Evaluation

Throughout this performance brief I have explored the work of William Shakespeare and begun to push the boundaries in terms of the skills I have as a performer. 

It is important that the audience can hear and understand what you are saying. Therefore I breathed correctly to avoid losing volume at the end of a speech and I projected my voice to the furthest point of the performance space, even when whispering. Also I used pauses to show uncertainty, indicate thought or heighten mood. The tone and the pitch of my voice showed how my character felt as well as defining age and status.

I think that it is extremely important to reflect on current skills and to explore ways of developing new ones because performers should constantly be learning and developing skills in order for them to become a better performer. Therefore the skills that I want to forces on next time include interpreting a scrip because we were given the task to edit the scripted and I find it channelling since I was not confident with my knowledge and understanding of the play. I find it different to understand the Shakespearean language as I had never read any of his plays or poems. After researching the key themes of the text it help to understand what was going on in our act, which made it easier to edit the sprit.

The task that we were given was to produce an outstanding performance of “Coriolanus” which was written by William Shakespeare. I personally think that we meet the demands of the brief because   the comments that we received in response to the performance are ones that I am proud of. Our audience was full of support, compliments and we received delightful feedback. The result of the group’s ideas, the staging and performance had an amazing effect on the audience. Whites rehearsing and putting our performances together we put in a lot of thought, time and research.

I requested for a villains, anti-hero character. I was given Sicinius a Roman tribune selected by the common people, of Rome to serve as their representative in the government. A clever politician motivated by his thirst for power, he and Brutus make Caius Martius (Coriolanus) hated by class he represents.

With any performance, health and safety is very important because if everything hasn’t been fully checked and made sure that it is safe to perform, it could lead to a risk of people possible injuring themselves or something more serious. Therefore, many things should be checked with regards to the staging area, costumes, hair and makeup, and other things no matter how small they maybe.

I have worked extremely hard throughout this unit. I have shown a clear understanding of the work of William Shakespeare and have been successfully incorporated this in my work through excellent critical awareness and the ability to adapt my work based on feedback. My research around the subject and the wide range of reading that I have done is hopeful clear in all of the work that have produced and was hopeful evident in my final performance. Next time I would like to get into the habit of going into the same amount of depth as I did in your research and begin to discuss my responses to the source material. Through this unit, I personally think that I have developed my confidence.