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Term 4 Journal
After choosing our duologue, me and Beth got straight to fixing the script and practicing and learning our lines. We've made a few changes as to the original script, ensuring that the comedy aspect we try and relay fits the message and scene we want to convey. We had also gotten together on the holidays to begin the physical aspect of our scene, and from this we had an advantage knowing what we needed to work on in class. The breakdown of our script this week enabled us to know which points we had to emphasise and where we needed to extend our pauses in order to portray the best scene. Talking about Stanislavski and his system helped me to begin to get into character, and I've found that using the 'The Magic If' is really helpful in developing my persona as Voldemort.
With only one lesson this week, we talked about exams and the sort of knowledge and communication we needed to use. Although this lesson didn't include too much productivity, Beth and I have begun to be able to recite parts of our script off by heart. We've changed a few parts in order to make it our own, from ideas from both Beth and I. It's nice to know that my partner is taking the time to learn her lines, and is as dedicated to making this a successful performance as I am.
Week 3 only included the practicing of our scenes, which mine and Beth's have developed quite nicely. We've both learnt our lines, and only need aid from a script it certain places where we forget our cues. Overcoming the physical boundaries this week has been the biggest challenge, and Beth and I have been taking the time to learn how to move, act and speak to each other whilst being back-to-back. At first we really struggled, not knowing each other's movements at all. As we kept practicing and communicating, the physical aspect became easier and more predictable. Beth and I are very supportive of each other, and we've both taken the time to suggest ideas and have taken to communicating 23ll with each other in all situations. Our work with Stanislavski also came in when we finally set up our stage, and the insight we had into Beth's character, Quirrel, has helped a lot with the costume and set choices.
Show and tell this week was extremely productive, and Beth and I managed to gain some advice (including remembering our lines) and I'm hoping we take the time to put this into our performance, essentially making it more effective. The audience seemed to really enjoy our piece, and I'm hoping with all the costuming, face-paint and set will make the piece all that more exciting.
Today we performed, and I think we managed to be quite successful in our final piece. I believe the face-paint that I chose to do made the believability of the performance increase, and as an actor I also felt that it helped me become Voldemort easier. I was quite impressed by everyone else's performances, particularly those who had the guts to get up and perform a monologue on stage. Most of them addressed the audience, and it would have been nice to see someone use public solitude within their piece.

Unit 3 - Collage Playbuilding
Unit 3 - Collage Playbuilding
Unit 4 - Monologues and Duologues
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Missing journal entries for Duologue Task
Hi Georgia,

Your journal entries for the Duologue Task are not on your Wiki. Where are they? Please download them as soon as possible. Unfortunately for this part of the task you will receive zero marks.
Kind regards,
Ms Weston

Unit 3 - Collage Playbuilding
Unit 3 - Collage Playbuilding
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What were the strengths and weaknesses of your group play building?
My group were all extremely involved in the process of creating the idea for our play, as well as building on it with our script and blocking. The idea we decided to work with (obsession of partying) was extremely relevant to our school society, and especially our age group as that is when this sort of thing occurs.
We were not as organised with our time as we should have been, and constantly found ourselves wasting time with non-related topics and others in the class. Our play was also built around lots of characters, meaning that there were a lot of quick changes for Cate and Mackinley, which I guess was kind of hard for then. Because we only had three actors and six characters, I’m hoping that the audience didn't get too confused with who was what throughout the whole thing.
How did the audience respond to your performance? (got some personal responses from others)
The audience seemed to be engaged throughout our piece, and commented on how realistic our performance aspect was. They were deeply saddened by the ending as it wasn't a happy one, but felt that it was good in portraying the collage aspect of the task. They said someone who was affected by the issue we conveyed (partying) would probably stop to question and consider what they were doing, and hopefully make decisions that would further benefit them in the future.
What would you do differently in the future and why?
I feel that our piece was not collage enough, as it flowed very well from scene to scene. I would change this by staggering the time line even more, which could even help aid in a bigger suspense being fulfilled, which would have made the piece more dramatic. I would also limit the number of characters we have, so it suited the scene changes and the amount of actors we were given. In the future, I would also ask for our group to have four actors instead of three, as it might've been easier for scene changes.

Unit 3 - Collage Playbuilding
Term 3 Drama Journal (Collage Playbuilding)
during Term 2.3.
Term 3 Performance Reflection
My performance reflection from my performance in Term 3 using the questions on the task sheet.

Week 6
Unfortunately this week's lesson seemed to get us nowhere, and I'm especially disappointed because we haven't even finished the script. This shows an obvious lack of motivation, organisation and team work in our group. It will be surprising if we are even ready to perform next week, considering our distracting actions in class, inability to finish the script or the fact we haven't even started on our blocking.
well done.
Week 7
The first half of the week involved rushed practices, as well as the changing of the end of our script - and I have the feeling this wasn't the best idea. The changing of the ending meant a whole different moral outcome, and it also changed the message we were trying to convey. If we all were a bit more organised and more involved in the process of writing and creating, we would have come out with a much better product.
On the performance day, we were lucky enough to not have to do our performance in front of the year 11s. The seemed extremely intimidating, and I felt that our play was horrible in comparison to some of the other groups. Again I am extremely worried that our lack of dedication will reflect poorly within our performance on Monday lunch...