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During the year we explored different acting styles such as naturalism ,verbatim and physical theatre.

We first studied naturalism looking at the ideas of Stanislavsky and his thought process and methodology of performing in the naturalistic style.
As a class we looked at Goodnight Mr Tom and put on a mini performance focusing on portraying a naturalistic role including accents and gestures the characters may have used and we had to make sure we didn’t break the fourth wall otherwise the performance wouldn’t be naturalistic.

We then moved on to study Physical Theatre we went on a trip to watch The unreturning which was in the style of frantic assembly(physical theatre). Influenced by the performance we put on our own performances using techniques such as Chair duets and round by through.

Then we moved on to Verbatim theatre looking at one of my favourite plays by Mark wheeler called I love you mum I promise I won’t die.We also had the luxury of the company performing it in our school this helped us in recreating it because we have seen exactly how the lines needed to be delivered because the story was being told by them.During studying verbatim we learned the skills of dictation and learning how to copy someone’s actions and perfect them to a standard where there should be no difference. In my opinion verbatim is really effective and as an actor it puts on a responsibility where we want to portray a role without insulting or harming any one.

I think each style shares similarities and differences such as they won’t work unless you portray your character correctly some are more interactive than one another.As an actor I think I prefer more interactive styles such as physical theatre because I like interacting with the audience and I feel they enjoy the performance better. During the year one thing I would’ve done differently was work harder on myself because I more out everyone before myself meaning I was a little unprepared I think I need to find that balance and I would also have experimented more.One thing I have learnt in this whole experience was to better myself as an actor and I’ve also learnt how to work as a team and deal with problems and overcome them as a team.

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One practitioner I find interesting is Augusto Boal he is the founder of the theatre of the opressed and he believed that anyone can use theatre to show the oppression that they face in life.

“The poetics of the oppressed is essentially the poetics of liberation: the spectator no longer delegates power to the characters either to think or to act in his place. The spectator frees himself; he thinks and acts for himself! Theatre is action!" ~ Augusto Boal”

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In Goodnight Mr Tom I portrayed the role of Mrs Beech ,William's mother.

In I love you mum I promise I wont die I portrayed the role of Bridget a paramedic who helps Dan and sticks with him to the end.

What is the role and responsibility of the actor and director?
That it is important to listen to each other and let creativity flow. An actor needs to have enthusiasm
and courage to learn their lines and a director needs to be confident so they can lead there team.

What did the rehearsal process look like? Technical roles?
Sometimes it can be very productive or very stressful it depends on the length of time you have to create a piece and you can see a lot of deliberation and a lot of team work.

Evaluation: What are the similarities and differences of these acting disciplines?
There was a vast difference with both roles Mrs Beech was a very paranoid and psycho lady who suffered with bipolar and had two children she would abuse. Whereas Bridget was calm and very serious because of her occupation she stated a lot of facts, statistics and dates. They were two completely different characters and I needed more discipline to succeed with Bridget's role because she was very factual meaning a line wouldn't make sense if I got the statistic wrong.

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To entertain?

Goodnight mr Tom

To educate?

I love you mum i promise i wont die

To inform?

London Road

To change viewpoints?

Black watch
1. What is the main purpose of all productions?

Good night mr tom- Was to entertain children about the war in an intresting way filled with fun and adventure.
I love you mum i promise i wont die - was to spread awareness about drug misuse and peer pressure in young teens.
London Road- was based on a real life story about the suffolk strangler and was brought to light with real emotions and reactions.
Black watch- was based on war in scotland

How do these productions differ and why?
They all differ because they all want to spread a strong message whether that be drug misuse or war, also because they are representatives of different styles of different practitioners.

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Questions:
-What is the issue/theme or topic?
-Do you find that the characters are sincere and believable?
-What is the purpose of performing this issue as a verbatim piece?
-Describe their facial expressions?
-Does it sound like they're speaking from their hearts or does it sound like it's been prepared?
-Is there multi-roling?
-Are there real resources?
-What else is used other than an interview?
-How might they have retrieved this information?

