Skills overview

When I started this course I wanted to gain a few skills within acting, from the start of the year I started to participate in vocal warm-ups and practise vocal techniques within these warm-ups, I wanted to use vocal techniques to create a better performance. I then participated in some movement exercise to control my body when performing, I found these warm-ups/exercises helpful because after my first assessment I didnt know the emotion within the script so as soon as I noticed the emotion in the script I could add particular movements to help portray my character. After my second assessment I got told that I needed to work on my projection, so during my third assessment (shakers) I had practiced my projection to hopefully achieve a higher grade for my final assessment.

During the course I wanted to improve and achieve a higher grade on my vocal techniques, so during all my assessment I felt that I have improved on my vocal skills which include accents, breathe control and pronunciation however I haven't improved on my projection until my last assessment. I found that movement exercise has helped me in my assessment because in my duologue assessment I found that movements really shows my character. Using the internet to research my character has helped me know my previous characters; also to help me get into character is creating a character profile to also help me understand my character. I found that in my first assessment I didn't add enthusiasm so I gradually improved when it came to my last two assessments.

Throughout the whole year I'd say I would have improved my breathe control, pronunciation and slightly on my projection, for vocal technique I'd say I have improved on my accent, especially for shakers. During every movement exercises I have concentrated more on the body control to create better movement for my final performance. To create a better character for shakers I took my research further by watching clips on youtube and doing in depth research about my character (carol), with this research I developed a more stronger character, to perform, during the rehearsal times we had planned I had developed a even more stronger character for the audience to believe.