Critical Analysis of Presentations - I have chosen to analyse the performance of Jamie Hackshaw (Son), Danny Hodsall (Father) and Lee Green (Doctor), and my own group's presentation, which were both based on breaking the news of cancer.

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Emma-Jane Carvell

Critical Analysis of Presentations

        I have chosen to analyse the performance of Jamie Hackshaw (Son), Danny Hodsall (Father) and Lee Green (Doctor), and my own group’s presentation, which were both based on breaking the news of cancer.

Danny Hodsall’s group portrayed the news of cancer being broken to a Father and Son in a Doctor’s Surgery. Ours involved the news being broken initially to the victim’s daughter, and then to the rest of the family.

In Danny’s group, the doctor was positioned with his back to the audience. This was effective because it meant that the focus was not on his face, just on the reactions of the Father and Son. It might have created a problem with acoustics and blocked the audience’s view of the Father and Son’s faces, but was avoided by the way the actors positioned themselves. The Doctor spoke loudly to compensate.

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In our group, I (Julie) was incorrectly positioned, with my back to the audience during the second scene, which I feel might have impaired the audience’s view of my reaction, and the reactions of other members of the group.

In the Doctor’s Surgery, fewer characters and no unnecessary conversations made a strong impact, focussing on reactions when the news is broken. This also meant it felt realistic.

One problem with taking this approach could be that there was less opportunity for personalities to be conveyed to the audience through interaction with others. In my opinion, the impact of ...

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