Evaluation of GCA Drama Festival Performance - Historical Event

12. Evaluation of GCA Drama Festival Performance - Historical Event

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.

- 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

- 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

- 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.

- 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

- 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.

- 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:

·         Her age

·         Her background i.e. (where she came from, who she live, why she was in the UK etc.)

·         What kind of measures were put in  to place because of Victoria Climbe

·         Why she was being abused

·         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:

• The judge wore formal black suit
• Marie Therese Kouao wore African clothes
• the social worker wore formal clothes 

we tried to wear black to keep it natural

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

- 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.

Character Profile:Carl Manning

Character Profile:Carl Manning

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 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 personality ,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 Climbie but other people could have stop it as well

Moral: DO NOT BE A BYSTANDER  

  

Victoria Climbie: Chain of neglect

Victoria Climbie: Chain of neglect

Victoria had 128 injuries

By Sue Littlemore BBC education and family correspondent

Victoria Climbie was born in November 1991 in the Ivory Coast.She died in February 2000 in London aged eight. To escape the poverty of Africa , her parents entrusted her to her great aunt who brought her to Europe.Victoria was tortured to death by that great-aunt, Marie Therese Kouao, and the woman's boyfriend Carl Manning.But Victoria need not have died.

Victoria came from the Ivory Coast

Police, doctors, social workers all had contact with her while she was being abused.Victoria's parents attended almost every day of the public inquiry into why the child protection system failed so miserably.At times the details of Victoria's 128 injuries were too much for her mother Berthe to bear.The inquiry was chaired by the former chief inspector of social services, Lord Laming. The interrogation of witnesses by barrister, Neil Garnham exposed a picture of incompetence and error at every level.Medical failuresTwo senior doctors failed Victoria.When consultant paediatrician, Dr Mary Schwartz, saw Victoria at the Central Middlesex Hospital, she decided her cuts were due to the skin disease scabies.Victoria was sent home to her abusers. Dr Schwartz told the inquiry she assumed social services would investigate further.

I feel devastated and saddened that we failed to protect her Dr Mary Schwartz

She said: "I feel devastated and saddened that we failed to protect her and I was not more pro-active in doing things."Two weeks later Victoria was back in hospital - this time the North Middlesex.Consultant Dr Mary Rossiter felt Victoria was being abused but she confused colleagues by writing "able to discharge" on her notes.Victoria was again sent home to her abusers. Dr Rossiter told the inquiry: "I have thought about Victoria on a daily basis... and I feel very distressed that I did not keep up to my own standards."Cardigan squadMetropolitan police officers also failed Victoria. Child protection work in the police has had low status. Teams have been nicknamed "the cardigan squad" or "the baby sitters".The inquiry heard how PC Karen Jones failed to inspect Victoria's home for fear of catching scabies off the furniture.

Victoria's mother Berthe found some evidence difficult to bear

She said: "It might not be logical but I did not know anything about scabies."Lisa Arthurworrey was Victoria's social worker and one of a number from Haringey Council blamed for failing her.Ms Arthurworrey feels she has been made a scapegoat.At the inquiry she painted a picture of child protection in Haringey as chaotic, with workers in conflict. She attacked several colleagues and described supervisions with her boss, Carole Baptiste.She said: "Ms Baptiste used most of the time to talk about her experiences as a black woman and her relationship with God."ResponsibilityCarole Baptiste became the first person ever to be prosecuted and fined for failing to give evidence to a public inquiry.When she did eventually cooperate, she criticised her junior, Ms Arthurworrey , but also admitted she had not read Victoria's file properly.Ms Baptiste asked Victoria's parents to forgive her.

