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At this university, I already showed an interest in acting in my future career. I was looking forward to proving myself for a long film like this, which I was excited to see what role I might play.

In the first week after introductions, we read out the script as a group. I put myself up for a role as I was going to be acting one of them in the future.

I got put as Man in Black 1 which ironically was the role I ended up being cast as.

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In week 2 I was given the task of auditioning for a role. The role I auditioned for was chosen by the directors and production manager. This role was the man in black 1. I wasn't disappointed with this as it was the role I thought I suited best when reading through the script. I also was chosen to read Grace which while enjoying her character I felt like I would suit the man in black more as I was more comfortable with knowing who the character was. From auditioning through a self-recording it was decided that I was going to be the man in black 1 which I was pleased about.

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With the script not being finished yet I wasn't going to learn my lines in case anything changed. With that said I did go into what I wanted my character to be.

With my character being based on the film Men in black, I wanted to represent what a Men in black character would be like in this scenario. My lines at the time gave the impression of something serious as there were no witty lines given for my character so I knew I wouldn't be like Will Smith's character in Men in black but more like Tommy Lee Jones's character who is much more serious in the movies.

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When discussing with makeup and costume for my character it was clear I was a Men in black character from my all black attire. But with makeup, I would be made to be much paler. Being paler me gave a sense of creepiness/unnatural character.

I want to display this in my role by trying to not react to what Grace has to say as I think my character is not very empathetic and doesn't have sympathy for others.

This will lean into wanting my character to be serious but now with an unnerving sense to him.

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I wanted my character to be a no nonsense person like from men in black but i also want a part of Mr smith from the matrix who emits a sense of creepiness which i want to implement into my character.

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With the script finalised I wanted to spend the holidays learning my lines. To create a naturalistic performance I must be able to listen to my opposing actor to get a real response out of me. But to do this an actor must learn his lines well which is what I aimed to achieve.

While on holiday I unfortunately got into a snowboarding accident which led me to breaking my collar bone. This was a worry at the time but discussing it with the producer we realised we should still be fine. This was because my character didn't have any action scenes which would allow me to rest my arm. But also by the time of filming my arm should be able to move much more freely around which when coming to film was true.

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I was not needed as an actor for this week so the most I could do at this moment was rehearse my lines over and over.

But the start of the week rehearsals were done which gave me more more perspective on the actions i would be performing on set. This allowed me to focus on saying the lines i had learned on the actual day of filming. As i had learnt my lines when on holiday i sped u the process of rehearsals due to not having to go back on forgotten lines but also not reading from a script was quicker and allowed for more accurate timings of scenes to see how long theyd be when filming.

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On the first day of shooting that week, I was unfortunately in hospital in the morning. Luckily I wasn't needed on set until the afternoon so I didn't hold back production.

Throughout the day I rehearsed my lines with Maya to achieve fluidity and flow in our deliveries. We did struggle though with our first scene as we had to walk into the frame a certain way which resulted in us not even looking through the window but looking at an s on the wall to create the illusion of looking at grace. Though a bit unorthodox we did manage it and moved on to the next scene.

When shooting I was able to take off my brace as I had healed enough that I could move my arm about but not too much or it would start to hurt. This did provide a challenge of points for example one shot had me reaching out to the end of the table to place the tape recorder unluckily in continuity I chose my left arm to do this which led me to keep stretching my arm out and making sure I place the tape recorder in the right place every time. Though painful at times I was able to move forward with others and I think me and Maya did a good performance not giving much away through our faces and retaining the effect of mysterious agents.

Tuesday was very easygoing for my role as Agent 1. This was because I had one shot to film where all I did was walk into shot and take a picture with an old camera. With this I learnt my lesson from Monday and used my right arm to take the picture and not my left.

My downtime this day was mainly used to go over my final scenes that would be filmed the next day.

Wednesday was my final day of acting and was probably my most focused day of acting. This stopped me from helping too much with set design as I had to talk with the directors about what they wanted and where they wanted me. The first challenge of the day was trying to walk in sync with Maya funny enough as getting through the door was awkward and made timing things hard. But after that obstacle, the lines were no issue instead our briefcase prop was to fault. This was because we discovered it was tough to open which led to a lot of scenes looking awkward as we were fiddling with the case. We got around this by practicing our movements and how to hold the case which made things a lot easier when filming the scene again. That scene was our last speaking role so all we had to do now was nail our action scenes which in my opinion we did. The only struggle we had was again looking through very small window and placing ourselves so we were in shot.

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At the end of filming, I think I was satisfied with the job I had done. Though I am an anxious actor who doesn't trust their ability to act and this was no different. I must admit I struggled with this character as I felt there wasn't much of one the way of I'm playing a character that is meant to be emotionless and intimidating which I found hard to find a balance. But I was convinced by the assistant director that I was doing a good job as I trusted their opinion due to them being my acting partner twice in a year one who scored a very high mark with me. So their approval meant a lot to my confidence in the role.

My injury did prove a problem when filming this but I found ways to make sure it didn't slow the crew or myself down and by the time this is assessed I should hopefully be fully recovered.

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Very simple scene. My arm was luckily healed enough by then to lift it to be able to take the camera out.

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found this scenes action quite hard. this was due to being told that we couldn't actually look at grace through the window but had to look at her through he wall which i obviously can't do

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Struggled the most in this scene not due to lines but my arm as reaching out to place the tape recorder to the middle of the table caused substantial pain but i managed to pull through.