The Hillsborough Disaster (1989)-documentary
-Kick off was about to start.
-People were collapsing on the pitch
-People were trampled some had died some where dying
-96 people died
https://owa.greigcityacademy.co.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=1he9sP4sLkxg-zwqQ8xOF7igNy735aheqyKEBsDEs1AUmYnS2t3WCA..&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fwatch%3fv%3dJ6kAtdwNJ5s

Sixth formers play on the incident

-They used the same news report
-They used round by through to show the people struggling to get through the gates and the turnstile.
-Shows them being trialed in court.
-They've used multi-roling
-They played the actual footage of them being trampled in the background
-It sounds like the boy who played the father really spoke from the heart.
-The characters were very believable and sincere.
-Shows the mum cleaning the house whilst the husband and son are at the match ,after she refused and was uncertain about them going, on the news she heard there was a fatality and was worried on if it was her son and she started to panic.
-They describe every vile gruesome detail as he testified.
- Monolouges were very powerful especially in the scouse accent.
-People were having PTSD because of the incident.
-Shows they interviewed them, because they were put on a solo spot
-It shows how the mother was traumatised and reminicing about it
-She cried real tears, shows how much she was getting into role.
-The mum asked to take her dead son hom and a guy said to her :' He doesn't belong to you anymore he belongs to the coroner'. which i found very heartbreaking.
https://owa.greigcityacademy.co.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=itEW7HPcmxHT4C1ZlhyvTh0QtZhnvNcrjMUdinooG88UmYnS2t3WCA..&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fwatch%3fv%3d64C16TSedqM

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Verbatim is a style of theatre which is used to telol real life stories using the same reactions and speech as the people who the story is about.

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verbatim workshop interview with another student

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verbatim workshop interview with another student

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what did you do for work expierience?

Questions to ask student:

what events triggered you?
who did you meet?
what were your hours?

students response:

'Well um, i was working in, uh, hair dresser in Lordship Lane . Do you even remember what i said?, yeah its like fifteen minutes away from my house thats why i took bus. Yeah it was long um. They made me sweep hair. Oh is that it?

oh well um i used to go get my hair done there so i already knew the people that worked at the hair dresser, Preslava was there with me and some unknown from another school, she basically did all the work cos she was Turkish. So i basically , all i did was sit on the sofa(giggles) Is that all the questions?

Basically i worked from 9-5 which was baaaaarrrreeee long i basically could've just stayed at home in my bed, oh did you say it was a waste of time?'

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In class we did a workshop where we had to interview a student in our class and they had to dictate to us a cenario and we had to write it down word for word and then re-enact it.

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A Guide to Creating Verbatim Theatre | National Theatre

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My first impressions of I love you mum i promise i wont die

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My first impressions of I love you mum i promise i wont die

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I found this play very emotional to watch especially because , we were told that it actually happened to someone who was around my age when they died. To a cause that effects us teens today, i felt like eventhough i didnt know Dan (the main character the one who sadly passed) it felt like i was quite close to him and could relate to him a lot its like i have a little bit of him inside of me.This also makes the play very special to me because i can relate and emotionally connect.

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When i first saw the trailer to London Road i was very confused on what it was about, i think i was caught up on the delivery of a particular line where the lady sings 'everybody's very very nervous'. Other than that i had no idea why everybody was very very nervous so i had to do some extra research and realised that the play was about a suffolk murder who murdered around 5 people which made me want to investigate more.

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When i first saw the trailer of Black Watch i thought that it was quite gripping because of the theme of soldiers and how the actors demand your attention and want you to understand more of what they are going through.The only thing is they speak with such a strong Scottish accent it is hard to understand them from time to time.

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The musical is set in and around London Road in Ipswich in Suffolk regarding the frequent trial of serial killer Steve Wright from 2004-2006, which is also written in the style of verbatim.