Carl Manning: Jailed for life

Gurbux Singh was the chief executive of Haringey council for 11 years.The former chairman of the commission for racial equality was in charge while his social workers failed to rescue Victoria.He told the inquiry he did not feel personally responsible for Victoria's death. He said he had thought long and hard but he was "not actually sure what else we could have done."The people who did try to save Victoria were not professionals.ReformEsther Ackha is a distant relative of Victoria's great aunt , Marie Therese.Esther told the inquiry she made two anonymous calls to Brent council reporting fears for Victoria's safety.Nothing effective was done.Priscilla Cameron was Victoria's childminder. It was Priscilla and her daughter, Avril , who had Victoria admitted to the Central Middlesex Hospital - only to get her wounds diagnosed as scabies.The chairman of the inquiry, Lord Laming , delivered his report to ministers three weeks ago.He has promised to make recommendations to ensure such a tragedy never happens again.The hope is there will be effective reform.The risk is without real change his words become a well-meaning cliche.

victoria climbie

scene 1:Victoria's monologue, emotive theater,physical theater,sound movement ,flash back

this scene will start with the court scene of Victoria's anti and anti's uncle.

scene 2:In this scene we see Victoria's parents saying goodbye to her as she enters the plane in the background the song beneath your beautiful by Labrinth should be playing to set the scene  

scene 3: anti and boyfriend are traveling to the airport to go and collect Victoria

boyfriend stays in the car.Anti is told that Victoria was a good child but was picky

scene 4:waking up of Victoria , boyfriend will not let Victoria have breakfast because they are late for church anti tries to persuade him but she is unsuccessful 

scene 5: Walk into church LATE everyone is looking at them, boyfriend is embarrassed.

pastor says anyone who sleeps in church is a which. Victoria is caught sleeping ( exoticism)

scene 6:social worker come and check on Victoria's welfare, Victoria lies( interactive monologue from Victoria anti and uncle, they abuse her as soon as social worker leaves. Victoria goes to her room (who you are by Jessie J is playing) movement to the song everyone is part of this.Victoria is eventually killed  

scene 7: flash forward to court where they are found guilty

scene 8: funeral parents are there (Alica keys brand new me is playing)

BLACK OUT SONG STILL PLAYING 5 SECONDS

WHOLE TEAM STEPS FORWARD AND SAYS A FEW LINES ABOUT 

-VICTORIA HAD 128

-VICTORIA WOULD 22 YEARS THIS YEAR

-VICTORIA WAS ONLY 8 WHEN SHE DIED 

-Police, doctors, social workers all had contact with her while she was being abused

-VICTORIA'S PARENTS ATTENDED EVERY DAY OF THE TRIAL

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-IF YOU SEE SOMEONE IN TROUBLE OR BEING ABUSED SPEAK OUT

_DONT SUFFER IN SILENCE (EVERYONE SAYS THIS THEN DROPS)

IM GOING DOWN IS PLAYING BLACK OUT AND A SCREAM FROM ALL THE CAST
THEN http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=xH_lX2pKVeQ AND EVERY WALKS OFF WHILE LIGHTS ARE FLICKERING 

9. Evaluation of Final Performance Assessment

9. Evaluation of Final Performance Assessment

In this assessment I will explain and expand :

- How did your group communicate and educational message, and what was the message?

- How was your play on fairy-tale/ pantomime genre?

- How was your performance pitched at your target audience (year 6)

- How did you use drama techniques such as Narration, freeze frames, interaction with the audience, split scenes?

- Discuss how you feel the audience responded to the performance?

- Did the children respond to the audience participation? When was it most effective- Describe your character and what decisions you made about your character?

- How did you develop your character for the final performance using body language, facial expression, gesture, voice and costume?

- Discuss when your group used staging effectively?

- On the performance day discuss how the scene transitions worked 

- What professional skills did you display during your performance? Was your consistently in role being receptive to your co-actors?

- What were the strengths of your performance? What areas that need developing in your next performance?

- Did your group all work as a team? If not why not

- What obstacles and problems did you face? How did you overcome these?

- How did you organize music, staging, props and costume?

- Describe what changes you could make to the material, would you cut or change scenes?

- Was everyone in the group contributing and reliable?

- What did you contribute to the performance?

