UAL Level 3 Performing Arts Acting

'Fugee' Rehearsals and Show Prep As a class we sat down and read through the script written by Abi Morgan. Whilst reading through it we spoke about what our thoughts were and we decided that it was very contemporary, which we thought would work well for our final piece as its a style we hadn't covered before, which is a contrast to the Chekhov and Shakespeare texts with language that is different to the time we live in now. Upon looking at the script we discovered that it is difficult to comprehend the events of the play as it rarely goes in chronological order with many flashbacks and dream sequences throughout the play, some even in the same scenes. However, after we had read through the whole play and worked as a class to verbally put it in the right order, it made it easier as a class to follow the events of the play. The play starts with Kojo, the main protagonist, a 14 year old refugee form the Ivory C...

Diploma in Performing & Production Arts Unit 8 Project Proposal Section 1: Review So far in my course I feel have become a better actor and are now more confident than I was in my abilities as an actor. I've worked on Chekhov and his idea of Psychological Gesture when I had to switch between my 2 characters in 'The Three Sisters' meaning that I had to instantly get into role. I have used actions in both of my productions and worked more on units of action which worked very well in our production of 'The York Realist'.  I have also worked with the Donmar Warehouse, a theatre company in the industry and have learnt carious skills such as physical theatre and acting tactics to draw the focus to myself when needed. Physical theatre is helpful to me as it will allow me convey emotion and meaning in movement not just in the lines I am saying. The acting tactics will help me to draw the attention of the audience when I want to...

Where Am I After this course I have not yet decided where I would like to progress to, the ideal option would be the 2 nd year of the Level 3 course as I feel it is the place where I would be most comfortable. I also feel like continuing on with the course will allow me to improve on myself to become a better actor for my potential career further down the line. Then to further progress I would like to move on to RADA to improve on my acting and my chances of becoming an actor, as I feel the connection that they have will be very useful me. What skills do I posses I posses a variety of different skills. These include: Team Work Ability Group Managing Skills Able to read between the lines (To uncover subtext and hidden meaning.) Commitment Motivation Working Independently. Characterisation   My understanding of given circumstance helped me to do the best I could in my performance of The Three Sisters and the York Realist, mainly using t...

The York Realist We began looking at an exert from Peter Gills 'The York Realist', which was: "I live here, I live here, you can't see that, though. You can't see it, this is where I live. Here' This created some interesting ideas about what this passage meant but also what kind of themes we could expect from the play, my first impression was that it was about someone defending their home from someone they see as an intruder. I got this due to the repetition of "I live here" and how they direct it towards whoever they are speaking to, for example they say "You can't see" which is directly spoken towards them. (The York Realist performed by the Donmar Warehouse.) After this we had to create a short scene based on our ideas around this exert. My partner and I decided to go with a homeless person staying in a hunting cabin which they thought was deserted. The owner then comes home and sees the intruder in their living r...