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At the beginning we watched three different videos put on teams. The first one was about acting for camera and how to use facial expressions. The next was about different tips for making short films and the final was about different roles in the making of a film.

After that we got our scripts for Cal and Maz and began trying to get some pieces of it off script. Then later on Vicki took us to a place where we could set our piece for filming to get a good idea for it.

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Monday 26th: We had our induction day and seeing as there was technical issues we got a tour of the college. We talked about uniform and looked at our timetables for the week as we went over what each block each day would cover.

Tuesday 27th: We had Hannah first thing and did Speed Dating activities to get to know others in the course better. We were told about what the Intro to Voice and Singing block would include and got introduced to teams for the first time. After our break we got our induction slides and logged into teams and our emails on laptops we brought with us. Then we went to lunch and once we came back did some drama exercises before going up to visit the library for the first time. When we came back down we got given scripts to start running lines in pairs.

Thursday 29th: We looked at different parts on teams for the different parts of the course and went into some studying methods. After a break we began working on our own padlets to track the progress we will have during the course

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We did speed dating with the class to help us to get to know each other better before looking at an overview of the course. After that we were shown where on Teams we could go to find monologues we would need to print out for next week

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We started off by doing articulation exercises in groups of three. We went through a list of 10 and did each tongue twister three times before deciding on three to do 3x to the rest of the class. After that we all came together to go through the whole list. Once we did that we did the counting to 20 as an ensemble game and then went onto monologues. With the monologue of our choice we went over doing emotional analysis of them and highlighting at least 10-15 emotions. We chose critical partners who are going to be the people we work with in the course to better out performances of our monologues. We began going through the differnet emotions we could find which was quite tricky at the beginning but once I got the hang of it it became easier.

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We looked at a sideshow on an introduction to Technical Theatre and went over all the roles in it and the hierarchy. After that we were given the headsets and in groups went to separate rooms to use them while we completed a worksheet on what we just learned on Technical Theatre.

Next we did a ball game that would help us with learning each others names. We did multiple variations of the game, adding in balls and changing the direction of it. The second game we did was where we made two lines and had to pass a pen down from the top to the bottom using only our index fingers and if it dropped we had to go back to the start. Then we had to count to 20 as an ensemble with our eyes closed but if two people said the same number we went back to 0. After we got out the yoga mats, doing some stretches and then walking games. We walked in circles going from speeds of 1-10 (Slow to fast) before adding in jumps where we all had to land at the same time.

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We watched Sweeny Todd to see if we could follow the plot through the musical numbers. We also looked at the stage, set, costume, lighting and sound. At the end we talked about going to HMT to see a performance next week.

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Went for a trip to the Art Gallery to get photos of paintings. We had to find a person in a painting we found interesting to turn into a character we could eventually write a character study on.

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We looked at different camera angles used in tv. We also read script extracts from different tv shows and then watched the scenes and noted down the different angles used.

After we went off to do more Cal and Maz script work and began getting ourselves off script.

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We did a breathing exercises where, in pairs, we had to press our fist into the others diaphragm to see how to control their breathing. After that we did articulation exercises and humming as a group before splitting off into a constructive partners for a monologues where we had to perform then to our partners and work on the articulation and clarity of them.

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We started by going over Theatre Legislation and went over different fire extinguishers. After we went over different movements for different muscle groups and split up into groups to make our own movement exercises to share with the class.

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We watched the rest of Sweeney Todd and talked about the ending of it. Then afterwards we split up into groups and we had to make improvs about one of the theme from Sweeny Todd. In my group we did ours on the themes of love, murder and cannibalism.

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Thursday 12th: In the morning we did self study before going to the well being fest in dinos at the college. Then after lunch we went to HMT and watched Come From Away

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Thursday 5th- We worked on our Padlets

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We started by going over Risk assessment terminology before looking at different differenet possible risks in the college theatre. We looked at how to move the rostras, the set door and how to float fall the set wall. After that we went into pairs and worked on doing risk assessments in the different rooms.