- How will you prevent the same problems in the future from happening during other units and for other group tasks?

 

How did your group communicate and educational message, and what was the message?

The messages  that my group communicated was that it is not right to steal,good things come to those who wait. Think before you act, and you can achieve anything you want if you try hared enough and also give people a second chance.

The audience knew we where conveying this message because we told them at the end when we concluded our play.

The audience sometimes dose not think about message you are trying to convey in a play until they have reflected on the events that have happened, so we thought it was wise to make it as obvious as possible, hence we concluded the end of the with each character stating what they have learnt. their own personal morel.

 

How was your play on fairy-tale/ pantomime genre?

My  play was based around the classic story of Gloddie Locks and the 3 bears. In Gloddie Locks and 3 bears Goddie Locks went to the 3 bears house while they where out. Chante went to the Johnson's  house while they where out. 

Gloddie Locks went into the 3 bears house with out permission in an extent breaking and entering. Chante  picked the locks to the Johnson's house.

Whilst Gloddie Locks was in the house she eat the bears food, she damaged  the chairs and fell asleep. Chante picked the lock of the door which damaged it,she stole jewellery and other objects. Chante tripped on a toy car and fell unconscious.

The 3 bears came home to find Gloddie locks sleeping in their house. The Johnson's came home to find Chante unconscious in their house.

These incidents show how my play can be linked to the story of Gloddie Locks and the 3 bears.The audience would be able to link these events together.

A pantomime is an interactive play in my eyes, where characters in the pantomime interact  with the audience. The characters could interact with the audience by asking them such questions such as "where has he gone" and the audience would reply or even by letting them hold a important prop .

In my play we asked the audience what should we do in this person for example we asked "should we let Chante off after entering the house.

Also when Jason(me) was doing his mono-log he gave one of the audience his ring which was one of the last things he had left of his dead wife. 

This is why I believe my play is a pantomime. 

How was your performance pitched at your target audience (year 6)

My performance was targeted at year audience because I thought that year 6's are growing children who may not all like a childish aimed fairy tail, so bearing that all in mind we decided to put a modern twist on it.

we used Modern issues such as:

• Drink driving
• unemployment
• Gangs
• domestic abuse

These issues are all present in the modern day.They are things we hear in the news.The year 6's are soon going to be transitioning to year 7 and they need to aware of what is happening in the real world and its not just a nice tale.

Based around this idea that is how we developed and made our play.

 How did you use drama techniques such as Narration, freeze frames, interaction with the audience, split scenes?

we used a drama technique of Narration when Chante was in the Johnson's house stealing the property, to make this more obvious we decided to use narration to show it.

We also used freeze frames at the end of scenes to indicate we going in to a new scene or and changing the scene layout. We also used it at the start of the scene so the audience could get a feel of the scene.

We were supposed to use split screen but we could not because some the actors where not there on time or did not come at all, but the show must go on so we worked around it.

since the performance was supposed to be a pantomime we had to interact with the audience.

we used character profiles to introduce the audience  members to the characters in the play

the character  profile was a brief outline of the character such as

Name:

Age:

Occupation:

Hobbies:

Dislikes;

This would having given the audience and insight to the character and also for the actor to know how to behave.

we used active monologs as well monologs. My understanding of Active monolg is other cast members helping the cast member at the time to act behind them what they are saying which is what happened when Pajrica was doing her monlog me and Junior diced to asseset her.We used monologs after dramatic events like when Jason threw the chair we did a Monolog after that to make the audience understand what is happening.

 

 Discuss how you feel the audience responded to the performance?

 I feel the audience response to the performance was better than I thought because we had actors not there and fleet like the performance was going to be a disaster because some actors where not willing to co-operate . I had to take on an additional role as well as playing my original role , which meant i had to be changing characters very quickly.

One the whole it went better than i thought because the audience seemed engaged to what was happening and they gave me positive  feedback after when they saw me.I think when we added little parts of improvised it made it more interesting.

