D.N.A Rehearsal 5- 17th January

D.N.A Rehearsal 5- 17th January

Today we did the moments of change over. The change overs that we did was Lauren comes in from one corner and I come from the opposite corner and she hands me a ring and then I get into my starting position. The audience will understand that there is more than one character and that they are changing. For example; Lauren in scene 2, she plays with the ring and then when its my scene she gives me the ring and so the audience will understand that we are the same character. 

3 targets for next lesson;

1. More focused.
2. Concentrate more when watching the other Lou's acting to help me. 
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D.N.A Rehearsal 4- 10th January

D.N.A Rehearsal 4- 10th January

In today's lesson we first started of with the opening sequence. Me and my group changed the whole sequence. We changed it by me, Stevanie and Lauren come in from the corners with a ballerina box, we sit down and take a special ring out and play with it, then we take out a few things and play with them and then we take out a picture and in the picture its Lou and her mum but then we rip it up because her mum left her. Lastly, we pick the ring up and put it on our finger and then we stand up and walk of he stage from where we came in from, whilst we do this we play with the ring. In our scenes all three of us play with our rings to make it easier for the audience to understand that there are 3 Lou's.     

D.N.A Rehearsal 3- 20th December

D.N.A Rehearsal 3- 20th December

In today's lesson we did a whole run through. I thought that the run through was really good but there are a few things missing. Some of us are struggling to learn lines and so Miss has to keep telling the lines to us. The play looks really good, I think that everyone suit there characters. Everyone takes their role serious and they enjoy it. When watching Lauren and Stevanie play as Lou it helps me because it shows me how to act and do the same thing as them so the audience see's that there are 3 Lou's.

D.N.A Rehearsal 2- 13th December

D.N.A Rehearsal 2- 13th December

In today's lesson we blocked the scenes. I watched scene 1 and 2. The scenes were really good, most people remembered their lines and their positions that they had to do. Watching the other characters that play my character helps me a lot because it shows me how to act so the audience knows that there is 3 Lou's. When it was scene 3, Miss directed me and the other characters. It was fun but some people were struggling to remember their lines and positions, this made the scene confusing because miss had to keep stopping and telling some of our lines and positions.

After wards, we did dome writing in role. In my diary i wrote;

Dear diary,

                    Today was just shocking. I mean I didn't want to get involved. I'm scared, shocked and really                        confused. What if I get in really big trouble! I just wish this was all a dream but its not. Why is this happening?. I'm just really confused why couldn't everyone just be nice to each other. I mean I've never done anything like this before, like everyone knows me as the dopey, foolish and curious Lou. If I tell other people I know they will hate me and be disgusted in me. I hate this! I really do! I'm so upset, I just wish everything was just a dream... I'm scared...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rehearsal 1 - 6th December

Rehearsal 1 - 6th December

 

 

 

In todays lesson we started rehearsing, the people that were in scene one were rehearsing with Mrs and the others were going outside reading through their scenes in groups. I then wacthed the rehersals and did the peer assesment sheet. I assed Beau as John Tate and Kim as Danny, for Beau I think she should try to be more confident, make his own decisions and when getting the lines wrong just carry on without getting out of role. For Kim I said she was in role, serious in her acting and making her own desicions.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SDTZ7iX4vTQ

 

I think we are opening the play with this song ^^ because in the song it says 'Robert's got a quick hand. He'll look around the room, he wont tell you his plan' This song is related to our play DNA because in the play there is a character called Phil, Phil is a quiet person, when someone is talking to him he looks around the room and acts like he doesnt care about anything but then at the end he has this really good plan. Also in the song it says 'All the toher kids you better run, better run, faster than my bullet.' This also tells us that in the play a tragic insident has happend and its not only one person who knows but all the other kids know so they better run fast and not get esposex.

 

                                                                                  

The advantge of using this stage space is that the stage is not too big or too small so as the audience is at the front, left and right it makes it easier for us to comunicate with the audience. The Disadvantage of using the stage is that there is not much room to move and its quiet easy to be in a position where the audience may not understand what you are doing.

 

The challenges i think i will have with using the space stage is that trying to remeber where the places are for example down stage right centre. Also in my oppionion I think sometime no everyone likes to be in the centre or right at the back of the stage so if Mrs was to direct me somewhere on the stage where I did not prefere then it would be a different challenge for me, using different places.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Workshop 4 - 28th November

Workshop 4 - 28th November

 

In todays lesson we had to audtion for the parts we wanted in DNA. I really enjoyed the lesson because we were all watching eachother act in different characters and choosing who sutited the character the most. I audition for the charcter Lou, I chose Lou because I thought she wasn't the main charcter or the unknown charcter but in the middle so i thought this went really well with me.

 

 

When we was watching different people audtion for different parts we had to write down who sutited the character the most and write down notes. It was quiet tricky because everyone was good at what they were doing. I think the whole class was really good because everyone was really confident and serious.