Evaluate YOUR GROUPS assessment performance
discussing…
- Did your group communicate an educational and unbiased
message?
I think my group did communicate an educational message that cuts are deeper than they seem because, because of what happened to in the case of Victoria Climbe murder there have now been changes all across the bored in education, safety of children,policing , social services and protection against vulnerable people.
my understanding of being biased is to be one sided
the dictionary.com says unbiased is "not biased or prejudiced; fair; impartial."
You could say that we did convey a biased message because we we're all of around the same age of Victoria when see died and her are murder was local.
At the same time you could we conveyed a unbiased message because we where not aware of the case because we where still very young when it happened and we did not make up what happened to her.
I think my group did communicate an educational message that cuts are deeper than they seem because, because of what happened to in the case of Victoria Climbe murder there have now been changes all across the bored in education, safety of children,policing , social services and protection against vulnerable people.
my understanding of being biased is to be one sided
the dictionary.com says unbiased is "not biased or prejudiced; fair; impartial."
You could say that we did convey a biased message because we we're all of around the same age of Victoria when see died and her are murder was local.
At the same time you could we conveyed a unbiased message because we where not aware of the case because we where still very young when it happened and we did not make up what happened to her.
- Was your performance pitched for a target audience
(i.e. teenagers? etc.)
I do not think we had a pacific target audience because the purpose of our play was more to inform people about a historical event.For this reason we had to make the performance understand able for all
I do not think we had a pacific target audience because the purpose of our play was more to inform people about a historical event.For this reason we had to make the performance understand able for all
- Did you use drama techniques such as; narration,
freeze frames, interaction with the audience, split scenes?
I think we used quite a few drama techniques such as
split screens - in the airport scene where Victoria was being picked up
narration-in the funeral scene
sound scape- the first scene
thought tracking- when the social worker voiced his thought
emotive dance- turning of the backs
I think we used quite a few drama techniques such as
split screens - in the airport scene where Victoria was being picked up
narration-in the funeral scene
sound scape- the first scene
thought tracking- when the social worker voiced his thought
emotive dance- turning of the backs
- What were your personal strengths and weaknesses in
your performance?
I think a personal strength for me was being able to take a directorial role and get everyone in my group involved and interested in what was happening as well as keeping them informed
i think a weakness me personally was being able to take on the the character in the way in which they move. I feel for the character to have been more believable.
I think a personal strength for me was being able to take a directorial role and get everyone in my group involved and interested in what was happening as well as keeping them informed
i think a weakness me personally was being able to take on the the character in the way in which they move. I feel for the character to have been more believable.
- Describe what changes you made to the material to
help develop and strengthen your performance?
A change to material which I made was to make the judge say a pro-log explaining in some detail about what happened in the case of Victoria Climbe; I also made Amanda & me who played Carl Manning & Marie Therese Kouao speak about how the life of Victoria Climbe has made reforms in certain sectors
A change to material which I made was to make the judge say a pro-log explaining in some detail about what happened in the case of Victoria Climbe; I also made Amanda & me who played Carl Manning & Marie Therese Kouao speak about how the life of Victoria Climbe has made reforms in certain sectors
- Discuss how you feel the audience responded to the
performance?
I think the audience was affected by the performance,It made them think about what they could of done if they were aware of what was happening and it also made them reflect on if it is happening in society today.In some scenes some audience members where crying because they felt the pain and emotion which we as an group tried to convey.
I think the audience was affected by the performance,It made them think about what they could of done if they were aware of what was happening and it also made them reflect on if it is happening in society today.In some scenes some audience members where crying because they felt the pain and emotion which we as an group tried to convey.
- As an ensemble, what were the strengths of
the performance and what were the weaknesses?
Making it seem realistic whilst having a creative flare was at the heart of the performance. Drama is another medium of expression for me and others. Victoria Climbé is a real person, whom suffered a tragic event. It has effected so many people and measures have even been put into place so this never happens to any child agin. It's truly remarkable all the change which has been caused by this historical event but it's a shame that a young girl had to die for this change to occur.
I felt it was really important that no matter what creative style we took on that the message of what actually happened was kept and passed on to the audience. This is where the scence which I call "turning of backs" came into hand. In this scence we see the key workers that all could have helped to prevent the death of Victoria turn their backs on her as she came running for help. I feel this is one of the strengths of the ensembles performance. It portrayed what actually happened in a dramatically poetic way. I even had members of the audience come up to me and say that they cried at this scence.
I feel one of the weakness of which the ensemble had was scence changes. There was a lot of events going on this performance which caused for many scence changes. I feel that we took to long to change scence which could have caused audiences members to tune out. In our next preformance we should practise scence changes to perfect this.
Taking on any character fictional or non-fictional is quite a difficult task to uptake, but never the less I fell this was one of the strengths of the ensemble. Each member took on their character with great ease, this is probably because of the independent research they did into the version of events.
Evaluate the REHEARSAL PROCESS and YOUR OWN
CONTRIBUTION…
- Was everyone in the group contributing and reliable in
rehearsals?
In the group I was in we wanted everyone to contribute. At
the start we brainstormed ideas which we had and knowledge that we had about
the case of Victoria Climbe. We gave everyone the opportunity to contribute
when we have having group discussions. Some ideas which came up were:
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Her age
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Her background i.e. (where she came from, who
she live, why she was in the UK etc.)
