Saturday 13 December 2014

Theatre For Children: Lesson Thirteen

Tuesday 9th December

We had a speaking workshop where we learn tongue twist which was

“All I want is a proper cup of coffee, Made in a proper copper coffeepot. You can believe it or not I want a cup of coffee. In a proper coffeepot. Tin coffeepots or Iron coffeepots, they’re no use to me. If I can't have a Proper cup of coffee.  In a proper copper coffeepot, I'll have a cup of tea!”

Which we had to think of a scene we could do so my group choose a film set. This helps because we had to pronounce which word so I feel I pronouns every word and made it clear what I was saying. I think this help with the saying my words when we did a run the later that afternoon. I really like doing the speaking workshop as it help me understand what way words should be said. It also help we knowing what’s good for my throat and what is not as we did this in group.

We did a run though in the afternoon. It went well in some scenes but I got worried about when I need to be on. I ask for a run though list so I could focus on my acting and lines. The feedback we got from the first run though was that the toys were good but went we sung “Do You Want to Build a Snowman”  we had to act like a girl band and really dance and sing it because we just sang our lines with feeling but we just look at each other when they sung it. The feedback I got was that I need to not apologise when I'm delivering my lines. After hearing this I felt I did because I was worried that I would get it wrong. I was too worried and I felt didn't let just go for it and the kids not know what I get wrong and what I do get right so it doesn't matter if I change my lines every performances because I forgot what I said in the last performance.
The other comments we got was that in our dance piece at the beginning we look bored. When we should look excited because it’s Christmas morning. We also were told to learn our lines from the poem which I have been but I find when I'm there trying to remember it goes out of my head. I have keep going through it and now know it off by heart so hopefully I will remember the poem on Monday when we had a dress rehearsal.
When we did other run though we make an improvement to the first run though, as we used all the comments we were given. We work to really show our excitement on our faces. I feel I did better as I just let the scene roll and not worry about messing up and I didn't really mess up I just got baby and Barbie the wrong way round which I think I'm trying to get the next line ready in my head and I forget the other before it.

My strength from this lesson was that I know all my lines but my weakness was that I didn't get them all in the right places and was more worried about getting it wrong.


My target for next run though is that I worry less and just try to get all my lines in the right place.

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