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Made in Dagenham Blog 4

1. Very very briefly say what work was completed in the session. Including the warm up and any meetings.Outline the tasks. This should only be a few sentences, no more! Discuss how you used any source material e.g. script, image, mask, issue or piece of music.

Perfecting all the scenes, making sure we’re reacting to everything that is happening in scenes, making sure the scene looks alive and not just the people who are talking in that scene. Also, running through all the songs making sure everyone knows the lines and how they’re singing it.

Personal improvement was working on my character chubby chuff, knowing what kind a person he was, improvising him trying to flirt with the ladies in the club and also working on comedic timing

2. Discuss what progress you made. How you felt. How the work was developed or how it moved forward. What new work or new ideas were created or developed? How are you interpreting your roles and the scene. Skills and acting technique used.

I’ve work on my characters Sid and Chubby Chuff on their scenes, working on character development as I want the audience to find both characters intriguing to watch and know enough about them to have an opinion on them. For Sid I worked on the banter that he has with Bill as they both try to annoy Monty in Act 1 scene 3 also making sure I’m staying in the accent for the character.

For chubby chuff I was working on how he acts in the club with the women, having him try to flirt with the women before his act , when he does start his act being really friendly with the audience asking them if they’re ok and having a good week.

Also I have been practicing songs , know what pitch I am singing songs for and making sure that I pronounce the words correctly.

3. What was the effect of what you did?

Practicing Vocals helps with improving the pitch and pronouncing

It’s help bring out my character more, making the character more relatable to the audience. Wanting them not to like either of my characters as they are sexist towards the women.

4. Evaluate how effective the work completed was and say why it worked well / less well.

Work complete these weeks have gone well as we run through everything in the play, perfecting the little things in the scenes and practicing the songs. Could have gotten better if we worked quicker as we could have gone through songs for longer.

5. Discuss strengths and weaknesses. ( These should be targeted in your rehearsal schedule each week.)

Strengths

Worked well together in scenes helping one another with songs

Improved on accents, making the characters more realistic

Weaknesses

Had to go through scene more than once to get accents/acting correctly.

Struggled to move quickly through dance scenes

6. Discuss the levels of professionalism from yourself and the group. How suitable is the work at this stage for a public audience?

We work quite professionally as we wanted to do as much run throughs as possible, helping each other out so we can perfect scenes/songs. The show would be suitable for the public to watch at this point though it can still be improved

7. What do you personally need to improve on? Think about attitude and skill. Listen and respond to your feedback your director is grading you! Use correct terminology for movement, vocal, characterisation and stage techniques

I need to improve on my characters development, making sure Sid is teasing Monty more , and working on projection for both characters so I can be full heard by the audience especially as chubby chuff when he’s telling his jokes as its important to the story and to his character development.

8. Discuss how your character has developed. Talk about vocals, your physicality and general characterisation. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT!

I’ve improve my vocals for Sid as he now has a stronger sounding accent in his scene, also work on his character when he’s speaking making sure he sounds patronising when talking about the girls wanting equal pay. Also, worked on his physicality as he’s sitting down making sure he looks really relax as if he’s not expecting to move any time soon, do this by having legs wide open with a drink in hand and beginning to eat Monty’s food.

Working with chubby chuff characterisation when he’s heckled by Rita O’Grady, I act surprised by her heckle but calm and collected in the situation to show he’s had this happen to him before and quickly deals with her by making jokes, but then after Beryl grasp the mic I’m actually surprised by her as she’s the first to properly stand up to him

9. What performance techniques have you used during the rehearsal process? What was the result of this?

Improvising with the begging of Chubby Chuff act with his greeting to make his character friendlier at the begging, having the audience believe a nice character till he tells his sexist jokes.

Focus on vocals , making I’m loud enough, also that I have two different accents between Chubby Chuff and Sid so they are different from one another

10. Briefly discuss what needs to happen next lesson or what you need to remember to do, bring or complete for next session. Always do this in the form of an action plan. Please don’t write gain more confidence or learn my lines. Be specific and pinpoint exactly what you need to do and why. When and how you will do it between sessions.

Do more run throughs as we can then get a better idea of how exactly the transitions will move, so each scene we move from one to another smoothly.

Perfecting my comedic timing as chubby chuff the jokes land with the audience , so they can react to the jokes being said.

Made in Dagenham Dance Analysis

1- What mood are you aiming to create? Describe the skills you use to create this mood.

