Drama task 3- as a director


To prepare an actor for the scene where the girl reads the letter I would use hot seating. This will help make the character in role fix there posture to suite the characters personality and to help them remember the characters back story and  characteristics. This method would also help them keep in role during performance and scene. Questions I would ask during hot seating are
- How do you feel about dark wood manor?
- Do you like the people you are with?
You could do this at least ten minutes before the scene, so they are fully in role.

Another way I would prepare an actor for there performance is practising the scene for example rehearsing lines. Sometimes using thought tracking, and stopping half way through to ask the actor how they feel and what they are doing. This would  help them fully understand how to react to everything with in the scene, whether to be happy, sad , excited, scared or shocked. this would help the audience during the performance to understand what's happening because they could just look at the actors reaction and understand what it means.

An actor needs to speak there lines clearly and loud enough for the audience to hear whilst also making sure it sounds realistic. For example if you had a scene where the actor needed to seem sad, off stage you would act with a quiet voice, whilst this would be the best way to get across your feelings this would not work on stage because the audience would not be able to hear you. so I would advise the actor to speak loudly but slowly and make noises such as sniffing etc. It will also mean you will be able to hear the voice over the sound effects and sound scape.

 Something that is really important during a play is timings. If this were to go wrong then the whole play could fall apart. It is of great importance that someone comes on to the stage when its their time to come on and that they say their lines when they need to be said. When the performance is timed correctly then it creates tension amongst the audience which leads to a better performance. This could be practiced off stage.

overall I think the best technique to use when preparing for a performance is hot seating, because this will help the actor though out the performance.