twelfth night task 2-improved

twelfth night lesson 2 character challenge

Viola- A young woman who is the protagonist in the play. She is stranded after a ship wreck on the shore of Illyria. She goes to work for duke Orsino by dressing as a man she ends up falling in love with the Duke. She has a very good relationship with her brother and Olivia.

Orsino- The Duke of  Illyria he runs Illyria. He is in love with Countess Olivia. However she does not love him. Over time he grows to like his new page boy ( viola dressed as a man) but still cant bare to leave Olivia. He gets a bit confused as he finds his new page boy (viola) very attractive

Olivia- Olivia is a noble and beautiful countess of Illyria. She constantly refuses duke Orsino as she is still mourning over her brothers death. She starts to fall in love with Viola (who is dressed as a man) However ends up forming a relationship with Sebastian.

Sir Toby- Olivia's uncle, she does not approve of his drinking, late nights and behaviour. He despises  Malvolio. But has a good relation ship with maria and sir Andrew.

Sir Andrew-  A friend of Sir Toby’s. He thinks he is funny, cool ,witty, and brave. However he is not

at all he attempts to court viola but it fails. he likes to join sir toby with his bad behaviour.

Sebastian -  Viola’s lost twin brother, they got separated during the shipwreck. Countess Olivia wants to marry him. He misses his sister and wants to see her.

Malvolio- The posh servant/butler of countess Olivia. Has a bad relationship with sir Toby and thinks he is a complete idiot. He believes countess Olivia is in love with him.

Maria -  Olivia’s daring young waiting-gentlewoman. Succeeds what malvolio does not and has a good friendship with Olivia and Sir Toby. Has to constantly try to keep sir toby under control to prevent being blamed by malleoli.

 

twelth night research

Shakespeare's plays

who was Shakespeare?
William Shakespeare was an English play write poet and actor during the Jacobean era.
he wrote plays such as:

• Macbeth
• Mid summer nights dream 
•  Romeo and Juliet
• Hamlet

He is also known as "The nations poet" He was raised in Stratford. He died on 23 April 1616.

Shakespeare influenced our writing and acting. His plays were based on genres like comedy history tragedy  and love. It was believe he even invented some words we use today such as excellent and gloomy. he was very important and is the reason we speak and like we do. During his performances only men would act so boys would play women. His plays were usually performed in the theatre "the globe theatre"

twelfth night

twelfth night is a play about love and comedy. it consists of  the characters such as, Olivia viola and duke orsino. The play consists of a love triangle which is duke orsino loves Olivia however Olivia loves viola who is dressed and pretending to be a boy. Viola loves orsino but he loves Olivia so its complicated.

plot    

In a place called Illyria, a man named Orsino wines about his love of Lady Olivia. He cannot have her because she is upset about her dead brother and refuses any proposals of marriage.  off the coast, a storm has caused a terrible shipwreck. A woman named Viola is taken onto the shore. she assumes that her  brother, Sebastian, has been drowned in the wreck, and tries to figure out what sort of work she can do. A sea captain tells her about Orsino’s courtship of Olivia, and Viola says that she wishes she could go to work in Olivia’s home. Viola decides that she cannot look for work with her. Instead, she decides to disguise herself as a man, taking on the name of Cesario, and goes to work in the household of Duke Orsino.

what does twelfth night mean?

twelfth night relates to a holiday a celebration. During the Twelfth Night season people ate, danced and drank twelfth night marks the last day or end of this celebration. Twelfth Night was performed for Queen Elizabeth and her guest, Count Don Virginio Orsino, on January 6, 1601. (Orsino,  is the name of Viola's love interest in the play.)

autumn 2 assessment

Holly responded fluently to others even when she was not speaking for example when Aimee says "mickey I don't know what she told you but me and Linda are just friends" she responded quickly by turning around and shouting holding the gun at Aimee. She didn't stutter or come out of role when Aimee was speaking she continued to respond to her actions. Also Holly used a pause after she said "get her out of here mister" to show emphasis and create tension in the audience which was affective.