I want to create a serious and threating mood, I do this with sharp movements and not giving eye contact with anyone on stage, making it solider like.

2- Were you successful in creating the atmosphere for this scene?

I believe it works as it makes the audience want to pay attention to what’s happening in the scene. It is also quite enjoyable for the audience to see multiple people moving in unison.

3- What do you need to do to improve your contribution to this mood?

Making sure I know the moves correctly and practice them with the other people so we are all in time with each other. Staying In character by not changing facial expressions keeping a stern face and moving in only sharp movements

4- What message does the song send to the audience? How do you enhance the message within the dance? What skills do you use to share this message with the audience? What could you do to improve your contribution to this message?

The song is supposed to say that Britain and its people are idiots and are better of being 100% American as they can get the job done compared to the British, we show this with how we act solider like, surrounding Hopkins and his friends making them look small compared to the Americans

5- Where does the dance take place? Describe how you show this in the dance. Describe how this effect your movement.

Takes place inside an office , where Hopkins , Ron Macer and Gregory Hubble are waiting inside for Tooley , walking solider like shows that we know we’re in a working environment and we obey the rules set

6- Describe how your character feels within the scene. How do you show this in your movement? For example, how does this affect your facial expressions and dynamics of the movement.

My character in this scene is a worker of Ford, that’ll do everything that is need of him to do , which is shown as he walks through out the scene in union with fellow ford workers. My facial expression is a serious stern face that doesn’t change, almost robotic like to show how perfect of workers we are and that we’re better than the British workers

7- Describe three points in your dance which are good and explain why they are effective.

When all the men including myself first walk onto stage in time with sharp movements and serious faces whilst also sing with Tooley to show we’re with him , Also when we all come back on to form a circle to represent the workers in Ford and then when we all walk around in that circle to sing towards the Hopkins and the other men to make them feel attack by us till we all exit the stage leaving them scared and baffled

8- Target three areas of the dance, which need improving. For example timing, facial expressions and dynamics. List and describe the moments you need to work on and film yourself improving these areas.

Improving in the timing as the men first walk in so it looks more professional and a serious scene , making the character more intimidating to watch.

Also keeping the same facial expression throughout as it also adds to the characters role in the song or it’ll look incorrect from the rest

Making sure everyone knows all of the lines in the song so all of the scene can run smoothly, making the scene look more serious as it is supposed to be

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Made in Dagenham Character Work Sheet- Sidney Wood

Made in Dagenham Physicality Sheet

1. Describe your physical stance, posture, sitting position etc.

Sid is a relaxed/lazy character so for most of the time he’s sitting down with his legs wide open, hands are relaxed too, showing that he isn’t expecting to move anytime soon, when not in a chair I lean against a wall to show he’ll find a way to relax and not do work.

Chubby chuff posture is also relax when he has a Mic in his hand , lets his large stomach relax as he doesn’t care too much about his physical appearance

2. How do you travel across the space? Consider speed, emotion, movement etc You can discuss as many different moments as you wish.

I hardly move at all, I move rather slow from place to place, till everybody out when I panic after I hear the women begin to strike. start walking to Monty as I’m angry for what he’s done.

Chubby chuff is also the same, he walks at a slow pace as he’s a big character and doesn’t put much effort into moving to a place quickly, takes his time as if he all the time in the world. Though he can move fast, which he does after he’s heckled by Beryl.

3. Discuss your facial expressions at particular moments – what message do you hope to send to the audience through the use of these?

As Sid when I’m talking to Monty about his personal life, my facial expression is quite sarcastic/over the top to act as if I care about him in a personal way when all I’m doing is provoking him. Also, when I make jokes I have a smug facial expression to show how proud I am of that joke and he should react to what I’ve said.

4. What are you doing with your hands?

Sid hands are always handing a cup of tea or eating food to show further so he can do whatever he pleases and not have to do and work but rather eat and drink comfort food.

