Group Fear Graph
This is our group fear graph as you can see Nick stays at catatonic all the way through the piece; he does not have any tension in his body. Sam starts of at Californian, 10 seconds later he begins to familiarises himself of his surroundings. He begins to realise what is happening and moves to level 3 which is economic. Idriss starts of at level 3 which is economic. Five seconds later he realises what is happening so he steps up a level to alert. He stays at level for 10 more seconds then steps up to a more tense level suspense. I start at level 5 which is suspense. Five seconds later I step up a level to passionate. I stay at that level for 10 seconds then 5 seconds later I step up to tragic and I stay there for another 10 seconds. At that time I am very tense. I then collapse because I am that tense.
Analysing Individual Performance
I started at catatonic. The way I changed level to Californian is I did what I do when I get out of bed. I think that is the perfect example. As I was in Californian I started to try to put a little tension in my legs and arms. A few seconds later I was in economic. I did the same again but this time I shook my head, arms and legs to warm them up. I was then in alert. I tensed my body a little more and walked around the room. As I walked I went through passionate and suspense, picking up speed as I changed levels. As I got to tragic I collapsed because I had too much tension in my body.
Analysing My Groups Performance
In my group we tried to experiment with the levels. There was four of us me, Sam, Idriss and Nick. We had Nick catatonic all the all the way through the piece. Sam was Californian then changed to economic. Idriss was at economic then changed to alert then to suspense. I started at suspense then changed to passionate then tragic. We wanted to see how we could interact with other in our separate levels of tension. Unfortunately it did not work, because it did not seem real for a naturalistic piece. It’s hard to start at a high tense level such as suspense and passionate.
Analysing Another Groups Performance
Ross, Harry, Robert, Jenna & Jason
They weren’t sure what they were scared of. I think that makes it more interesting and keeps the audience interested. They used space well. They moved into there own space. They used there voice to show what level of tension they were at. Harry and Jenna were helping each other. Ross scared of Robert and everyone else. They used good pace to alongside the tension levels.
The 7 Sins
The dictionary describes the 7 sins as:
Pride
1 .A feeling of honour and self-respect; a sense of personal worth.
2. Excessive self-esteem; conceit.
3. A source of pride.
4. Satisfaction or pleasure taken in one’s own or another’s success, achievements, etc
Wrath
1. Angry, violent, or stern indignation.
2. Vengeance or retribution.
3. Archaic a fit of anger or resulting from anger.
Greed
1. Excessive consumption of or desire for food; gluttony.
2. Excessive desire, as for wealth or powder.
Gluttony
1. A person devoted to eating and drinking in excess; greedy person.
2. Often ironical a person who has in appears to have a voracious appetite for something.
Sloth
1. Reluctance to work or exert oneself.
Envy
1. A feeling of grudging or somewhat admiring discontents aroused by the possessions, achievements or qualities of another.
2. The desire to have for oneself something possessed by another; covetousness.
3. An object of envy.
Lust
1. A strong desire for sexual gratification.
2. A strong desire or drive.
Greed Evaluation, Abstract
Our Group
Me, Nick, Nathan, Idriss, Ross & Harriet
To show greed our group did a piece about two army generals who demand power, they have a greed for power. Ross and Nathan characters were the generals who made us do whatever they liked such as act like a chicken, a ballerina or a dog. Ross had a very loud voice to show he had the most power. As me Nick, Idriss and Harriet entered we walked very different than ordinary, there was a space between each of us.
Other Group
Alicia, Rachel, Coral & Yvette
They were spaced out; the two policewomen were higher than Rachel and Alicia. Jenna the lawyer tried to be higher than the two cops. Rachel and Alicia were sitting on the floor having a ladder in front showing they were behind bars. They all used the keyboards in each sentence. They used cross-cutting to show flashback. Rachel and Alicia went under the chairs went outside had a cigarette then back to the integration room.
