Evaluation of lesson scene 3 (16-1-14)

In todays lesson I think that we worked very well together and our scene content is very good. So far I think the scenes have been very impressive and we are all giving input to the process.

At the beginning of the lesson we showed our scenes that we had been working on over the week. The first scene (scene 3) was full of energy and kept the audience focused throughout. After watching this scene we watched the other scenes which I will talk about later and then Sam directed scene 3 to the rest of the class.

Sam was an amazing director, he told people clearly what to do and answered everyone's questions. He also gave us little tips and techniques we could use in the piece for example before the fighting he got us all to do the breathing sound.

The lesson went extremely well and most of us were focused however we still have seventeen more scenes to go so we need to work a lot harder in order to get the scenes done faster.
We can do this by =

• We should not ask to many questions, if we have questions that are not really important we should ask the director after class.
• If a question is asked everyone should be listening so that the same question is not asked again.
• When given a line you need to remember your lines otherwise it slows down the rehearsal.
• Remember your blocking because it will waste time having to go over it.
• We all need to concentrate more, we should not be talking when waiting for the director to tell us what to do.
• Not everyone word needs an action, it doesn't have to all be literal because this makes the scene very long, you can just say a line.

I need to personally not ask to many questions so I should limit my questions and if I do want to ask the director something I should ask after class.

The Groups

Scene 3
Scene three was very well rehearsed and it kept the audience interested. They used lots of technical skills including lifts and sound effects and they also used props to make the scene come to life. The only thing that they could have improved on was in the scene they had an action for every line so to make the scene a bit shorter and easier to direct they could have not made every line literal.

Scene 4
This scene lacked energy and didn't keep the audience interested because their were no sudden changes to excite the audience. To improve they should have used more technical skills and had more expression in their voices and body because it was quite boring to watch.

Scene 5
This was the scene that I was in and our piece was well rehearsed. we used technical skills and had changes to keep the audience interested. We could have made the piece more technical but we decided to make it simple so if we had to direct, we could have taught it to the class quickly. The performance would have been even better if we had a few more bullies and unfortunately I kneed myself in the face so I didn't perform like I did in rehearsal.

Scene 6
Scene six was another good scene, it was not consistent because it was better at the end than at the beginning but they used lots of technical skills and I really enjoyed watching it. I especially liked the bit when they held up Fenton upside down (thrill) because it fitted the piece perfectly and shocked the audience.