Chubby chuff has a bottle in one hand and a mic in the other, the bottle is also to show he’s not only at the club to do his act but to also spent his money and relax

For chubby chuff his facial expression are rather happy and uplifting at the begging as he’s a comedian who believes his jokes are comedy gold so I smile with a wide mouth after each joke to show that even I find them so funny I might laugh too, after Rita heckle me first my expression changes from happy to a mocking facial expression, making fun of how she’s acting

5. What gestures are you using and what do these tell the audience?

As chubby chuff when telling jokes or talking to Rita and Beryl he points at areas of the room to indicate places/people he’s talking about to show that he’s relaxed with what he’s doing

Sid uses gestures when wanting to provoke Monty , he quickly grabs the biscuits from his hand and then I tap his shoulder to tease him as I say “All property is theft Monty”. Also when talking about what to do with the girls , twirls hand to show he sarcastically thinking really hard (though he isn’t as he does know what to do with the girls) about what to do with the girls till he say “we could confuse the poor little darlings with some incomprehensible bollocks”

6. What eye contact do you have with (a) other characters (b) the audience? When and why?

As chubby chuff whist telling my jokes I am telling them out to audience as if they are the audience at the club, the when I insult Rita I look at her and beryl and then look back at the audience when I make jokes about her, acting as if dealing with hecklers is no problem.

For Sid I am giving eye contact to everyone in the room but mainly Monty and Bill as my character wants to make Monty look uncomfortable, and when I look at Bill it’s because I’m making jokes about Monty.

7. What emotions are using and how are these portrayed? Do you change emotion at different points?

For Sid for most of my emotions are quite happy or sarcastic during act 1 as he relax and not worrying ab out anything, but at the end of act 1 I’m annoyed at Monty because of the girls striking, then in act 2 I’m angry like the other men as we all get laid off , I show the different between my characters emotions in the song storm clouds , when singing I look tired and angry when looking down on the girls who are still striking

Chubby Chuff emotions are Happy for most of the time as he’s telling his jokes and he’s also insulting Rita which he is enjoying , till he gets a taste of his own medicine from Beryl which gets him embarrassed making him leave the club.

8. How is the audience able to ‘feel’ something for the character through what you are doing?

I want the audience for both characters to feel angry/annoyed with them as they treat the girls in the play badly, making jokes about them and not caring how they feel. I do this by being patronising when saying “the poor little darlings” as Sid , and being over the top as chubby chuff when making jokes about Rita.

9. Think about your line delivery. How are lines delivered? Why are you doing it that way?

What variation is there in your line delivery?

For Sid his line delivery is slow pace as he makes a lot of jokes which I want the audience to here and understand so they can know the character better and not like him which I expect them to feel about him, though he does speak quickly when Hopkins talks about getting food at a restaurant.

Chubby Chuff also speaks at a slow rate as well because he wants everyone to listen to his jokes and laugh at them as he thinks his jokes are amazing.

10. What are the key messages you are trying to get across to the audience?

For both characters I want to put across my characters are a good definition to sexism back in the 1960s towards women and then that they can also by the end change their view on equals right and know they everyone deserves the same rights

11. What are the most important aspects of your practical work that will achieve this?

Improvising help develop my character and he’s feelings towards women and them wanting equal rights, putting in strong emotions into the scene so it clearly shows the character’s motive and how they act. Also with their tone of voice which helps with clearly showing how they’re feeling

NCFE DANCE BLOG 4 FINAL

1- Discuss briefly what work was completed today. Outline the tasks

We continued to work and improve on our techniques and practice our bob fosse dance routine. We started with a circuit run which helps the body pump blood and oxygen around the body and have the muscles stretch.

2- Discuss some of the skills you have used today and evaluate how you feel you are progressing

I was checking my spatial awareness, making sure I wasn’t going to bump into anyone whilst practicing the dance techniques

Worked on my strength especially in the arms keeping them strong and straight which also help with my balance and co-ordination

3- Discuss your levels of professionalism

I was professional as I was focused on practicing my moves and trying to improve on them, taking feedback and using it to help improve.

4- List and discuss three strengths and three areas for improvement- these should be different for each blog.

Strengths

I had good strength throughout the lesson, it helps with balance as I was struggling a little.

Spatial awareness was good as I was making sure I had enough room to perform the moves and people in front and behind me had space also.

My posture was good as I stayed in the correct position before and after performing the move even if I messed up a little in between I still made it look as if it was about of the routine

Weaknesses

I struggled with balance, staying on the balls of my feet when performing pirouette

I need to improve on my co-ordination/ spotting, making sure I choose a spot on the wall and follow it till I turn and spot on the turn also

Work more on the flexibility in my legs as I found it difficult to lift them high up

5- Create an action plan for each area in need of improvement- an action plan needs to state how you will develop the area, do not say “I will practise at home” and for your information “I will improve my balance by standing on one leg for ten minutes before tea” is not a correct answer.