Did the children respond to the audience  participation? When was it most effective- Describe your character and what decisions you made about your character?

I    I think the children responded well to audience participation because they were answering  questions appropriately and they were willing to hold props for the actors. 

       Audience participation is when you get the audience involved in what you are doing weather that is asking them a question or getting them to hold a prop. 

j   since this is my understanding of audience participation I do think that my pantomime responded in a respectable manor.

    

     I think the audience participation improved while the pantomime was going along because audience warmed up. This can be linked to the first day of school when you are quite but as you get used to they people you start to talk and become friends with the other people in your class.

j    My character did use audience participation when he was preforming his monolog. I asked one of the audience members to hold my ring which was the last thing Jason had left of his dead wife whom was ran over by a drunk driver. Drinking is modern social  issue at the moment. 

t     This piece of audience participation will get across the message of what drink drink can do.

How did you develop your character for the final performance using body language, facial expression, gesture, voice and costume?

This piece of writing shows what Jason true feelings are:

I'm crying
The tears are coming down my check
I shout but you don't hear a peep
I make mistakes
I'm not perfect but who is

I can't let you see me crying
Or what would you think
You won't give me a shoulder to lean on like they do in films
You push me away to the point where every single thing I do hurts

A boys cry is sad
Comes from the heart
A part you wouldn't think I have
It hurts
With every tear there's a word that goes with it a person a name the reason for that tear

I try to be strong but it's too much
To take
My heart hurts
I see you smiling but I can't
The worst part is when I do this you act like you don't care and I want to cry even more

But when I cry my self to sleep
I wake up and say this is gonna be new day
I put on a new face and I walk out the door

I don't turn back never turn back leave the past behind but it always catches up with you
It could be hiding behind the next turn
It's always there just open your eyes and you'll see it it never goes away

The only way to get rid of is to talk to it
So with the mucus running from your nose you tell it how you feel you think it's gonna give you a warm hug but it knocks you out for the count


Your out your trapped no hears cares or listens but the all see it


In the performance i have try and convey all of these feelings
Jason has to stay strong for Chante because this the only thing he has left.
he treats each day like a new day, so i have to try and keep positive and end on a high note
I can not smile that much because Jason is hurting but he does want people to now ,so I have to have a stiff upper lip.
I have to dress like i'm not living on much so i wear a black shirt and jogging bottoms.
At the end of the performance Jason finds a job so I have to look smart.

in the mono log i have to change the tone and pitch of Jason because at the start i want to come across as aggressive, in the middle I make a point about drink driving so I emphasis each word but at the end i have to a positive calm tone.

Discuss when your group used staging effectively?

     Due to the fact that one of the actors was not their for the performance and practices we had to remove the split screen but on the whole it was great we worked around the space that we had.

     we maximized every opportunity we had the audience could see what we where doing.

   The audience came to watch the performance for many different reasons it could be for fun or to learn something   We the actors performing is giving them visual aid to understanding what is going on.This is why it is important to use staging effectively.

 

On the performance day discuss how the scene transitions worked 

scene transition is the change of scenes. we a few problems with scene transitioning  but we all pulled through. we had a few scenes which where 

     Jason's and Chante's house

      and the Johnson's house

     Theses seances looked fairly identical

      We also did a scene on the street which was at the back of the Johnson's house.

     To improve the scene we could of had nothing on the stage and just a sound track of the a road , so it could have been clearer what is happening.

   scene transition worked by the lights going down to a dim low enough so we could see what we were doing.We as a group moved blocks and and chairs around or off/on to get the look we needed for the scene

What professional skills did you display during your performance? Was your consistently in role being receptive to your co-actors?

      we as a group used the following professional skills  during our performance

      

n    mono-log  : To show how the character was feeling at the or even what is going on the characters head

 

active mono log: Is a forum of mongol with more visual aid such as if someone was dying the other        characters could be acting sickly or even act like they are dying

split screen : For 2 or events to be happening at the same time 

freeze frame : to start or end a scene or to even show in depth what is happening

think out loud: to hear the characters thoughts

character profile: a basic outline of the character so the audience can think about what kind of person it is and for the actor to know how to act

I think i was consistently being role because to perform you have to stay in role and be realistic and i think i did this. 

