Task 1 – Research
Q1. Explore various performance styles and techniques.
Acting Techniques :
- Theatre in education
Theatre in education means, you make a play based on a performance for a certian audience for example if a play is made for teenagers then it would be aimed at them and so on. This shows that it makes the audience know what the actors are talking about. If you want to make the play so the audience know what your talking about if they are elderly maybe go into the elderly home and perform a play for them. Or if its a play for children go into their primary school and make fun and engaging activities within the play so its more of a understanding for them.
2. Physical theatre
Physical theatre is to use the more abstract style and this is normally choreographed and not improvised. In plays like physical theatre you do not normally use any scripts or dialogue at all. If you walk out to the theatre it is called the “fourth wall”. The fourth wall is a wall between the audience and actors to help learn the understanding of reality.
Website I have used for the first two :
3. Method acting
Method acting is a type of style that encourage and emotionally show there performances. By doing this it gives a great understanding of the role the character is playing. This was created by the Americans in acting studios in the year 1930s by Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan. Although Konstantin Stanislavski is a Russian actor and he did not call it a method back then, but his ideas created this to help actors develop there character more.
The website for the method acting definition :
What is Method Acting — Styles, Technique and Examples (studiobinder.com)
4. Classical acting
This technique needs to require all skills to perform in a normal play, Shakespeare’s plays is more focused on moving naturally in period costumes. Shakespeare’s play is mainly based on classical acting. However not all this type of acting takes place on the stage it also happens on the tv.
The website I used for Classical acting:
A Guide To Classical Acting: What It Means To Be Classically Trained (backstage.com)
Different type of dance styles:
- Ballet
Ballet was created in the 15th century and first found in Italy then in France, over the years ballet has influenced many other styles of dance like contemporary. Ballet is also used on Pointe shoes wear they dance on their toes and you have to have very strong feet and ankles for.
2. Jazz
Jazz is a very happy type of style within dance because it has very dramatic movement within the body but also including body isolations and contractions. Jazz is also used a lot in Africa. African traditions are kept alive by slaves brought to the U.S. This type of Dance makes people very happy when dancing but also a lot of technique.
Website I used for dance styles :
Discover More About 12 Popular Types of Dance (liveabout.com)
3. Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a very popular type of dance style it is songs, spoken dialogue and dance to show a story in a whole play. The songs plays a very important part in the musical, because it emphasis what the meaning is for the play if it is dramatic or happy. Musical theatre has a lot of genres like physical theatre and ensemble acting but ensemble does also do dancing.
Website I used for musical theatre :
What is Musical theatre? – Musical theatre – GCSE Drama Revision – WJEC – BBC Bitesize
4. Contemporary
Contemporary dance shows the elements of loads of dance styles and let dancers express emotionally through the movements and dance. A lot of techniques like classical ballet this is the main one, Jazz and modern dance. This dance relies on improvisation a lot and it shows the characterized to realize there emotion in the body.
Website I used for contemporary dance
What Is Contemporary Dance? A History of Contemporary Dance – 2024 – Masterclass
Q2. Compare the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of warm up tasks.
Acting warm up definition = A good focus warm up makes the actor feel relaxed but also ready to perform so all the anxiety is away so it shows how good of a difference it makes on stage. Drama games also helps their voice for performance especially, for actors who have to step in for a character that is put on the spot in case someone is sick.
Website I used for the definition:
7 Acting Warmups, Games, and Techniques for Actors – 2024 – Masterclass
- Mirroring
Mirroring is a game were you have to be focused, two people stand face to face with each other and try to attempt to do the exact same, one has to lead the other person to show that it will keep their attention.
Strengths = It shows that they have to focus with each other and help one another.
Weaknesses = If the partners does not know each other very well, then it could be hard to work and focus with each other.
2. Group counting
Group counting is when actors must be in a circle, and the actors in that circle from the lowest to highest number. Each actor should say the number really loudly but if two people say the same number at the same time then the whole group has to do it all again.
Strength = It encourages the actors in the play to shift their focus from themselves to other people and showing there forms of communication.