Flexibility – I will improve by using the cool down exercise and warm up exercise at home as it will further my muscles to stretch out.

Balance- I need to practice staying on the balls on my feet so I must practice pirouettes outside of lessons and spotting will help me stay up.

Co-ordination/spotting – I need to when practising the move to always have a spot chosen on the wall so I can confidently perform a pirouette and know where I will be stopping after turning.

1- Create an action plan for each area in need of improvement- an action plan needs to state how you will develop the area, do not say “I will practise at home” and for your information “I will improve my balance by standing on one leg for ten minutes before tea” is not a correct answer.

Flexibility – I will improve by using the cool down exercise and warm up exercise at home as it will further my muscles to stretch out.

Balance- I need to practice staying on the balls on my feet so I must practice pirouettes outside of lessons and spotting will help me stay up.

Co-ordination/spotting – I need to when practicing the move to always have a spot chosen on the wall so I can confidently perform a pirouette and know where I will be stopping after turning.

2- (blogs 2 onwards) How effective are you finding your action plans for improvement? Have you noticed an improvement in any areas.

I’ve had noticed in the past action plans I have set myself I that I have overall improved in all of the areas each even though I can still do more when improving my skills I know that in the past few weeks I have pushed myself allowing me to move further in dance

MADE IN DAGENHAM BLOG 3

1. Very very briefly say what work was completed in the session. Including the warm up and any meetings. Outline the tasks. This should only be a few sentences, no more! Discuss how you used any source material e.g. script, image, mask, issue or piece of music.

During a warm up before begging we focused on focusing and working on the diaphragm, working on holding a note for longer. We then continued to work Act 2 and polishing scenes in Act 1, including my scene as Sid. Working on the pace of the scene and working on reacting to each other in the scene and on the character’s accents. We also had our fundraiser in the heart space and on the Saturday, we also went bag packing at Tesco in chesterfield we raised around £300 in total which has gone towards the show (costumes, props etc…).

I continued to work on both my characters Sid and Chubby Chuff, giving them more character. Having two separate voices (accent) and acting in different ways, also working on projection especially when I want my character to get the attention of others. Working on how friendly chubby chuff is to the audience and showing he’s done this before, to show this instead of going straight into the jokes I improvisation as greeting to the audience “Hello Dagenham, are we having a good week eh?” which then help Segway into the jokes better instead of just weirdly going into the jokes straight away.

Also, been working on my vocals too, wanting to hold a note for longer so I’ve been practicing on my diaphragm breathing in and hold a note for as long as I can, plus I also have been focusing on how high I can go when singing.

3. What was the effect of what you did?

For vocals, it was to help me further my voice range and can hold notes for longer which will help with the ending of stand up as it is a very loud and long ending note

I want it to help develop the character more for the audience so they know what kind of person I am portraying him as.

4. Evaluate how effective the work completed was and say why it worked well / less well.

It works well that we went over scenes again so nothing that took time to work on gets lost, also helps with coming up with new ideas of how we can further have developed that scene to make it more memorable for the audience.

Work less as we could be putting more time into scenes we haven’t done yet as all the scenes a least needs a surface to then work from, and then we can go back to other scenes and polish them

5. Discuss strengths and weaknesses. (These should be targeted in your rehearsal schedule each week.)

Strengths- I further developed on my Chubby Chuff character more, making him act more like a professional club comedian who isn’t afraid of a few hecklers from the crowd. Also, making him more open to the audience. As a group, we have got a lot done in singing, we have run through all the songs a few times but now we need to go through them all the keep them perfect

Weaknesses- We do need to go through a few songs from Act 1 as it has been a while since we last visited them and work on harmonies, I myself need to make sure I know what I’m singing in each song. I also still need to work on the Cockney accent for Sid, it’s getting better in terms of sounding Dagenham but there are a few words I’m saying wrong which is bringing me out of the accent also I need to keep my voice lower than the character Bill’s as the two work as a comedic duo , so having different sounding voices keeps diversity between thr two characters

6. Discuss the levels of professionalism from yourself and the group. How suitable is the work at this stage for a public audience?

We did get distracted from time to time but overall we have got a lot done, we’ve gone through all of the scenes they just now need some personal run throughs, before another full run through of the play. We are starting to work as a team more making sure we have everything ready before a scene so we’re not having to run around getting props and set.