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What kind of measures were put in to place because of Victoria Climbe
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Why she was being abused
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Who was in contact with her while the abuse was
going on
In rehearsals we tried to do as much work as possible, some
people were not able to attend every rehearsal but they still contributed. In
rehearsal is where we polished the scenes such as staging and the movement and behavior In rehearsals the people that where there where reliable because we
showed the other actors who were not there what we have done and if we had made
and changes to benefit the performance .The rehearsals were productive. Some of
the actors in the group where shyer than others but we as group tried to help
and boost their confidence.
- What did you contribute to the performance?
One of the parts of the performance which I contributed to
and directed was the open scene. I used the djembe drums to set the atmosphere.
It was a gradual slow pace, to set a scary place.
In the performance I played more of a director role. Me and
another member of the group sat down outside rehearsal times and wrote an
outline of what was going to happen in each scene. This outline was the base of
our performance because we as a group knew where to go to what would happen
next and if we forgot anything we could just check
I was the one who picked the songs for the emotive movement
scene and funeral.
I also did research
into the case of Victoria Climbe. To find out about her background and what had
happened in the past
- Describe your character and what decisions you
made about your character?
This is the character profile of Carl Manning the boyfriend of Marie Therese Kouao, whom where both responsible for the murder of Victoria Climbie who was in their care.
The name of my Character is Carl Manning
Carl Manning is 28
Manning's occupation is a Bus driver
Mr.Manning fits into this play because he is one one of the main abusers of Victoria Climbie
Manning is currently serving a life sentence
I would describe Carl Manning as a "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" character because Jekyll and Hyde had split personalty,this could be said for Mr.Manning because in front of professionals like social workers he could be seen as the most caring person but behind closed doors he's a monster.
Manning is still quite a young man in his late 20's.He would probably think he is better/has power over people so he should walk whit his head up but not so up he is seen to be wealthy or royalty
I want the audience to know that Carl Manning was one of the main the cause of the death of Victoria
My character is quite aggressive,which i had to convey to audience.I also had to act as if I was on a pedal-stool ; this mean better than anyone one else and to be in my presence was an honor
- How did you organise music, lighting, props and costume?
We only used music to create an atmosphere such and the
start we used djembe drums to set a
mysterious atmosphere, with the booming beat the audience could gain an understanding of how Victoria Climbe felt coming to a new place and being abused.When the drum got faster it was try to create a feeling of running.
In the emotive dance piece we used Jessie J-who you are because the song seemed to describe what was going on through the performance
we also used read all about it part 3 by Emile Sande I used this because funerals are supposed to be sad scenes but also a place for reflection
if we had used too much music it would have diluted the message
for props we used fake flours chairs and wooden blocks. During rehearsals we found out that if we use too many blocks it made scene changes longer which could be distracting;from this we decided to use fewer blocks and more chairs which made it more easier to remove and made it possible for the audience to see more
For costume we black and character specific clothing such as:
For lighting we used a spot light for when characters where doing monologues so all the concentration was on them;also they where center stage
In the emotive dance piece we used Jessie J-who you are because the song seemed to describe what was going on through the performance
we also used read all about it part 3 by Emile Sande I used this because funerals are supposed to be sad scenes but also a place for reflection
if we had used too much music it would have diluted the message
for props we used fake flours chairs and wooden blocks. During rehearsals we found out that if we use too many blocks it made scene changes longer which could be distracting;from this we decided to use fewer blocks and more chairs which made it more easier to remove and made it possible for the audience to see more
For costume we black and character specific clothing such as:
- The judge wore formal black suit
- Marie Therese Kouao wore African clothes
- the social worker wore formal clothes
For lighting we used a spot light for when characters where doing monologues so all the concentration was on them;also they where center stage
- Did your group all work as a team? If not why
not?
As a group we tried are best to get all the work that needed to be done,but so actors withdrawn themselves from the group sometimes they where just fed up of things that where happening around them that had nothing to do with the rehearsals;but when this happened as a group we would take a brake from rehearsals and discuss what is happening. within a few minutes we would be back to rehearsals
As a group we tried are best to get all the work that needed to be done,but so actors withdrawn themselves from the group sometimes they where just fed up of things that where happening around them that had nothing to do with the rehearsals;but when this happened as a group we would take a brake from rehearsals and discuss what is happening. within a few minutes we would be back to rehearsals
- What obstacles and problems did you face? How did
you overcome these?
An obstacle which we faced was that we keep on repeating what had been done already,by this I mean when we got a scene right we would stay on it and keep on repeating it.I am not saying that this is a bad thing but at the same time we had other scenes to be working on. We overcame this by recognizing we had more to work on,his happened when everyone seeing what we had left to do which also made the actors work faster.
- How might you prevent the same problems in the future from happening in the other units and for other group tasks?
I think next time to over come this problem we will make a time schedule so we know how long we have left doing the scene we are.I think this would benefit the group a lot so we can add more or take some out.
An obstacle which we faced was that we keep on repeating what had been done already,by this I mean when we got a scene right we would stay on it and keep on repeating it.I am not saying that this is a bad thing but at the same time we had other scenes to be working on. We overcame this by recognizing we had more to work on,his happened when everyone seeing what we had left to do which also made the actors work faster.
- How might you prevent the same problems in the future from happening in the other units and for other group tasks?
I think next time to over come this problem we will make a time schedule so we know how long we have left doing the scene we are.I think this would benefit the group a lot so we can add more or take some out.