Neither the murdered women or their killer are depicted, nor are the murders themselves; rather, the piece is concerned with the residents as they cope with the events unfolding around them, the media attention drawn to their neighbourhood, and their attempts to rebuild and regenerate their community afterwards. The piece does not feature main characters instead, an ensemble cast assume the roles of various locals, sex workers and reporters, and most characters are not referred to by name.

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Blackwatch is a verbatim play written by Gregory Burke.
Blackwatch is based in Fife the Taysiden in Scotland , where as been a part of their lives for generations. Fathers ,Grandfathers and so on have been soldiers. These soldiers have lived virtually in major conflict since the gallant Forty twa in 1739.
"It's in the blood, it's part of who we are"

In October 2004, the Black Watch was at the centre of political controversy.

Despite objections in Parliment,the deployment went ahead.The Black Watch came under sustained attack from mortars and rockets.In november 3 soldiers were killed by a car bomb at a check point. This deployment caused a magnification of these deaths back home in britain.

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Black Watch - international tour trailer 2011

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Verbatim is when you re-enact a real life situation and making an exact replica of it. Usually when making a verbatim piece actors interview the characters they are playing (e.g. a soldiers wife) and they have to perform like them and use their EXACT words in the same TONE and preferably the same accident otherwise it doesn't make the story that they are telling true and also it might insult the person who was interviewed because their story was told wrong.

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'I love you mum i promise i won't die '(Verbatim)

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'I love you mum i promise i won't die '(Verbatim)

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I love you mum i promise i wont die is based on a true story about a boy named Daniel Spargo-Mabbs and he died of a lethal overdose of ecstasy which could have killed an adult male about 4 times over.
Daniel's parents have set up a foundation for him that tour around schools sharing Daniel's story because he cannot .'I love you mum i promise i wont die' is a play that had been made by Mark Wheeller using verbatim. Their aim is to educate children so that they don't have to feel pressured and that they are aware of such issues.
http://www.dsmfoundation.org.uk/
https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/topic/daniel-spargo-mabbs/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2543272/Schoolboy-Daniel-Spargo-Mabbs-16-dies-taking-ecstasy-rave.html

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In physical theatre learning how to fly is when a group of maybe two or more people lift another who lies flat on their stomach, when first learning how to fly the person being lifted holds the person in fronts shoulders to ensure they are safe and stable and to make sur ethat the froup lifting them are fully supporting them before they decide that it is safe to move with them.

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Frantic Assembly creates thrilling, energetic vibe to theater. The company attracts new and young audiences using a contemporary culture. Frantic Assembly's unique physical style combines movement, design, music and text.

Frantic Assembly is led by Artistic Director Scott Graham. Scott formed the company with Steven Hoggett and Vicki Middleton in 1994, and continues to collaborate with many of today's most inspiring artists.

In addition to its productions, Frantic Assembly operates an extensive learning and training program and creating theater, in a wide variety of settings. Frantic Assembly also delivers Ignition, an innovative vocational training .

https://youtu.be/9JzdIPSdAmE

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We started chair duets and executed a mini performance using by round and through and put it to music experimenting with pace , speeding up and slowing down our movements when needed.
Here is an example of chair duets:
https://youtu.be/nLrabSNRHhg

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We have been studying round by through in pairs and trios. Round is going around your partner , by is standing next to them ,in front of them or behind them and through can be travelling over them ,under them and you have to not break contact with them .
Here is an example of round by through:
https://youtu.be/gUqZPfGIX6U

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The unreturning(frantic assembly) theatre review

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The unreturning(frantic assembly) theatre review

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The unreturning,written by anna jordan and directed by neil bettles, is a frantic assembly piece about three young men are coming home.The play is set in 3 different years. In 1918 George returns from the Western Front. In 2013 Frankie is back from his final tour of Afghanistan. And some time in the not-too-distant future Nat returns from an overseas refugee camp to what was his hometown.

I found the play quite confusing at first because i hadnt done any research on the play before hand but i realised certain themes and it was easy to tell what year they were in.They used very little props such as a tablet , some cups ,a bag, a blanket, a big net and a big box (crate) that the actors would turn.