Need to work on Chubby Chuff greeting so it doesn’t drag for long, keeping the audience’s attention throughout that scene, also trying not to go for high notes all the time and stick to lower notes when singing as I could damage my vocals.

Also, working on Chubby Chuff’s reactions to when he is heckled by Rita and when Beryl snatches the microphone away from me. Acting as if Rita heckling me is one of many who have already had a problem with my jokes and just want to cause a fight and when Beryl does take the mic acting annoyed but calm, every couple of seconds trying to grab the microphone back from her.

8. Discuss how your character has developed. Talk about vocals, your physicality and general characterisation. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT!

Working on both character’s confidence when speaking to people as they aren’t afraid to make a joke or two towards people also working on my projection so I can be heard when speaking as the characters like the attention and causing a commotion. I’ve work on Chubby chuff’s physicality, he’s stood up but in a relaxed position with his hand firmly on the mic and a fag/bottle in his other hand to show how comfortable he is and is able to take small drags/drinks midway through a joke to add comedic timing.

9. What performance techniques have you used during the rehearsal process? What was the result of this?

Improvisation which help with bring out Chubby Chuff’s character more, making more realistic to a club comedian back in the 1960’s and help with his reactions to Rita and Beryl heckling him. Working on comedic timing to help drag out the jokes longer so the audience has time to understand them

Worked on the pace of how I speak as Sid so I can be understood by the audience and so they don’t miss anything I say which helps with the character’s jokes about the seven dwarfs. Projection to be heard by everyone in the scene and people watching. Accent so I sound more like a character from Dagenham and Working on a Yorkshire accent for Chubby Chuff so he sounds like a regular never sober character and club comedian.

10. Briefly discuss what needs to happen next lesson or what you need to remember to do, bring or complete for next session. Always do this in the form of an action plan. Please don’t write gain.

Need to work on some of the songs back in Act 1 as it has been a while since running through them

working on people reacting to what’s happening in scenes rather than sitting a obviously waiting for a moment for the to react to happen

Finish running through all scenes and begin to polish them

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NCFE DANCE- SKILL AUDIT 3

MADE IN DAGENHAM SCHEDULE UPDATE 12/03/17

MADE IN DAGENHAM BLOG 2

1. Very very briefly say what work was completed in the session. Including the warm up and any meetings. Outline the tasks. This should only be a few sentences, no more! Discuss how you used any source material e.g. script, image, mask, issue or piece of music.

We continued practicing the song Made in Dagenham and some other songs also, making sure we knew the lyrics, what was happening in the scene and working on looking and reacting to what’s being said. Also, starting to plan marketing for the fundraiser we are doing in the heart space and I continued to work with Joe, Lewis and Sam on act 1 scene 3 and my part in pay day as chubby chuff.

I’ve been working mainly on trying to make both my characters (Sid and Chubby Chuff) different from each other but act the same when it comes to women and them wanting equal rights till the finale of the show. For Sid, he quite patronising with the character Monty and acts a little more serious when Hopkins arrives but still sneakily teases Monty, while Chubby Chuff is the bee’s knees and believes his jokes are fantastic so when he gets heckles by Rita and Beryl he stays calm and tries to turn the tables on them by making jokes about Rita

I came up with some ideas about in the song Made in Dagenham, some men in the song should mess about with the new guy, that being Barry (Played by Declan) who has tyres put on him to trap him and then during the song I steal his thermos cup so he can say ‘my half pint thermos’.

3. What was the effect of what you did?

This helped show how much of a ‘joking character’ Sid is, how he likes to tease the workmen especially the new worker, also for chubby chuff it showed that the two characters are different from each other but still have the same mind set on women and them wanting equal pay.

4. Evaluate how effective the work completed was and say why it worked well / less well.

We got a lot done, we went through almost of the songs in act 1 and a few in act 2 This is America and Viva Eastbourne. We didn’t have Johnathan as much but we still pushed through rehearsed the songs, just need to work more on reacting to each other in the songs as if it’s the first time hearing it , this is because of going through songs multiple times so we’ve kind of forgot how to always react to what’s being said . Need to work on Payday more acting more as if the song is always playing. Dancing and talking other people, making it look more like a night out at the local bar rather than it looking like a rehearsed scene with people waiting to react

5. Discuss strengths and weaknesses. (These should be targeted in your rehearsal schedule each week.)

Strengths-

Focused on my character chubby chuff more, making him different to Sid giving him an accent and way of reacting to people

I’ve improved in my pitch when singing, I can be singing higher than I could before I began practicing with Jonathan.

