Monday 8th December 2014
Today most people performed their assesments while the rest of us observed, but Elvina, Katy and I were not able to, because unfortunately Katy was unwell.
Tuesday 9th December 2014
Today we did our poems assessment in the recording studio, and we also watched The Tempest.
Wednesday 10th - Thursday 11th December 2014
On these days, I worked tech on the musical theatre second year's pantomime.
My job was to control the follow spot.
I worked four performances in total.
It was actually pretty fun to do the follow spot, and although I thought it would be difficult to manoeuvre, it was fine really.
I had three characters I had to follow. For act one, I had the follow spot set to red, and it had to focus on the pantomime villain, the wolf.
After the interval, I changed it to pink and followed Dame Robin through a dance number, and finally I changed it to blue, and it followed the ghost in the woods.
That was it, really!
It was nice to get used to working backstage, even if it wasn't the most fascinating job to do.
I think I was being assessed on this job, and I feel that it went well.
This is the formative feedback I was given on my work for the pantomime:
You came into the role late in the production process, but you learnt the skills quickly and the director felt that you needed little guidance or direction during shows. You were confident enough to ask questions if you were unsure of what you were doing and this helped you to learn how to operate the follow spot quickly.
This is my action plan:
My plan of action now is to continue to build on the skills I learnt from this experience, and use the knowledge it has given me for other productions that I take part in. Now I have learnt these skills once, I'd like to be able to be a bit more confident when using them again in the future.
Monday 15th December 2014
Today Katy, Elvina and I performed our assessment. I feel that it went quite well, however I was not thoroughly satisfied. I was not able to get into this particular assignment as much as our previous one, as personally I found the Greek Theatre more compelling than Our Country's Good.
But, it was enjoyable working with Elvina and Katy, and it did all come together nicely, I think.
Prior to performing our piece, the entire class did voice work in the morning.
In the afternoon we sat down and discussed the Tempest, and the different parts we would all like to play. I said that I would like to play Ariel.
Your action plan shows that you have understood your feedback and the areas that you need to develop. I look forward to seeing you develop the skills and grown in confidence in backstage areas.
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