This crate that they were using was very significant because it would help represent flashbacks,scene changes it would even be used for levels and be used as one big prop for example they used it as a ship.They play did show many themes of anger, sadness , mentally health issues and death.

Here is a q&a with the playwright anna jordan: http://www.stratfordeast.com/news/qa-with-anna-jordan-on-the-unreturning

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Physical theatre shows that you don't have to use words to express ideas. It uses techniques such as movement, mime, gesture and dance which can be used to explore complex social and cultural issues. Physical theatre is a form of theatre that puts emphasis on movement rather than dialogue. Essentially Physical theatre is anything that puts the human body at the centre of the storytelling process. As a result it’s often abstract in style, using movement in a stylised  way,with the expression of ideas choreographed through movement, such performers use very little or no dialogue at all.DV8 are arguably among the main practitioners of Physical theatre as a ‘full’ art form. They focus on looking at the dramatic potential that can be unlocked from movement. Their work is often described as existing at a crossroads where dance, sound and drama meet. Frantic assembly  is the company which are also the main practitioners of physical theatre.

when devising physical theatre there are many techniques you can choose such as:
-mime
-movement
-stillness
-sound
-music
-lighting

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Good night mr Tom given circumstances sheet 

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Good night mr Tom given circumstances sheet 

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To enhance the role of our characters and make them more believable we have been given a sheet of objectives we want our character to fulfill when delivering a particular line for example, one of Mrs beech’s lines are “where’d you get them clothes and boots"her objective would be'I want to find out' and her action would be 'to coax William'.

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who am I?-Mrs Beech
She is Williams mother she is abusive, aggressive and may be slightly psychotic.
where am I?- I am at home
Its a dull, dirty place its quite small its go old furniture. My home means a lot to me because I can hide all my problems inside but I am cautious and quite anxious that I will be discovered.
when is it?- its around midday around autumn nearly winter during the war year of 1914 and my son had been evacuated I have no idea what I'm going to do with myself because I am unstable mentally and emotionally.
what do I want?- I want to reconnect with my son and make sure he doesn't leave my house again.
why do I want it?- I want him safe and I want the best for him.
How will I get it?- by showing that I am his superior and show that he should be totally dependent on me.
what must I overcome?-All the barriers he throws at me trying to make me receive less information than I should.

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A given circumstance is the information about the character that you start off with and the play as a whole e.g. How old is the character?, What's their objective/ mini objective whats their task?
Stanislavsky wants his actors to use this in order for them to have a believable character.
Below is our lesson plan on given circumstances:

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Meeting the director Michael Attenborough

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Meeting the director Michael Attenborough

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Murder,sanity or something at stake...THAT IS DRAMA
An action in order to get what you need.
Drama is nothing without conflict,arguments even conflict with myself etc,the kind and the vicious,'to be or not to be'
'where words prevail not violence prevails'
use your words to express your anger instead of violence.

Auditorium

For the audience
To ‘hear’ a play, the ‘seeing’ of it is less important.
The human race had found no better form of communication than speaking and we also express ourselves through the arts.
Theatre- the only art form that’s social.

Education (Latin) educo-what you bring out not what is stuffed into you.

A mode of expression - self assertion.
The most direct art in emotional form is music.

In Macbeth the witches speak in a difference rhythm to the rest of the characters.
‘Fair is foul and foul is fair’

Day and life as a director

Director
Artistic director (running plays, theatres and companies)

Roughly 90% of Shakespeares audience were illiterate.
Morality plays(tell you what’s good and what’s bad)

When directing

Not directing something that is naturalistic
Suspend audiences disbelief
Realising the world of the play
Talking to the designer to figure out visuals
Shakespeares time virtually had no sets or lighting somebody goes out somebody goes on.
You don’t want to take time to change sets because it stops the acting flow.
Smells trigger memories
Inventing the works of the play using an ethos.
Casting-making choices and relations to who fit the description.
King James adopted a theatre company (Shakespeares) and the first play made was Macbeth.
When is the idea of ....first discussed?
Your character has to see something the audience doesn’t just quite understand.
To choose what scenes you want your audience to see.
The unity of opposites-humans full of contradictory

‘We are not angels and we are not devils we are a mixture of both’
How are you going to make
your characters appealing to the audience?