Weaknesses-

Need to improve on the cockney accent as I when I’m Sid I don’t sound like I’m from Dagenham, also being able to hold it as well

Making sure that I am reacting to other characters when I hear them so it doesn’t feel like I’m just a prop in the scene rather than a character.

6. Discuss the levels of professionalism from yourself and the group. How suitable is the work at this stage for a public audience?

For myself I believe I work well, I focused I lessons, trying to push through scenes quickly with myself in but can still easily work more when not needed for scenes

As a group, we work fairly well with scenes, but we need to work on acting more in the songs keeping it alive and interesting for the audience rather than it just being singing.

I personally still need to work on Sid’s accent, making sure it sounds from Dagenham and I stay in the accent, also work on the character a bit, making him more patronising and teasing Monty, making him more disliked by the audience

For Chubby Chuff, I need to make the character over the top and have the audience see him as a club comedian who thinks his cheap sexist jokes are hilarious, also having a Yorkshire accent.

Singing I need to work on projecting more so I can be heard better and still improve on pitch so I can sing higher notes. As a group, I need to go over parts of songs so I can harmonise with everyone better so the songs sound fantastic.

8. Discuss how your character has developed. Talk about vocals, your physicality and general characterisation. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT!

Worked on Sid character more, having him tease Monty and act as Hopkins friend to get Monty into more trouble as my character finds it amusing. Needed to work on projecting more so I can be heard by everyone on and off stage, plus I still need to work on my accent as I’m not sounding from Dagenham as I keep turning the accent northern. Physicality is relaxed as Sid likes to do nothing that makes him get out of his chair, prefers to seat drink tea and eat biscuits, I show this with my legs wide open and with relaxed arms to show I like sitting in the chair and plan on being there for a long time throughout the day. When I’m talking to Monty I lean towards him rather than getting up to show how lazy I am.

For Chubby Chuff , I’ve began to work on his character having him talk in a Yorkshire accent and also quite relaxed when talking into the mic, showing this isn’t his first time telling jokes to an audience. I’m using a lot of gestures when talking about people pointing behind me to say as if that person is there but isn’t, this is to show the character is comfortable with his stories and the punch line in the jokes. I need to work on telling the jokes, working on the comedic timing so the jokes are better understood by the audience.

9. What performance techniques have you used during the rehearsal process? What was the result of this?

Work on Improvisation as Chubby Chuff, helping me get a better feel for this character as he is an over the top character, and working with how I tell the jokes so they work better for the audience giving them time to react to them. Improved on my facial expression for Sid when being annoyed with Monty for not having the girls be fine with a grade B, also making facial expressions big for chubby chuff as well, over the top laughing after each joke to make it seem that they were hilarious which helps the audience laugh/react to them better.

1-I need work on my accents and facial expression, making my character belong in Dagenham more, holding the accent

2- Making Chubby Chuff more over the top, making the jokes sound as if they are the best he has made, super friendly to the audience at the begging trying to make them comfortable with him , if he succeeds or not

3- Also as a group we need to focus on harmonising in songs so they sound much better.

NCFE DANCE BLOG 3

1- Discuss briefly what work was completed today. Outline the tasks

We went through our warm up which was isolation, practicing moving one part of the body at a time, core exercise , which is to warm the body up and strengthen the core , also our first arm exercise to strengthen the arms to help with balance and keeping the arms up and straight when performing exercises but we did an extra arm exercise as we went straight into pairing with someone and watching each other’s technique exercises.

I paired up with Liam Ellis and he give me feedback on my techniques, which was mainly that I should focus on my focus when performing the techniques, making sure that I know the moves correctly and strength in my arms.

2- Discuss some of the skills you have used today and evaluate how you feel you are progressing

Tried to focus on my control when performing moves, making sure I kept my leg straight when doing kicks and when bringing them back down, focusing on bringing them down gently

I also tried to make sure I give myself enough space to perform the moves and not taking big steps as I then get too close to the person in front of me.

3- Discuss your levels of professionalism

I believe I was quite professional during the lesson as I was focusing on performing my moves, though I did get annoyed with myself when I forgot some moves in certain exercises which threw me off a little.

4- List and discuss three strengths and three areas for improvement- these should be different for each blog.

