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Learning Aim A -                        A report or presentation demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the roles and skills of a performer with reference to examples of disciplines, such as acting.               This is about the process of becoming an actor and research into what is it like to be a professional actor. It requires you to research the role and either do an essay on the topic or a presentation. There is a full helpsheet above.                                        To achieve pass you would need to answer questions in the booklet. For a Merit you will  evidence that you have done further research. For a Distinction you will do an essay or presentation and complete the booklet fully with links etc.    

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Learning Aim A -                        A report or presentation demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the roles and skills of a performer with reference to examples of disciplines, such as acting.               This is about the process of becoming an actor and research into what is it like to be a professional actor. It requires you to research the role and either do an essay on the topic or a presentation. There is a full helpsheet above.                                        To achieve pass you would need to answer questions in the booklet. For a Merit you will  evidence that you have done further research. For a Distinction you will do an essay or presentation and complete the booklet fully with links etc.    

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This was always going to be your Summer Work. As there is quite a bit to do. This unit is put in the first year of the course by BTEC to help teach you independent study.

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This Learning Aim is to do with  your Godber piece. Researching and keeping an Actor's Log.

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This Learning Aim is to do with  your Godber piece. Researching and keeping an Actor's Log.

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https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/actor

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https://www.backstage.com/uk/magazine/article/become-actor-uk-4683/

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https://edu.digitaltheatreplus.com/content/guides/actor-training

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P/M/D log help

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John Godber was born in 1956, he’s a British playwright and director who’s known for his boisterous comedies. Godber’s work with the Hull Truck theatre over 25 years lead him to his being dubbed ‘the true mouth of the Humber’ He was born in Yorkshire and was the Grandson of miners. He trained as teacher and then became head of drama at his old secondary school that was in Minsthorpe. The students at this school were one of the first to show many of Godber’s early plays, that won a series of awards at the national student drama festival.  Godber first became an artist director of the Hull truck in 1984, he continued this position until 2010. He had a Finacle crisis, so Godber gave an attempt to impress local audiences with his first play for Hull, the comedy up ‘n’ under in 1984. This was a success and Godber continued to do this with other plays he wrote including Teechers in 1987, On the piste in 1990, The office party 1992, Gym and Tonic in 1996 and perfect pitch in 1998 which was about a group of caravanning enthusiasts.  During the mid 1990’s a governments art documentary reported that Godber has become the third most performed playwright in Britian coming after Shakespear and Ayckbourn. Bouncer’s is his most popular bit of work which is a comedy about four doormen at a down-market night club, he wrote this play in 1977 but reworked his performance in the 1980’s and 1990’s. His more recent plays like on a night like this in 2000 and sold in 2007 which deals with the issue of people –trafficking, have been said to be bleaker and less ebullient than his earlier work. As well as this Godber has also directed and adapted plays by other authors and writing widely for theatre. 

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John Godber was born in 1956, he’s a British playwright and director who’s known for his boisterous comedies. Godber’s work with the Hull Truck theatre over 25 years lead him to his being dubbed ‘the true mouth of the Humber’ He was born in Yorkshire and was the Grandson of miners. He trained as teacher and then became head of drama at his old secondary school that was in Minsthorpe. The students at this school were one of the first to show many of Godber’s early plays, that won a series of awards at the national student drama festival.  Godber first became an artist director of the Hull truck in 1984, he continued this position until 2010. He had a Finacle crisis, so Godber gave an attempt to impress local audiences with his first play for Hull, the comedy up ‘n’ under in 1984. This was a success and Godber continued to do this with other plays he wrote including Teechers in 1987, On the piste in 1990, The office party 1992, Gym and Tonic in 1996 and perfect pitch in 1998 which was about a group of caravanning enthusiasts.  During the mid 1990’s a governments art documentary reported that Godber has become the third most performed playwright in Britian coming after Shakespear and Ayckbourn. Bouncer’s is his most popular bit of work which is a comedy about four doormen at a down-market night club, he wrote this play in 1977 but reworked his performance in the 1980’s and 1990’s. His more recent plays like on a night like this in 2000 and sold in 2007 which deals with the issue of people –trafficking, have been said to be bleaker and less ebullient than his earlier work. As well as this Godber has also directed and adapted plays by other authors and writing widely for theatre. 

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Bouncers by John Godber shows a night on the titles from the point of view of the men on the door. It is a funny, energetic piece oh highly theatrical storytelling where men are at once themselves, and every character they happen to meet on a night at work at the nightclub. In his introduction, the author writes: ‘in many ways the content informed the form. The Boredom of the men in the door spills over into grotesque violence and fantasy. The antics of the girls and boys out for a night on the town hardly need developing to make them dramatic.The conflict between those wanting a good time and those stopping a good time from being had is basic dramatic premise . . . The central theme of bouncers is universal: men after veer after women, and the best goes on.’

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The Prodigal Son, written by John Patrick Shanley, was published in 2016, and was performed at the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York. The play is about a 17-year-old boy from the Bronx, who is sent to a private school in New Hampshire as a desperate bid to fix his misbehaving. He is gifted and talented, but struggles with a ferocious loneliness. The dilemma of this play is whether or not this new environment will turn him from a disaster to a star.

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Jim Quinn, the main character of the play, gets into a heated argument with his new headteacher. He is angry and frustrated at how he believes he is mistreated and misunderstood. He begins to talk about how he is treated differently just because he is young, and how he hasn't even been able to find out who is yet before people are trying to change him as a person. He goes on to explain how his teacher, Mr Hoffman, has recognised him and seen him for how he is, unlike the headteacher. I chose this monologue because I really enjoyed the fiercely passionate tone throughout. I also thought choosing a 17 year old character would be ideal, as it really helped me put myself in this characters' shoes. When practicing this monologue, I found that I could relate to this character, as during secondary school I would regularly clash with teachers over disagreements similar to this one. I was inspired by a recording of Timothee Chalamet performing this monologue, as I respect him as an actor, and think he definitely did the character justice.