You have to adapt from where you are going to set it you can’t have a cold set in a country by the equator.

Poetry-the actual world of the play

Plot-fights for the actors safety

Decide how people die- how much blood will you use?

Total freedom is paralysis
Engineering/collaborate and edit

Develop a vision of the play that involves the audience of your world of the play and you have to be consistent to the world of the play and it doesn’t require naturalism.

Illusive- hard to grab hold of

https://youtu.be/0CBV5ohOuzk

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On the whole I found the play very enjoyable, and throughout both plays it stuck with the fact that women’s roles were important whether they were in power or not. The only thing is the message I got was that when women aren’t in power, they strive so hard to get yet will give in because they are out powered by muscle which will make them act insecure and scared and back down but then when they get the power, they seek so hard to find it makes them insane because they cannot handle it.

Macbeth is the perfect example of this because it portrayed the role of women in power but when too much power gets to their head, they can lose it and go insane for example lady Macbeth.

The director was influenced by the OJ Simpson case which helped her portray Othello I think she did this well because Othello outlines jealousy and that is what most people thought because OJ was jealous he killed his ex-wife and ‘friend’. Desdemona was used as a mouthpiece for abuse and unloyalty towards women it shows that women would be picked up and dropped in an instance and they wouldn’t even think twice about it.

The director links both plays through the song of a mother singing to her child before dying a painful death, Desdemona reflects to this story to Amelia and it unravels that the lady she was talking about was in fact lady Macbeth.

The play is urban contemporary the purpose is that the audience can understand the plot more, there was a lot of naturalistic elements in the play e.g. guns and cigarettes. Also, elements of naturalism were shown by the tables and chairs and the use of a pizza box when Macbeth offered everyone food also, I noticed that they had no wine glasses so everybody had to drink from the same wine bottle which I found to be a bit awkward. Transitions where shown by a flash of light with a brief freeze frame before continuing.

I would recommend the play to anyone but I’d advice that they research both individual stories because they wouldn’t be able to understand it properly.

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For our workshop we worked in pairs and our objective was to sit on a chair . My character wanted to have the chair all to herself but my partner also wants the chair to themselves. So they get into an argument and while trying to take the chair from eachother they say these lines;

Person A"Well what are we going to do now?”

Person B:“We can’t saw the furniture in half”

Person A“This is not the time for an emotional response”

Person B“This is EXACTLY the time for an emotional response”

your role have? What was your personal contribution in today’s workshop? What was your creative intention? How did you develop this? Did you stay true to the acting style process? If so, give detailed examples… How effective was your personal contribution to the quality of work? How did you demonstrate ‘best practice’ of your role in your rehearsal? What purpose did the other role have? What was their contribution to the quality of work and how? How did you adjust to the other performer? (Trust? Responsibility? Listening? Patience? Balance? Submission? Organization? Communication?)

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S-YSTEM
T-RUTH
A-CTING
N-ATURALISM
Stanislavski was born in Russia he was an actor,Writer,director,producer and teacher.
he grew up in a rich family but decided he wanted to make his own name in the world so he changed it to Stanislavski.He founded the Moscow Arts Theatre which is still around today.Methods,techniques are still used today in rehearsals to develop characters,people such as Chekhov used his techniques because they were a huge influence to him.
Stanislavski devised a system to make characters and plays believable and real. He didnt agree with stereotyping  his technique was to create naturalism to understand the characters fully.

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3 steps to create a believable character:
1.Super Objective
2.Stage Action
3.Suspension Of Disbelief
STAGE 1-Super Objective:
What is the actors goal?
Why are you doing it and what for?
OR
What is my audience expected to do after my performance?e.g. cry,laugh etc.