Strengths

1- I had better flexibility than I’ve had in the past few weeks, as I could stretch out more in back strengthening

2- I had good spatial awareness, making sure to wait for the person in front to complete a set before I begin , also focused on not making big steps

3- I was focused throughout doing all the moves, making sure I was doing the correct moves

Improvements

1- I need to work on my balance, as I was shaking a little when going trying to stay on the balls of my feet

2- Strength in my arms as I wasn’t keeping them straight and strong and, I need to work on snapping when doing pirouettes

3- I need to work on my posture, making sure I’m in the correct starting position for each technique exercise and returning to the posture after performing the move

1- To improve my strength, I need to do the arm exercises outside of lesson to further improve my arm strength, also practicing the snapping of the arms for pirouettes at home

2- For balance, I need to practicing pirouettes at home, making sure I stay on the balls of my feet also not taking big steps so I’m able to stay up

3- Posture I need to have someone watch me(or look in a mirror) , making sure that I’m in the correct posture before and after the move, getting a better idea of how it should feel when I'm in the correct posture

2- (blogs 2 onwards) How effective are you finding your action plans for improvement? Have you noticed an improvement in any areas.

I believe I’m improving a little in my actions plans , I need to practice more outside of lesson so I can get better at the moves and be more confident with them.

NCFE DANCE- SKILL AUDIT 3

Made in Dagenham , Solar 3

Themes and issues

Love - Begging at the beach , Summer nights where the two tell their friends of their time during the holidays , when get together and are in love by the end of the musical

Anger- Sandy finding out Danny lied to her about going to a private school and acting differently when in front of his friends

Jealousy - Danny seeing Sandy flirting with another guy.

Made in Dagenham, SOLAR 3

Themes and issues

Love- Rita forgiving Eddie during I’m sorry I love you , ending of stand up

Conflict- Fighting over who gets the kids , fighting over Eddie spending money on a bike tyre. Rita not being their for her kids , leaving Eddie to do everything on his own

Annoyed- Eddie forgetting their anniversary ,

Made in Dagenham Schedule

Made in Dagenham - Peer Review

Reviewer/observer: ________Byron Wright_______________ Actor:_____Liam Ellis_____________Date

Physical skills and Dance

and Dance

What do you find most interesting about their/your physical performance?

The fact that he used a lot of gestures to bring out the character’s innocent/childlike side but also, he can use gestures strongly as well to bring out he serious side as well

How could they/you experiment more with their movement?

Use bigger facial expression, so the audience clearly knows how your character is thinking

What was good about their physicality?

The fact they he could bring his emotion through his movement.

Have they remembered their blocking, choreography and movement?

I believe Liam as of right now doesn’t have full blocking but knows where he needs to be at a certain time, which from myself seeing he remembers to do

Do they/you use appropriate gestures and facial expressions? If so when where and how effective are they?

Gestures are pretty good as they are for me what makes the characters emotions more believable , though in facial expression he needs to make them bigger especially on the night as the spot light can hide great facial expression he might be doing.

LIST OF FURTHER SKILLS TO CONSIDER- Grade from 1-10 Ten being excellent

Then describe what is good and what needs improving bellow each skill.

Movement and dance- What could be improved ‘even better if……’

Tension

7- Needs to bring more into tension to show how serious or light hearted his character is.

Musicality

8- He plays the character well enough to show his character is in a musical

Emotional response to music

9.- He really shows he emotion through his solo song the letter and portrays a father at a loss well.

Timing

8- He knows the play well and knows almost all the cues, just need to practice when lines are said

Rhythm

9- He does the choreographed moves well (Made in Dagenham song) and in time to the music

Transitions

6- Need to work on transitioning between moving and into a dance so it looks smoother

Levels

8- Good levels of energy that he’s character is feeling in each scene

Energy

9- He gives a lot of energy in his character and doesn’t back down

Movement memory

9- Remembers most of the movements the dance movements

Posture;

Good posture when not moving around much , shows a father figure well

Facial expression

6-Bigger facial expressions to clearly so the character emotion

Gesture;

8- Gestures easily showing how the character is feeling at certain points in the story

Openness/ confidence

9- Easily confident with doing dances and getting into the character.

Use of space

7- could use more space to bring out more of the character, pacing when mad.

Eye contact;

8-Gives lots of eye contact with other actor but could give more audience members

Spatial awareness

8- Give himself enough space during scenes but in the song made in Dagenham, needs to space out from people during the other actors checking in

Audience interaction

7-Interacts with audience well, but could including them into the scenes more.