I think holly could Improve on using posture and gesture to show role an emotion because stayed same position through out the performance. During the section where she is gets angry at her and says "I could kill you" she could come closer to get a better reaction from Edward and captivate the audience. This could also be achieved by using space. Another thing I think holly could improve on is her accent to show the characters background and culture. I think this because in some line she spoke with an accent and some times she didnt. So she needs to practice her Liverpool accent and speak fluently.

Blood brothers task 1 "as an actor"-with improvements

As an actor the type of character you play whether they are rich, poor, old, or young influences the way you portray them.  you will change your posture your movement and interaction. For example if you play an old person you might bend down a little to show you have a bad back, or slow down your movements. This is because we stereotype old people to be like this however in real life this is not always the case but we do this so the audience can understand what type of character we are playing.

 Edward is one of the twins In blood brothers, and he was given away and brought up by a wealthy family in "middle class" . As an actor to play Edward you would have to change your posture to be straight, so you have a straight back and stand very proud. This is because he was brought up to be like that and not stand slouched or like a less wealthy person.

   

       furthermore to play Edward the way you would interact with others would also be different. You would have to be quite snotty, and be kind at the same time. For example if he was acting with mickey he might boast about going to university and his new toys. When really he is quite oblivious to the fact not everyone gets to go to school. This is because he has always got everything he needs, so he doesn't have to know about money or what "class" your in.

 

 To act as Edward, you would have to speak very fluent, using complex words and no slang. Because he is well educated and his family are also like that. for example mickey (The less wealthy brother) might say "sup mate" because that is slang. And Edward might say "good morning nice to see you".

   Mickey is one of the twins in blood brothers he was the twin that was kept and was brought up in a "working class" family. As an actor to play mickey you would change your posture to be quite casual ,and very slouched and he might swing his arms when he walks, This is because he is not educated or brought up to a wealthy family.

   Also to play mickey when iterating with other characters like Edward, I think he would act very casual, but might be jealous of what they have and what he hasn't. I think he would of become quite self aware, because unlike Edward he is aware of social class and the world around him. He might have a job and when people say about university he might not know what that is.

      To act as mickey you could use slang or just very common words because he is not very well educated and he would probably get confused about somethings that Edward may say or talk about.
his movements might be lazy and very much  "I cant be bothered"

     I think stereotype mainly effects the way we act as certain people. This is because we use it to make the audience immediately understand the role we are acting.
targets
snotty: arrogant
speech
when mickey says "the dictionary that's the thingey aint it"
it shows that he is less educated than Edward and dose not understand what a dictionary is. However he tries to act as if he does because he doesn't want to feel worse. This line would be spoken either in a confused tone or one where he tries to explain and uses slang. During this he could slouch to show he is not wealthy or well educated and he could also use hand gestures to show he's trying to explain.

    

assessment for create

In this video i am using my leadership skills however i think that i should work on my listening skills allowing others to give more ideas. I think zak and elis should show so more contribution to the group rather than sitting at the side making sound effects. Futhermore they are using soudeffects and sound scape thought the video.

Drama task 3- as a director-with improvements


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.

Actioning text is another great way to develop a performance. Actioning text is where the actors will practice and do key research and perform there scene. This will help with remembrance, creativity and developing the performance. We could use this because we are creating our own parts of the story to carry on the performance this would help us be able to create a different scene where most characters are involved. Yet the scene will still have to create tension and a story line.

I think that during the letter scene when the girl reads the letter timing is important to practice because there are two people one acting and one that has a monologue. They both have to be in time or the scene will not create tension. I think because the genre we are performing is horror it is very important to know what character you are, there are lots of different characters some scared, some upset, and some excited. the best way to get into role and really understand your character is hot seating. Hot seating will help you remember what type of character you are, your backstory and your personality.                                                                                                                                                   

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. 

              
  

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.