Level 3 Diploma in Performing and Production Arts Project 2: Pantomime
VIVA Questions
Name: Rosemarie Sutton
Date: 17/12/2023
1. How do you feel this project went? I feel like this project has gone really well considering that pantomime is really tricky to put on because it can even go to Waze audience could really love it or they can hate it. and it turned out really good. Considering some of the students have never performed play before, but we did a pantomime what is even trickier and it’s gone really well.
2. What skills do you feel you have developed throughout this project?
I think the skills that I have developed through this process is that I have learnt how to teach a dance routine to a group of performers because i was the dance choreography assistant through this project. Even at times I have found it very difficult because they wouldn’t listen to me or they will just walk off with a routine make me feel like it wasn’t good enough, but I made it through and I have learnt to just carry on and ignore them and this will help me through my journey of becoming a dance teacher is what I want to do.
3. What were your key strengths in project 2
I think my key strengths were that I have got a history it dance did made it a little bit easier to cope graft some of the routines, even though I did find it a bit difficult thinking what to do with a short amount of time and what everyone is able to do.
4. What were the weaknesses in project 2?
My weaknesses in project two was my acting, because even though I have improved a lot since last year I am still hiding away a little bit because pantomime I’ve never done till now and I was scared a little bit but when I let go it was really good.
5. How effectively did you manage the overall process
I feel like I manage the overall process really well considering that Roundabout in the third week I started to get stressed a little bit because when I was teaching the choreography that me and Annabel have created no one was listening and it was stressing me out, but I managed to pull through and do it And everyone learned the routines sure turned out to be really good.
6. Can you discuss any key research sources which have supported your process?
The key points of my research what supported my process was for pantomime dance videos that I have watched, because I wasn’t sure what the pantomime dance looked because I have never done pantomime before so it gave me a good idea of what I needed to choreograph.
7. How effectively did you apply the research?
I have tried my research by using for dance moves, such as the disco videos that I watched to help me choreograph my routines for the show.
- What have you learnt from this project which you will take forward on to the next step of your own personal development? What I have learnt from this project is when you are teaching a routine and nobody is listening just carry on teaching because it is their fault if they don’t know for choreography because you have been teaching it and they are listening and you are doing your best to teach and it’s a learning curve it takes awhile to learn how to teach.
9. What have you learnt about the topic of Pantomime?
What are you going to pick up pantomime is that it’s very diverse and it is based around making people laugh and have a fun time. It’s mostly based around Christmas time and it can be anything from Cinderella to Snow White. Just a silly sure. and also it all started in the 19th century.
10. What can you do now that you couldn’t do when you started the course?
When I started the course a year ago, I was very shy I have never acted before, but now my acting is improved lots. My confidence is jumped really high. I am improving every single day. My dancing has improved and this year I even did a singing audition that chicken out.
11. Why is learning this important?
This is important to learn, because if you are wanting to go into the performing arts industry as a job, it is important to have some training in your background because then you have experience on acting, singing and dancing in so you have more chance of getting implied and it’s important to enjoy what you are doing and it’s important that you have done loads of different types of shows such as musicals, pantomimes and play and lots more .
12. If you were to do the project again what would you do differently?
If I were to do this project again, what I would do differently is try not to get stressed as much when teaching the routines and understand that some people just don’t like dancing and maybe a little bit more time on the routines to perfect.
13. How will you effectively apply this within your next project?
I reapply this to my next project by working on my leadership skills and learning more of ways how to teach choreography
14. Did you enjoy the rehearsal process?
I did enjoy the rehearsal process I especially enjoyed creating the choreography for the show because that is what I love to do in protest of teachers. I know I do phone all I want to be a dance teacher but I’ve got a long way to learn new techniques how to teach cause. I have a teacher little kids before, and that is a lot different to teaching teenagers and adults.
15. Set yourself 3 targets for Project 3:
1 confidence
2) leadership skills in teaching
3 put myself more out there
16. Set yourself 3 targets for your scrapbook for Project 3:
- Try to do more research
- Not to get stressed when I don’t know what to do
EVALUATION
- In project 2 the progress, what has been made as a group is we created and put together a pantomime play in seven weeks first we had auditions what was small group auditions for the acting and a dance audition was as a group we had some game auditions as well. You could even audition as a duet or trio and I feel like my audition process and beginning of the week went really well, even though I did mess up my acting audition a little bit because I forgot one of the lines and I pushed myself to do a singing audition and I did really well in it as a group. We did struggle at the beginning to work together as a team because we all were getting stressed and we started to scrabble but as it got closer and two weeks code and we all came together as one big company and we managed to pull off a really good performance. Overall, I think it was really well and lots of info improvement, but for some of the students it was a very first performance for them, and it was really good.
What I have learnt through this process of project two is that I have learnt how to teach a piece of choreography of dance to a small group of people what I have created because in this project to, I was a dance choreographer assistant. The skills that I have developed through project two is how to teach a small group, a piece of choreography even know it was difficult. I want how to cope through difficulties, stay calm and teach for cardio.
Were the desired project objectives achieved?
yes
Is every team member satisfied with the result?
yes
What I think we can do better in for project three is that we all need to listen to everyone when they are talking and not talk over people and listen to everyone’s ideas and when someone is teaching choreography do not walk off through it even if you don’t understand what is going on, take a minute and ask for help .What I would do differently next time is to have both of the cats evening and afternoon to shadow today to have her from the beginning of the process so everyone knows what they are doing through process and that nobody is getting confused and it will make it a lot easier instead of doing one cast after another for next time
- Set smart targets for the next projec?
- To be more confident
- To not slouch, as I am singing, because when I am nervous, I’ve got a habit of slouching as what I noticed in my audition video, and that is compressing my way, so I am not able to sing as good as I won’t be able if my posture was orchestrate.
- Try not to get stressed when nobody is listening to me when I am teaching choreography.