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On the open day we spent time learning about what the course has to offer and working on a team building exercise .Which was getting into groups and us going around the campus looking for pictures that describe lines in the poem for example as blue as the ocean . This was an amazing activity to learn about our main subject Greek chorus and meet people on the course and make new friends .

Tuesday
We started getting comfortable around the teachers and other students on the course we talked about what our desires to achieve in acting are and how the course will help achieve our goals. This was helped by the group participating in a group activity telling the class what your goals and hopes in the performing arts industry this helped learn from our peers . I stated that I’ve always enjoyed acting and singing from a young age and how I studied it for GCSEs

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We started off the week by learning about internet safety and all the type of people you may have to deal with in the acting industry. this includes dealing with toxic relationships toxic friends and online safety we demonstrated how little someone can make you feel and how to avoid this

We then looked into Antigone and how to include certain vocal elements in our group performance we all were included making a vocal humming noice whilst people acted their lines out this created a sense of the Greek gods looking down on the people.

We then watched the miya mayor poem and got put onto groups of four we then practiced the poem and learned the key information of the poem . This included being belittled and looked down upon by a higher authority, we touched upon these subjects using tone of voice and various character traits per person for example I was more belittling and

We talked a lot about vocal elements in our performance and how different characters thoughts and feelings can be determined through vocal elements

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in week 3 we looked into the Antigone play , we were handed a script and got into big groups . We each picked a different part of the script and memorised it in order to audition for the roles of king Creyon , Oedipus
We performed in front of the level 2’s for the first time performing with an audience , this was highly beneficial for me and the group as it gave me the experience and  confidence in performing to an audience of strangers. I then received feedback from a few students one of the notes being that I needed to come out of my comfort zone and not to hold back this was great criticism since it’s helped me improve my acting . This week was definitely a learning opportunity for me and Criticism is extremely important when being in the acting industry as it helps shape and improve your performance for the long haul.

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in order to keep not just our mind but our body fit for acting and movement , every Thursday morning 10 to 11 we all participate in physical exercises this consists as ; push ups , planks , jumping squats , squats , leg thrusts and more this is a good warm up for acting for the rest of the day and a good wake up call

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1. What is your dream job?
My dream job is a actor wanting a classic character like the next Leonardo Decaprio or Brad Pitt simply because it’s been a dream of mine since I was a kid .

2.what skills do you feel like you need to have to be able to do that job?

Years of training and qualifications my time in mk college studying performing arts is highly beneficial for this

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For 3 weeks our class got the amazing opportunity to work with Justice in motion a theatre group based around acting and parkour together. We worked with Anya , George and Mike they all were very well organised and put together a performance for the class in 3 weeks. The piece of work was based on Fear and how it affects us by using dialogue and parkour this was great for me practicing movement , flexibility and endurance in a performance. I even got a small speech (ted talk) on how fear effects our body . I spoke about how in the heat of the moment when we are pushed out of our comfort zone ; adrenaline flows through us , our heart rate rises and our pupils dialate. Also setting the next scene of fight or flight this was very good for my confidence speaking to a large audience by myself , this gave me a spike of adrenaline and a worry of mis saying some of my lines.

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The transfer of body weight in a performance can tell a story and the theme of the performance this can be done elegantly and slowly or fast and rough to do this you will need a lot of trust in the person your doing this with for movement skills
Your body will be in the centre of gravity whist being moved

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I learned a lot from this experience as it helped me get more confident with moving carefully around the set . It made me more flexible and helped me overcome things I would not think I could do like balance across a piece of pipe. It also made me trust my classmates even more with transferring body weight with movement . Overall I thought it was an amazing opportunity and I learned alot about parkour and the fact we created a devised piece in 2 weeks was astonishing to me

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We were put into groups with the objective to create a Christmas inspired devised piece based on one of the three words “war and peace”.  “Rich and poor” or “happy and sad” our group decided to chose war and peace and based it a true story in the First World War soldiers put down their differences and shook hands on Christmas we captured the scared soldiers expressions knowing they didn’t want war and had family’s back home. 

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On day one of our piece we looked into basing it on patients of a psychiatric hospital  we played around with different facial expressions and body language to come across as physically insane as a class all responding to each other’s characters that they created on the spot . The first time I attempted it I over acted a bit but had a lot of fun in the process and learnt from my mistakes that little can be better in serious cases. Then me Sean and Travis practiced how people can deal with someone with severe mental issues freaking out in the 1940s. This was amazing! As we all had great chemistry as actors on the stage and it all was serious. We later tried with Danny acting as a female character as people pointed out that it might be scarier as a woman with two bigger guards pressuring her with no sign of compassion this was the final piece we wanted to include in the performance.

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On Monday morning we studied and rehearsed the psychosis script and did a brief run through , we then decided to add the Alice in wonderland dance and I decided to join in as I was not in the dance last performance.
Then Colin asked if anyone wanted to read for the advert part I volunteered and now it’s my part . The scene is basically a advent for a  skipping weight loss and I perceived  the character being extremely enthusiastic a good stimulus for me was joe wicks as I find him annoying.

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As time goes on the show is getting more tighter and polished as people start memorising their lines and practicing big scenes etc the game show and dance sequence. My involvement on the performance is a monologue advert about a skipping rope that helps you have fun and exercise at the same time. I am acting this in a sarcastic manner and over enthusiastic.

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This day we practiced psychosis and had a brief run through around the college as our performance takes place at the entrance of the college and ends at the black box . This was great as it gave us time to practice entrances and exits and basically piecing the piece together.