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We started the morning by going into pairs and doing articulation exercises then did them as a group after counting to 20 together. Once we done that we went into our constructive partners for our monologues and performed them while adding in some physicality.

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We got given scripts of an extract from a play "Fault" by Ann Cartwright with the characters 'Cal and Maz'. I ran through the lines with Euan multiple times to get a feel for the characters.

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Today we started the morning by finishing off our risk assessment work sheets in pairs

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We started the morning by reading through information about timing when performing. After we did some more articulation excerices together working on getting our voices clearer. Once we finished we split up with out constructive partners and filmed our monologues together.

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Today we watched the HN1's performances of scenes from Frankenstein before also watching the HN2's perform their pieces

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We performed our monologues we have been working on to the class.

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We broke out into pairs and did a mime on the theme of poverty. After we did a piece on violence using the media of dance. Once we finished we went into new groups and started coming up with a devise for a performance on the theme of power with 3 chosen types of performance

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We watched the film version of the musical Gypsy which was about two girls and their mother trying to make it in the world of theatre

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We watched the national theatre filmed version of 'A Streetcar Named Desire' before we go see it live in November

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We revised our notes on technical theatre before taking a short test on what we had learned over the term. While doing it we got one page of notes and I think the test went well.

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In a small group Charlotte, Ellie and I performed our movement piece. It was a warm up with a variety of moves to warm up different muscle groups that we had looked at before in class with Chloe

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We got feedback from how we thought our monologues went. After we got given sheets to fill in on different details about our characters so we could know them better to better our performances.

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Today we watched the film "Little Shop Of Horrors" for Halloween

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Today we discussed performing our monologues before we would be performing next Monday. We worked on improving the blocking of our scenes with our critical partners.

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We got back into our groups for our devised pieces and went over the script we had written out. Once that was done we began working on our music ques for different parts in the performance.

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We started discussing what monologue we were going to do for our graded unit and then talked about the log books we need to do along with them.

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We spent the morning doing our monologues to the HN1s and HN2s before then watching theirs

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We went over our last class reading on timing before we did a quiz on everything we've learned over the past few weeks. We then got told about an assessment we have next week that we need to prepare a page of notes for

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In the afternoon we went to the Union Terrace Gardens and performed out monologues down there in preparation for our performance on Monday. Doing this we worked on our voice projection to be able to reach our audience far away.

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In the morning we began by going over different types of staging used in theatre. After that we got into groups and began making small models of different stages with the set of a musical. My group did a thrust stage from Heathers

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We got together as a class and did a read through of two plays we could do for our performance. The first play we read through was 'Chaos' and the second was called 'The Changing Room'. Out of the two I preferred doing 'Chaos'

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I chose this photo for my character as it caught my eye while walking thought the gallery due to the scene. I feel like there’s a lot that can be explored in this scene and the background as to why they people are in this position

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We did research on Tennessee Williams and A Streetcar Named Desire in order to have some information prepared for doing our outcomes soon.

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We got cameras given to us and went into group to go shoot our scenes. We used our camera angles homework to help us use different angles for the different scenes

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We started working on a new movement type from Labans 8 different movement types that take different movement aspects to make them

In the afternoon we worked with the HN1's doing a ceiliedh dance and then jumping together on beat to a count of 8 while adding in other things.

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In the morning we did a short quiz on staging types before moving on to working on our model theatres. In my group we worked on stabilising the walls, making props and a backdrop. In the afternoon we went through to look at all the different lighting types and then trying it out ourselves

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We had our voice theory assessment that was open book

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We re-did our outcome ones for dramatic tragedy with a new set of 10 topics to do 50 words on that were more specific.

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We did breathing exercises before playing a game when we were all on a raft and had to choose who could survive before working on our divised pieces

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In the morning we did a quiz on theatre types and their positive and negatives. Once we were finished we continued to work on our cardboard heathers set, managing to get more things on the stage.

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We worked on doing jazz techniques and then using labants 8 techniques we did a small movement piece in pairs combining 4 of them together.

