Evaluation - UNIT 1

                                                           Evaluation - UNIT 1

Wednesday 10th October 2018 was the day of our performance based on identity. This play was made up of 4 groups. Each of the groups, including mine had spent around a month creating this short play on identity and we have all progressed a lot from the start of creating our performances till this point.



My performance was based on bullying and to present this me and my group had shown this in a school setting, where bullying mostly occurs. I played the role of a student  being bullied by a group of other students. When playing this role I had to convey my character as being timid and show I had low self esteem, while projecting my voice for the audience to hear me. I wanted the audience to understand the true meaning of my play and look beyond what we are presenting to them. At the start of my performance my character is lost and unaware of where her class is. My facial expression skills were on point for this as I wanted to show the audience I was lost by the look on my face and through my body language. I then bumped into a few students and asked them for some help. Instead of helping me they were mean and began to shout rude comments at me. I think that I had thick skin during this part of the play, as members of the audience were laughing I continued to portray my character and stay in role. At the end of my performance my character decided to stand up for herself and face up to the bullies. I used good projection in my voice when doing this as I wanted the audience to understand my characters emotions. We ended of my groups play with a message we said one by one which was ‘STOP BULLYING’. As I  said this I gave the audience deep eye contact with a very serious face so they could take in this message. I portrayed my self to be very confident throughout this performance and definitely had a lot of trust in my group.



I think I used a wide range of skills during my performance such as positivity which I’ve worked on a lot. Even when there had been a slip up , I still hold my head high and carry on.  That’s a skill all actresses and actors should have. I think that everyone was very mature including myself when performing in each group although some members of the audience did have their comments to make, not once did myself or anyone join in and come out of role.The transition from group to group was very neat and tidy which made it easier for us and the audience to understand what is going on. I think I communicated my character well during the performance as I used the stage space and didn’t stay in one place. I found that doing this I was I felt more comfortable in showing off my character. At the end of the performance I sang a song”Rise Up”. My time management skills were good personally, as I did not rush through the song and  instead kept it at a slow but steady pace. This was so the audience could understand the words I was singing and take in the meaning of the song. Although towards the end of the song I slipped up and got out of character, I never stopped and gave up, but instead carried on singing and this showed that I am determined and positive.



I would say I have progressed quite a lot during the 5 weeks of rehearsals up till this point. My classmates have also said the same and I have also gotten better at using a wide range of skills and including them in the performance. My classmates have said that I have developed on my imagination skills and have included many of my ideas when devising a play. I have also been told that I am very creative when it came to  rehearsals for this performance.