Seven Ages Of Man
To end the portfolio we have been studying Seven Ages of Man by William Shakespeare. The seven ages of man are:
- Infant
- School Boy
- Lover
- Middle Age
- Old Age
- Death
Thought Tracks:-
Soldier – Olden Day
“Dear family, I am missing you all terribly, you have no idea what it is like here, and you’re not going to find out! Tell Billy and Katie that I’m thinking about them all the time & I’m sorry for missing there birthdays. Love you all loads, Mo….. BLOODY PENCIL”
As I was performing this thought track I was sitting down as if I was sitting in a trench. I was leaning against a chair to show the uncomforting of the trenches.
Thought Tracks:-
Soldier – Modern Day
“Come on Mo, if you do this you’ll be a hero. Yea…Yea, just hit low, hard & in the corner. Just think of that cold pint waiting for you in the pub”
I performed the modern day version of a soldier preparing for battle as if I was about to take a penalty in a football match. As I say the two sentences I am tying up my football boots.
Relationsionships:-
School Boy
Me & Coral
Yr 7 Disco: -
Mo: Hi
Coral: Hiya!
Mo: I was just wondering if you wanted to dance?
Coral: hehehe…….Errmm... I’m ok.
Mo: But I remember in German I sent you a note asking you if you
dance with me and you said yes.
Coral: Did I? Ok!
Mo: Yes!!!
Coral: hehehehe…..
16 Yr Olds: -
Mo: Alright darling
Coral: What do you want?
Mo: Alright, alright no need to be feisty
Coral: WHAT DO YOU WANT?
Mo: I just wanna share some of my mojo!
Coral: You wot? Ohhh…. Ok!
Mo: Come on let’s go!
20 Yr Olds: -
Mo: Hello, my name is Mo and yours is…
Coral: Coral
Mo: Nice to meet ya!
Coral: Likewise
Mo: Can I get you a drink?
Coral: Sure, Bacardi breezer
Mo: That sounds good ill have the same
Coral: Aint that a little girlie?
Mo: Just shows my sensitive side!
Coral: I bet it does!
Mo: I was thinking can I call you sometime?
Coral: Sure, here is my number.
Mo: Lovely, I call you sometime!
My group scene, Old Age
Me, Nick, Nathan & Jenna
In our scene we acted out old age. We used three explorative strategies which were role play, freeze frames and thought tracks. We were seated in a horseshoe shape while facing the audience.
We set the scene as we are OAP sitting in a retirement home playing cards and reminiscing about old times. Each time we stood up everyone else would freeze (which is one of the explorative strategies) while the person who is standing up is doing a thought track. As we are elderly people we had to try to change our posture & type & tone of voice. We straggled to get up because we had little tension in the legs & in the back therefore we had to use our arms to help us up. In my thought track I talk about the mood landing.
Evaluation of Whole Piece
I personally enjoyed watching and performing in the whole piece of the seven ages of man. I liked the way we had everyone sitting around the hall facing the audience. Each group had instructions on what the had to do to move there props such as chairs. Between each group were performing we had others moving chairs around, to focus the audience away from the scene change we had a someone reading a passage of the piece of writing “Seven Ages of Man” this is a good explorative strategy.
Death Scene
Each group sat in order of the ages for example:
1- Infant
2- School boy
3- Lover
4- Soldier
5- Middle age
6- Old age
All the groups chose a freeze frame from there piece. One person from the class got chosen to represent death which was Meredith. She wore a emotionless mask which was black, black trousers and a black robe. She wore all black because black represents death. Meredith walked around very slowly. I would say she was a tension level economic. As a class we chose where Meredith should walk, how slow she walked & what actions and gestures will she do as death. We decided that she should walk around each of the groups, putting her hand on there facing a using her hand tilt there head down as if she had killed them. In the background we had very strange eerie music such as church bells. Meredith done this to one person in each group in any random order, when she then finished she went up to the audience and did the hand action. I think the meaning to this piece is that any one can die at whatever age not just old people.
What Would I Have Done If I Were Director
If I was director there wouldn’t be much I would change about the whole piece. The whole class had input on this piece. A few things that I would change is the way we people moved the chairs. I would ask them not to do it too loud. I would also have lighting to give more effect especially when Meredith goes up to the audience and does her hand action. I would have a blackout there.