Weaknesses = A bad weaknesses to have from this game is that if it takes a long time it will take over for what you exactly have to do and never get round to doing what the class wants to do for that day.
3. “What are you doing” = This game involves of people being in a circle, and you have to have a person in the middle doing a action and then another person goes into the circle and asks “What are you doing?” and even though that the person is doing one action the other person makes you do another one for example, if the person before you says is scrubbing the floors you say “what are you doing?” and if they say skipping then you have to do that until one person comes in and does it again.
Strengths = This improves you and your peers actor skills with improvising to know what the person is doing and how it affects the other people in the game.
Weaknesses = If the person in the middle does not know what they are doing then it will confuse the people around the circle on what they are doing.
Website I used for the “acting warm ups”
Acting Warmups: Solo and Group Exercises for Actors | Backstage
Dance warm ups :
Dance warm up definition = Warm ups in dance is very important, this is because it is preparing your body physically within your body so you do not break any bones in your body. It also physically prepare yourself for the rest of the lesson.
- Dynamic warm ups
Dynamic warm up is moving a lot before you stretch so your body can be more warm. Dynamic warm up makes the blood flowing through your muscles, so it’s loosening and preparing your muscles in the body. Some examples of warm up you should do for the body is Jogging in place, shoulder rolls and leg swings by holding the bar or a chair.
Strength = This helps you not be cold in the body because it will be easier for you to stretch.
Weaknesses = If you do not do the warm up for the same amount of time for each one it will help not to prevent having injuries when stretching.
2. Static Stretches
Static Stretches are done before right before you do a dance lesson to prevent muscle injuries. The main dancers who need this stretch is Ballet dancers because it shows the technique by making their body still for to keep on point for a lot of hours to not make any injuries happen. Some examples of Static Stretches you can do it Toe touches, Split stretches and leg stretches.
Strengths = This helps the dancers have better dance technique in classes and not preventing injuries.
Weaknesses = If you do not do the same side lengths for the same time then it can not help the injuries being really bad.
Website I used for this
Warm-up, Stretching & Cool-down Techniques for Dancers | Beyond The Barre (beyondthebarreusa.com)Corner work
3. Corner work is wear you do a various type of different styles of techniques. This is to improve the technique of different type of styles to show in front of other people to show the difference in the work you improve on over the year you dance. Corner work is mainly based in Jazz and ballet because it has a lot of technique.
Strength = This helps improves how the dancer can be improved in their dancing skills.
Weaknesses = This could make a dancer very uncomfortable if the dancer does not feel they are better than everyone else in the group.
Vocal warm ups
Vocal warm ups is very important so it can help the dancers voice so it can make your voice sound better than when you are performing. Singers use a number of different parts of the body when they sing. The key parts of the body is the face, mouth , lungs , face, Larynx, vocal chords and Diaphragm.
Definition I used for vocal skills
What are vocal warm ups? – BBC Bitesize
- Yawn – sigh technique
This is a very quick and easy vocal exercise. This is by doing a simply yawn and it has to be with your mouth closed, once you had done that you exhale through you nose as if you are sighing. But this also helps relax your voice and improve its vocal range.
Strength = this will help you be relaxed for when it comes to performing and it can be helpful so your not stressed and it can not hurt your vocal cords.
Weaknesses = If you do not do it properly and it will not help your voice when it comes to performing.
2. Humming warm ups
This warm up is the most common warm up when it comes to vocal warm ups. You place the tip of your tongue behind your bottom from your teeth and hum your voice up and down will keeping your mouth closed.
Strength = This does not put a lot of strain in your vocal cords.
Weaknesses = If your note does not sound like “hmmm” then it could possibly be bad for your voice.
3. Jaw loosening exercises
This helps your Jaw very much when it comes to the warm ups because it can relax your face when singing. To do this exercises you have to drop your jaw lower than when you are just talking. You have to trace your finger back a long your jawline from your chin to your ear, this curved space between the jaw and your ear is where you want to drop your jaw.
Strength = You have to pretended that you are yawning with your mouth closed and feel where your jaw drops.
Weaknesses = You have to avoid dropping your chin because it will help prevent any injuries in your vocal cords.