What were the strengths of your performance? What areas that need developing in your next performance?

I think the strengths my performance was being able to get along with things even though it is not what was planed. I think this because we had a missing actor and i had to filling for him and I think I did a good job at it.

An area I think I need to develop for the next performance is to plan what will happen if someone is not there and to be looking at the audience more because i feel i could have had more eye contact with the audience since they came to watch my performance.

Did your group all work as a team? If not why not why?

At The some members of the group where shy so I deiced to take the led to every had an equal share I made sure everyone's ideas were put into the performance so it was fair .

closer to the end some members stared to get distracted messing about during lessons and not attending rehearsal i think this is because maybe they for got what they actually wanted to get out of this process

What obstacles and problems did you face? How did you overcome these? 

     Some Obstacles we faced were ow energy levels but that was overcome by doing warm ups to get our minds ready.

      

      another obstacle we faced was people not attending after after school rehearsals but that was overcome come bey having them during the day because some actors had other obligations  so we had to be understanding

     If there's a obstacels we can always overcome it

    How did you organize music, staging, props and costume?

I organized music ,staging ,props and Costume

For music i made a playlist of all the music and sound effects we need for our performance and labeled it to make it easier .

For staging i looked at how we look at the start and at the end of the scene to see if the audience would be able to see us and i organised how to leave the stage and the end.

I found the props in the Drama department prop room . i made sure it was something significant and clear.

For costume we either brought it from home or borrowed it from drama department

Was everyone in the group contributing and reliable?

some members such as Fevan Pracja and me put in more effort than others to be t rehearsals and but a positive contribution and where reliable they where always on time and made an effort to do work at home

    we all have different ability and ways of thinking and if we do not put them together we will not get any where

     What did you contribute to the performance?

     

     I think i was more of a director and i was there when ever anybody need to talk.

    

      How will you prevent the same problems in the future from happening during other units and for other group tasks?

the only way to prevent these problems happening is for everyone in the group to be positve and open minded

This is my Account of how my performance went by Obinna Okoro

8. Drama Techniques: Due: 15.11.12

Drama Techniques

List all the drama techniques you use in your fairy tale play


1. mono-log
2. active mono log
3. split screen
4. freeze frame 
5. think out loud
6. character profile

Question 1: 

Are the techniques clear enough for a Year 6 audience?

i think so because we have toned it down to make it more simple for a year 6 audience but it still gets the message across
Question 2: 

How could you develop the technique to make it 100% clear to our Year 6 audience?

while doing the the active monlog we have to put lots of energy into so the years 6's can understand what we are doing.while doing the split screen the other side has to be mining so all concentration is on the other side

Jason :how I feel

I'm crying
The tears are coming down my check
I shout but you don't hear a peep
I make mistakes
I'm not perfect but who is

I can't let you see me crying
Or what would you think
You won't give me a shoulder to lean on like they do in films
You push me away to the point where every single thing I do hurts

A boys cry is sad
Comes from the heart
A part you wouldn't think I have
It hurts
With every tear there's a word that goes with it a person a name the reason for that tear

I try to be strong but it's too much
To take
My heart hurts
I see you smiling but I can't
The worst part is when I do this you act like you don't care and I want to cry even more

But when I cry my self to sleep
I wake up and say this is gonna be new day
I put on a new face and I walk out the door

I don't turn back never turn back leave the past behind but it always catches up with you
It could be hiding behind the next turn
It's always there just open your eyes and you'll see it it never goes away

The only way to get rid of is to talk to it
So with the mucus running from your nose you tell it how you feel you think it's gonna give you a warm hug but it knocks you out for the count


Your out your trapped no hears cares or listens but the all see it