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We began to work on our Outcome 3's starting our essays on the performance of A Streetcar Named Desire that we saw.

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In the morning we watched a ted talk about the language of doric dying. We then chose a poem to perform in doric and I chose 'Bonnie Scotland'. Once we had chosen we got into groups to start preparing a vocal warm up to do with the class

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We did another read through of Chaos and then started discussing some of the technical aspects of it and casting choices.

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We did more self study on outcome 3 and I managed to finish mine before moving on to do some work on graded unit logbook.

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We did a video dance for the Sparkle Nescol Christmas video before going to the library to do self study.

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We got into groups and started working on powerpoints based on research we did into Chaos. We had to include slides on the historical, social and cultural context.

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We started the morning by getting back into our groups and writing out our breathing exercises we were gonna do with the class.

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We did our movement techniques dance again before going into pairs and creating a routine with four movement types

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We finished off our box models if needed then began making prop foods like you get in Panto in small teams. My group were making pies out of cardboard.

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We wrapped Abby in clingfilm and ducktqpe to make a bodysuit that was then gonna be used in the HN2's performance of 'A Christmas Carol'

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We watched the whole of a Christmas Carol to prepare for the HN2's performances.

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We did another read through of Chaos going over scenss we did before

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We started the day by doing a game of werewolf before we moved on to doing stretches. After we got into the pairs we would be making our final movement pieces in using all 8 of labans efforts to a christmas song

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We watched its a wonderful life which I thought was a good classic film that I enjoyed

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We began watching its a wonderful life before going to the panto 'Jack and the Beanstalk' at HMT after winning free panto tickets. It was very fun and enjoyable

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We finalised our dances and then performed them to our music and recorded them as our final pieces for the module.

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We got into our groups and performed our vocal warm ups to the class as well as taking part in the other groups ones. In my group I was in charge of doing the projection part of the warm up for which I did humming techniques that grew louder as they progressed.

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I spent the afternoon beginning to learn my monologue in Chaos. It's a bit confusing as there is a lot of repetition with some words but I managed to get a good chunk memorised.

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Today we practiced doing different lifts in a group. We managed to get them good enough to lift and spin Madi.

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We used AI to make costume designs for our characters in Chaos and then used different websites to find the different clothing items.

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We did the lighting for different scenes in chaos act one

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We continued working on our Scottish witch trials movement pieces where we worked on Kiesha's death scene which led into the scene where I become witch and kill Madi to make a poison potion

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We started rehearsing our monologues in class and I was able to work on my blocking. I decided on adding a table and chair to my scene as I believe my character would be sitting with her father as she questions him on her memorys.

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We looked over our technical theatre padlets with Chloe to make sure they were up to date with everything we needed. After that we worked on the sound requirements to make sure we all had the links to everything we were using.

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I got back my evaluation I did on my performance which I passed, but still had to make some remediations on.

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In the library I worked on my questions for the interview about my performance for graded unit. I feel my answers were well explained and that I managed to work through them quite well.

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We all worked on our monologues in the order we would be doing them on the next day. After doing mine, my feedback was to add more movement so I was facing the audience more which I worked on at home.

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We performed out monologues this morning for the audition into HN1 and the did the interview after. I felt confident with my performance and answers and was happy with the feedback I received later that would help with my evaluation.

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We got put into groups for making presentations on different aspects of the theatre industry in Scotland. We also watched a video and how a lack of funding was affecting the arts.

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We came in and watched the HN2's do their duologues in the morning. They were all really inspiring to watch and it was good to get some performance ideas from them

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We did a voice recording of our presentation reading out the information. I then edited the recordings with our slides and put it up on teams again

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We got back into our groups and continued to work on our slides. I finished writing about festivals in Scotland doing the Edinburgh Fringe and the Blue Light

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In the morning we began by doing practice for our singing for voice skills. I chose to do 'Lifeboat' from Heathers and looked over my emotional journey to help me act through my singing.