The website I used for the vocal warm ups
9 Best Vocal Warm-Ups for Singers | School of Rock
Q3. Reflect on your own use of different techniques and evaluate their success.
The different type of techniques was very helpful for me to learn in the future so if I needed to warm up it can help me not learn from different teachers. To help me find my these type of warm up was using a various type of warm ups in performing arts. If I would to direct my own play this will help me a lot so I can think of stuff on the spot if anyone wanted to play games.
Q4. Research and present ideas of technical production elements to support the delivery of the performance.
Technical production = Technical products can be set by the mood and atmosphere, although you also do not really have to rely on the lights in the certian plays. Production design is set and props, lighting, music, sound and costume.
- Multimedia
Some plays use this to add drama to what play they are doing, if you are doing a play based on “Theatre in education” you would have to do screen slides as to display information. A physical theatre play could also be used by filmed work.
2. Costumes
Costumes are the main important part of the play because it shows what type of character you are. Some people when it comes to plays they use the Stanislavski method by creating a very naturalistic play then it will be as realistic it can be.
3. Props
When being in a play props are the most important part of the whole show, your decision on the type of style props will effect the scripts.
4. Set
Some directors do not really use a set, however Jerzy Grotowski believed and actor needs nothing but themselves on a stage. If when a created part of scenes need different locations on the stage it will be hard to show this without spoiling the drama of set changes.
What people do for a performance checklist
- If you rehearse the space that you will be using for a performance will be easier for quick changes.
- Try to work out how it is from the front without the director by having audience at the front and audience at the back so you get feedback from both views.
- Set and Props are also very important.
- Make sure that when you have a finished clean play you can practice in your costume every rehearsal (if allowed).
- When backstage cue sheets is very important so people know what type of people are on stage and when the actor is on for the stage.
- Make sure you have all the lights and sounds fixed before you and your peers are on stage.
Website I used for this question
Q5. Describe two live performance you have seen in the past. If you are to attended to the live theater describe the two performances you would like to see and why.
- Annie the musical = This musical was very up beat and fun, this described the life of being an orphan. The “mum” she got adopted by was not every nice one she had loads of other girl “siblings” all the chores they had to do they never got Christmas or anything. However one day, the president helped the homeless one day and they put soup out to the homeless. Then the orphan Annie accidently fell into the president, someone filmed it and got viral. Now the president invited Annie over then and she lived with them for a while and at the end she adopted her.
- Wicked = This musical is about two Young witches. Elphaba is the one with green skin and Glinda is the one who is blonde and beautiful. They both dislike each other very much, but then there friends again in the end.
Q6. Analyze what your target audience for this piece is and discuss why to them.
My performance for this project is mainly based at teenagers and kids. This is because the teenagers and kids should be careful on what they are doing at night by themselves and always make sure your curtians are closed so then it can be better for their safety as in the play a seven your old kid, 8 year old kid and a 10 year old kid gets kidnap this shows that you should be careful on who you talk to when you are outside by yourself make sure you know who you are talking to if not then call 911, to make sure if anything can happen just in case.
Task 2 – Rehearsal and Performance
Check list :
- Take part in all rehearsals exploring a variety of performance techniques to develop your character.
- Perform your work in progress to your tutors and peers, receive and digest feedback given.
- Peer observation
- Tutor observation
- class/rehearsal footage
- Online group collaboration tasks
- Production meetings
- Perform for the assessment, applying feedback to personal performance.
Task 3 – Evaluation
- How did you analyze the script in order to effectively convey the intended message to the audience?
I carefully dissected the script to understand the underlying themes and motivations of my character, allowing me to convey a nuanced performance. My script is also a very deep and dark topic for people and could possible effect people in the audience if they have been triggered by this in the past. So we as actors have to pre warn them so no one gets triggered by it after the performance because of all the kidnapping and kill in this performance.
2. Can you outline the various techniques you used to express the emotions of your character to the audience?
I have show a combination of vocal skills, body language and facial expressions to effectively show the emotions of my character. To make people believe that I was a 10 year old who was kidnaped and wants to show that emotion to people in the audience.
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