and the tension of all the acting parts.One scene that was non-naturalistic was the opening scene to the play. In the opening scene we utilise the drama technique ho-hum motion to a while of music. We overly used frozen images to the piece of music. The music we used was a soundtrack by DMX called Slipping the song represented e very(prenominal)ones ruining in the play. It complemented the action that was taking place. The stylised movement we also used was sound collage, we used the sound collage to build a atmosphere for the opening scene, by doing this we showed the audience what the play was about by bring out all the issues and gave an insight into the situ ation the character was in. We also used a technique called duologue so that the angel and the devil characters commented on the action. W began devising this scene by us all trying to think of strong images that could show how our familys lifestyle and the difficulties they had. The moment that was the hardest to rehearse was when we were doing the links in between each family. I thought that the audience who were watching would answer to this scene by thinking that they are going to see all different consequences that happen to people when they do things. I feel that this scene did work to its full potential because when the music played, it built an atmosphere on which the audience can see, and as all the frozen images from all the families, I thought were very powerful. I feel that it worked and conveyed the desired nitty-gritty of residential area what the play was about.Overall I feel the best moment in the play was the end, because after the audience had seen all the conse quences that each family had done. The ending of our play was were each main character said a few lines about what happened after all of what had been done. Some said about they wish they had never done so many things, or looked after their children better, or wished they had never put a pill in the girls drink, they were all guilty of their consequences. from each one individual was to blame for his or her own downfall. As we performed this scene to the audience the characters that were being played made mistakes, but as they said their lines they knew they had done something wrong and they cant change that now, and live with it.I feel that the nitty-gritty we were trying to convey to the audience was to think about the consequences of your action. One moment that stood out the most and I feel conveyed the message was the end, when the audience saw the characters were saying all the things that they could of done but didnt. I feel that the message was getting across to the audien ce wasnt as successful because all of the audience could have been confused. I feel that it could of have been more successful if we chose an foreign audience, not friends. On the scenes that we could have been improved was the scene on were we cogitate up to our other groups together. I felt that it would have been better if we also had more time on to set the play, and if the cast was there every day, so then we could rehearse and get every thing perfect.I feel that the work that I have been doing in my lessons this term has been quite successful because it has brought the group closer to work with each other, and it is good escort for the future. I feel that the whole experience of devising the play has been very enjoyable. I feel that it was enjoyable because this is what I like in drama GCSE. I feel as a performer I gained experience in a way that it makes me feel easier now to act in front of my friends, and now I am fully concentrated and confident in performing in front of an audience. I have learnt that for my performance next year I will be able to sleep with with the tension and hard work. Overall it has been a productive piece of work on what we done this term, which has been enjoyable.