We got together with the HN1's and did a read through of the panto their going to be doing next year 'Treasure Island'. I really enjoyed listening in and had a good time as it's an enjoyable script

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We worked on adding blocking and movement into our song performances. I worked with Keisha and added gestures into my song to fit certain lyrics which I will practice in time for next week when we perform.

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We worked on our devised pieces, adding a new scene with Keisha, Madi and I. It establishes the relationships between our characters before I kill Madi with poison.

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We worked on a storyboard of the scenes we have done so far as a reminder to refresh our minds. We then caught up members of our team who had been off before working on a new scene where my character is burnt to death which we used a red scarf to symbolise the flame.

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After doing a vocal warm up with Havana and Valley O we performed our songs. I think mines went quite well, though I feel my voice wavered in some places and I needed to be louder sometimes

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I worked on starting my slide for outcome 2 after my group discussed everything we had researched so far. My slide is going to be comparing the two events I talked about before, Edinburgh Fringe and the blue light festival.

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We planned out how we were going to do an audio recording of the final scene with all of us in chaos. After rehearsing off our scripts in the afternoon we went through to the recording studio and worked with some sound students at piecing it all together. We each recorded our own lines separately then added any background words before coming together for the final bit with all the 'everythings'

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We had a production meeting with all o us there to discuss the different aspects of chaos and workout what else we needed to do. We decided on a new poster and to make protest signs. After that me and Ellie went to Dinos to study

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In the afternoon we split up into scene partners to go over our scenes together, trying to crack down on learning our lines. I have basically got my scene with Ellie memorised I just need to get my monologue down.

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We performed our movement piece in full to Chloe with music in the background to get timing. Our piece is up to five minutes so now we just need to go back and fix some pieces

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We watched the HN2's do their contemporary movement pieces which were very fun to see as it gave us inspiration for our own pieces we are doing. My favourite pieces were Ewan and Angus's as I enjoyed seeing how they managed to portray their characters emotions.

In the afternoon we did some rehearsals of a few scenes of Chaos in B8. This helped with getting use to the space we will be using for the actual performance with projection and blocking of scenes.

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We did a vocal warm up and some projection excercises as a class. Once we finished Ellie, Abby, Kiesha and I went up to the art students to model for some of their drawings, which was quite tiring.

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We started the morning by doing some singing exercises, starting with the humming game were we have to guess the song. After that we did projection exercises through using our diaghram and then reading passages to project. Once we finished that we slit up to read over the feedback we got on our singing to work on it. I need to put emotion into my facial expressions and with different lines

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We watched the 'Goes wrong show" before answering questions on different aspects of it for our Outcome 4 such as use of sound affects and pyrotechnics. It was a funny piece and I enjoyed how the story moved along even as it kept going back to the beginning of the play.

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We didn't have a lot of time to work on out performances but we added a new part into mine and Madi's scene together. Adding in elastic bands to Madi's wrists it makes it look as though I am manipulating her to establish more of our relationship before I poison her.

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Today we started by doing a walking exercise to warm up before doing some stretches to get ready with for movement. We worked on cleaning up some stuff for our piece with the dance and the puppetry scenes.

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We worked on the lighting for our Scottish witch trials doing the first half which we finished with lights for all the scenes.

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We did a run through of pages 11-43 of Chaos while doing the lighting for it. After we talked about changes to make to the lights and the scenes before going back to do the scenes with direction from Vicki

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Emotional Journey of My First Monologue 

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We came in in the morning and did a full run through of the show in out butterfly T-shirts with Olly helping out with doing the lighting for the first time. It was the first time we did a proper full run through in B* with all the lights being operated and I feel it gave me more confidence in my performance as it gave me a good idea of what the actual performance would be like.

After getting some notes we were then told that we were going to be doing our assessment that day instead of Monday and we were performing to the HN1’s. I was slightly nervous as this was going to be our first time doing Chaos to an audience. As soon as we got started and I did my first scene i felt myself begin to grow more confident with myself and my performance. The show went really well and I was proud of my performance that I was able to give, having an audience was really great to grow my confidence as well.