Memory

9- Remembers all his lines, needs to memorise how he says his lines.

Characterisation

- Are they using appropriate acting techniques ? (Stanislavski)

Needs to remember to know how his character is feeling as they walk onto stage , where they’ve just came from etc.

- Is this an appropriate portrayal of the Character?

He plays Eddie well, a believable working father. Need use more of his movement in his character and facial expression

Think about Age; status; power in relationships; personality and attitudes;

I think he plays Eddie as a 30+ year father, who is supportive to Rita’s goals till he realises that he’s not able to go to work and look after his kids on his own for a long time

- Can you identify their given circumstance?

- Emotion memory- Do they portray emotional reactions appropriately?

For most of the scenes yes but some of the scenes require more facial expression which he needs to work on

- Is their/your character’s objective clear in each scene? If so what is it? (I want to…)

I can clearly see what his character wants to do in each scene though he could make it more obvious for audience members

- Is the acting technique appropriate to the style of the performance.

- Do they use given circumstance to set the scene?

Not always which he should do to get into character more.

- Do they use circles of attention to respond to their surroundings?

Not all the time which he needs to work on

-- Do they/you react to other characters on stage?

He reacts to other people on stage well , making sure to

- What could be improved ‘even better if……’

Bigger reactions on stage , and facial expression to clearly show how the character is feeling.

LIST OF FURTHER SKILLS TO CONSIDER

Vocal Skills – grade from 1-10 Ten being excellent

Then describe what is good and what needs improving bellow each skill.

Vocals and singing

· loudness;

8- loud, I can hear him clearly.

· inflection;

9- he can change pitch during songs

· Emotion tone; pace;

8- Uses lots of emotion in his solo song the letter , showing how upset and angry the character is.

· Rhythm

· 9- Sings well with the music

· pausing;

· 8- Remembers to pause at the right time, helps bring out his characters emotion more

· Timing

9- Knows the songs well, sings in time to the music

· Starting and finishing songs

· 8- Good at the beginning, needs to stay strong until the end

· Harmonies

· 9-Harmonises well with others in song , can still hear his voice clearly through others.

· Memorising and knowing counts

· 9- Knows when he comes in/stop and how long for

Made In Dagenham- Song Analysis

Made in Dagenham, Character Worksheet Stanislavski- 1

1. Who am I?

Sid Wood - Male, 34, Union shop steward

(Consider your character’s sex, age, social class, occupation,

relationship to someone else – mother/father etc.)

2. Where am I? (in each scene)

(Give precise location i.e. immediate, local, global – as well as inside,

outside, at work, at a social event, how near or how far from

something)

Act 1 Scene 3 – Ford Factory Office , sitting drinking tea – Early morning 8am

Act 1 Scene 13- Ford Factory Office , Watching over the girls strike- Midday 12 pm

3. What time is it?/ when is it? (in each scene)

(Consider this as widely as possible as it all has an impact on your

character’s actions - time of day, season of year, historical date time

until or since something).

4.Where have I just come from? In each scene

(From as simple as outside in the cold, or upstairs in another room or a funeral

etc - this might affect the energy you bring onto the stage)

5.What do I want? In each scene (This is your reason for being on stage at)

this precise moment – ask yourself what is your objective?)

Act 1- scene 3, I want to tease Monty and making him look stupid in front of Mr. Hopkins

Act 1- scene 11, I want to watch what the girls are doing and have them back to work, not going on strike.

6. Why do I want it?

(This answer must come from the text – it gives your character

justification for doing what they do)

Act 1- scene 3- I want to tease Monty because I find I funny to wind him up, and get him in trouble

Act 1 -scene 11, I want them to get back to work so I can still get payed and not get in trouble with the people in higher statues.

7.Why do I want it now?

(This provides immediacy – gives emotion to actions)

I want to keep my job and keep doing what I want when I want, sitting around drinking tea with Bill whilst teasing Monty.

8. What will happen if I don’t get what I want?

(This gives your character the impetus to achieve their objective).

I’ll be annoyed and not happy. Will try to get someone else to do my work so I can continue doing what I want.

9.What obstacles must I overcome?

(Answer this considering both the external physical obstacles and

internal psychological ones).

Having to deal with the girls saying that the work they do it skilled work. Listening to them moan

10.How will I get what I want?

By having Monty do all the hard work , calling up Hopkins and telling the bad news.

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