Final Performance Evaluation
I feel like my performance went well. I managed to stick with my objective(s) throughout my performance. I feel like I really managed to let my emotions drive my actions, vocal choices and the scene in general. Michelle and I both worked well to create the heavy emotion this scene holds. I had a director note to make sure that on my line "I'm all alone", to not stress it too much, or shout, as it is a very sensitive line that is crucial to the scene. I also executed this well.
To develop my scene further I feel I should have experimented with my rehearsals. I felt that as soon as I found a way of saying a line or doing an action, that was how I would stick to it. I think that if I had done a lot more playing and experimenting with how I say my lines and how I execute my actions, then I would have felt a bit more free in the scene. I also think that if I did more of my textual analysis with my partner I could have understood her motivations as well. If I had studied her choices more then I would have got a much more broad understanding of her character as well as mine.
I have learnt a lot about naturalism this term. I learnt so many different techniques to apply to my acting such as: given circumstances, magic if, WANT DO FEEL, units, objectives, circles of attention, and actions. I have learnt that theatre pioneers such as Chekhov and Stan were tired of the same melodramatic drama that was happening around the time they were alive. Naturalism was born out of this and they both believed that theatre should be like real life, have real life people in it, and totally relatable to the audience. They believed that actors should really inhabit their roles.
Given circumstances really helped my scene as it helps set the scene up in my head. Especially in my performance, as during the entirety of my version of the play, I was sat at a table in character, writing as Konstantin. This gave me a lot of time to get into character, and to imagine my surroundings and my setting.
I feel I could have used the magic if exercise a bit better. As I said before, if I had experimented on what I was saying and doing I could have maybe had a better insight into my characters feelings.
Separating my script into units also helped because it clearly defines your characters thought changes, and being such an emotionally complicated scene, it really put the changes into easy, black and white thought processes. The uniting really helped me to play my objectives accurately and which is a reason I think I portrayed and communicated it well to the audience.
Circles of attention was a useful exercise for my scene as in this scene, Konstantin is less worried about what is going on outside that room, his circle of attention is quite small and that is quite clear in this scene. It helped me focus on what my character really wants.
I really enjoyed watching Joe Garwood's performance. He had perfectly embodied his character physically (with stance and how he moved) and vocally (how he used tone and articulation). He really characterised Trigorin with expertise. It looked so natural and vocally he was very good with his choices as he decided to speak quite soothingly and warmly, the way that I imagine a man of that age and status might. I could tell he had also thought a lot about his units and objectives, as his thought changes were effortless but in the same way very clear.
To develop my scene further I feel I should have experimented with my rehearsals. I felt that as soon as I found a way of saying a line or doing an action, that was how I would stick to it. I think that if I had done a lot more playing and experimenting with how I say my lines and how I execute my actions, then I would have felt a bit more free in the scene. I also think that if I did more of my textual analysis with my partner I could have understood her motivations as well. If I had studied her choices more then I would have got a much more broad understanding of her character as well as mine.
I have learnt a lot about naturalism this term. I learnt so many different techniques to apply to my acting such as: given circumstances, magic if, WANT DO FEEL, units, objectives, circles of attention, and actions. I have learnt that theatre pioneers such as Chekhov and Stan were tired of the same melodramatic drama that was happening around the time they were alive. Naturalism was born out of this and they both believed that theatre should be like real life, have real life people in it, and totally relatable to the audience. They believed that actors should really inhabit their roles.
Given circumstances really helped my scene as it helps set the scene up in my head. Especially in my performance, as during the entirety of my version of the play, I was sat at a table in character, writing as Konstantin. This gave me a lot of time to get into character, and to imagine my surroundings and my setting.
I feel I could have used the magic if exercise a bit better. As I said before, if I had experimented on what I was saying and doing I could have maybe had a better insight into my characters feelings.
Separating my script into units also helped because it clearly defines your characters thought changes, and being such an emotionally complicated scene, it really put the changes into easy, black and white thought processes. The uniting really helped me to play my objectives accurately and which is a reason I think I portrayed and communicated it well to the audience.
Circles of attention was a useful exercise for my scene as in this scene, Konstantin is less worried about what is going on outside that room, his circle of attention is quite small and that is quite clear in this scene. It helped me focus on what my character really wants.
I really enjoyed watching Joe Garwood's performance. He had perfectly embodied his character physically (with stance and how he moved) and vocally (how he used tone and articulation). He really characterised Trigorin with expertise. It looked so natural and vocally he was very good with his choices as he decided to speak quite soothingly and warmly, the way that I imagine a man of that age and status might. I could tell he had also thought a lot about his units and objectives, as his thought changes were effortless but in the same way very clear.
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