STAGE 2- Stage Action
Having a struggle to get to the goal.
What struggle does your character go through to get what they want? e.g. The queen scene (given circumstances),lasers,hiding,jumping over lasers etc.
STAGE 3- Suspension Of Disbelief - (Emotional memory)
To avoiud looking laughable
How to make your character sincere or believable.
When a character is performing with emotion the actor will think of a time where they have felt such emotion as they are performing . Also they do research or interviews.
If you believe it your audience will believe it too.

When performing you must think about:
-Something you can visualise.
-Touch you personally
-Can help you get things done.

The method of a speaker:
-The goal
-The obstacles
-Visual Stories (more specific)

it originated in Russia and these techniques are still used by actors today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaanuRvpfFU

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What’s the role of a director?

To choose cast members,production design to visualise a play and write a script while guiding the technical crew and actors to fulfil their vision.

What are the responsibilities of a director?

To hold auditions to select cast members and  to select the technical crew also to choose the costume designer also the floor plans for the set and they would also have to organise a venue and the production date. They would also have to organise the salaries and budget.

What skills does a director need?

They will need creative skills and an artistic vision they would need to be a strong and confident leader being able to make decisions and collaborate with others and have good communication skills.

What salary might a director expect?

Around £10,759-£27000

Below is an interview with a director:
http://performingartsschools.com/resources/an-interview-with-theatrical-director-jeremy-cole

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The role of an actor is to depict characters in stories using their voices, appearances, bodies and gestures. They can work in movies, television, commercials, theatre etc. Actors perform for entertainment and informational purposes.

An actors duty is after securing a role, they need to study the script to learn about their character and memorise the speaking parts. Sometimes scripts may change during rehearsals, and actors may find themselves memorising new lines. Some parts may require actors to sing, dance or perform stunts. Actors work under the director who advises them on how to portray the characters. To bring the character to life, to change their voices, to use different dialects, to use facial expressions and other traits. In addition to wearing costumes, actors use props, which they must learn to use appropriately.(if it was a fight scene they'd have rehearsals on how to stage it.)Actors rehearse often, especially for live events where there is little room for error. Long and variable working hours are sometimes required, as well as travel. Actors sometimes have to endure unpleasant working conditions, such as bad weather, harsh stage lights, heavy costuming and little preparation time.

To be an actor you need to have certain skills like:

Good stage, screen or vocal presence.

The ability to enter into another character and engage with an audience.

The ability to memorise lines.

Good understanding of dramatic techniques.

Having the confidence, energy and dedication to perform.

Creative insight.

The salary of an actor is roughly £107 a day

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor
https://study.com/articles/Actor_Job_Description_Duties_and_Salary_Information.html

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My name is Christal Cashay Innerarity and I am 14 years of age.
I have performed in a numerous amount of school plays during my primary school years getting the lead role in all from reception to year 5. I have attended workshops for my drama skills in 2012 with mandem on the wall (Jovian wade, Percelle Ascott and Dee kaate) both Jovian and Percelle are well known actors who portray the roles of Shiro and Kyle in the upcoming YouTube sensation shiro's story by Rapman.
This year I have been apart of a dance show called session which had toured around the  starting of in Tottenham at Bernie grant art centre and then travelling to Bristol and the finally going to the National theatre (The Riverstage)to end the spectacular tour. Below is a picture of me I am wearing the Bronx '62' basketball jersey.

A few personal interests of mine are dance ,mainly all styles of street dance and drama ,mainly acting and watching a lot of comedy because I like a lot of humorous activity, I also like to listen to a lot of music I wouldn't describe my music taste like anyone my age because it varies between the decades I like to listen to old skool music, reggae (because of my traditional Caribbean Jamaican background), pop, hip hop, rap, instrumentals and many more.

My drama ethos is to use techniques such as naturalism to portray my own character which will be way out of my comfort zone. I would also like to make a character that is the complete opposite of myself because it would be a challenge to act like someone who is way different from the way I am.

https://youtu.be/mcbdonZFjCg