Sunday, 2 June 2013

Milestone Feedback


Worthing Academy of Performing Arts
                       Milestone Assessment of Blog
COURSE: BTEC Level 3 Diploma in          
             Performing Arts (Musical Theatre)

UNIT/S:  Unit 1: Performance Workshop
Unit 5: Rehearsing for Performance
Unit 13: Contemporary Theatre Performance
Unit 14: Musical Theatre Performance

ASSESSOR: Rachel Maddix

Student Name:


Megan Ring

Assignment Title:


Showtime 2013

Key Dates:

Blog Milestone Assessment date: 30/5/13
Assignment Completion Date: 9/6/13


Criteria highlighted in green has been achieved.

A criteria that needs more attention to achieve a pass or above.

Details highlighted in yellow are particularly important to you!
Task 2   The Rehearsal Process & Performance Blog Milestone Grades
- Read each description to understand the differences between each one.

You have achieved
You have achieved P1 of the Performance Workshop Unit
·       You have shown evidence that you have used research to identify possibilities for development.

·       You could have been more adventurous in your use of material.

For M1 of the Performance Workshop Unit
·       You considered a number of possibilities for the development of your character based on the scripted dialogue and your own research and used an original creative approach.

To achieve D1 of the Performance Workshop Unit
·       You explored in a detailed and insightful manner the development of your character based on the scripted dialogue and your own research source materials.

·       You have shown evidence in your blog of a number of possibilities/ideas and have included those you have not been afraid of rejecting some along the way.

·       You were also able to explain the thought processes behind your choices 
in a thorough manner.






Merit
For P1 of the Musical Theatre Unit
·       You have been able to discuss your roles but provided little explanation of how or why you arrived at these decisions.

·       You gave some explanation but it is not detailed enough or consistently maintained.

For M1 of the Musical Theatre Unit
·       You have explained the reasons for the decisions you have made about your roles, based on the text, research and on the rehearsal process.

·       You have been able to explain how you have arrived at their decisions.

·       You have occasionally used research and some evidence of analysis.

For D1 of the Musical Theatre Unit,
·       You have carried out relevant research into your roles both ‘on the text’ and ‘off the text’.

·       You have used secondary sources which have been analysed to support your interpretation.

·       You have demonstrated a consistently informed approach to your understanding.

·       Your artistic and intellectual decisions about the roles are fully supported by  reasoned arguments based on evidence from the text, the performer’s intuition and other sources.

·       You use appropriate language and terminology confidently and accurately.








Merit

For P3 of the Rehearsing Unit,
·       You have provided evidence that you have researched beyond 
the play script into relevant social, historical, cultural contexts and performance methods/techniques.

·       You have provided evidence of how you have developed your role using the research, in your blog and in rehearsal discussions.

To achieve M3 of the Rehearsing Unit,
·       You have made effective use of your research findings into relevant social, historical, cultural contexts and performance methods/techniques.

·       You have provided evidence of how you were able to reach clear and valid conclusions about interpretation and the choices you made when developing your role and application of techniques, etc. in your blog and in rehearsal discussions.


For D3 of the Rehearsing Unit,
·       In your blog you have shown strong awareness of how to use/apply research findings which are highly relevant to the role/production.

·       You have written clearly about your progression in both roles and the performance skills you used.

·       You have made clear references to research findings, both in physical rehearsal activities, and class discussions. You have supported your ideas with notes and analysis in your rehearsal blog.

·       You have shown imagination in your use and application of research, you have included less obvious forms of research or research findings, and/or provided additional insight or fresh and unusual interpretations for the performance.


Pass

To achieve P4 of the Performance Workshop Unit
·       You have identified what went well and less well and made some suggestions as to how the work might be further developed throughout your blog.

·       The suggestions however, could be more specific, detailed and include examples.

For M4 of the Performance Workshop Unit
·       Your blog includes discussion on the potential of the work making reference to specific examples from the work produced.

To achieve D4 of the Performance Workshop Unit
·       You really weigh up the potential of the work and make judgements about the feasibility of further development.

·       You use well-chosen examples from the work








Merit

Learners achieving P1 of the Contemporary Theatre Performance Unit,
·       You have have conducted some research into the two play texts, noting the main themes and style of the plays.

·       There is little evidence of any concerns over the relevance for interpretation for the audience.

To achieve M1 of the Contemporary Theatre Performance Unit
·       You have included some evidence of practical research and understood the relevance of the themes of each of the plays to the audience.

·       You have included cultural, social and political content.

·       You have understood the style of the plays and the implications for acting style and design.

To achieve D1of the Contemporary Theatre Performance Unit
·       You have shown full understanding of the social and/or political purpose embedded in the themes of the plays.

·       Your ideas for interpretation cover all aspects of the aesthetics of the work in great detail.



Pass





Wednesday, 6 March 2013

we rock you 6th march

today we did our blocking of act one and marked through our songs.
we have decided to have the run through keep both groups rehersing at the same time my charecter  is very bubbly but tough so i think im going to base her on rachel tuckers version and i think she will be a bit like rachel berry tough and strong determined to get what she wants  and glinda from wicked the liht bubbly cute self .eeech

dont feed the animals 26th feb

today we had the national come and watch our performance we started at 8.30 to make sure we had enough time to reherse act to as we had had some issues with it the day before and it needed to be fixed
- our energy in this act seemes to have dipped so this needed to be picked up
- and our cues needed to be worked on as with having such  short lines and the play being so fast the lines could change the scene narritive and end up rush.

during the run through somone missed there cue and muddeled the scene order so everyone was nervous for when the national turned up wich was at 1 and we also had the as level drama group and the btec yr 12 musical theartre group.

the official run through went well al together and i think the feedback explained this
the national thought the performance was very polished for where were were in resedule process and they couldnt wate to see it in the final performance. weras my freind tom said he didnt enjoy the performance he thought it was cringe and if wer going for cringe then everyone has to be at the same cringe level

the strengths of the performance
- i think i was energetic and made my cues well however i think i need to adapt my charecter and look at how chavs atually behave and then create the sterytype

the weakness
the cues were better but still ineed of improvement
and for this i will just keep rehersing my cues.

dont feed the animals 25th feb


today we did a all day technical rehersal and went over anything that wasnt working and looked at how we could improve the performance as tomoro we have the national coming to view the performance, and we looked at our costumes.


strenght of the rehersal
We all stayed focused and had a prositive vibe around the perfromance.

weakenss of the performance
people being ill and away or late made it difficult to work also the fact the performance was so fast with cues it was easy to miss a line

my strengths

 i think my charecter was strong i think my chav imatue look worked well and i liked that my charecter did have a bit of a daring side to her ( perhaps i could play with my speech for the perfromamce )

weakness of my performecnae
tonight i need to go other my cues and make sure i no the oerdrr of my lines and that its the same with everyone ese

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

sont feed the animals costume ideas

i quite like the idea of the st trinian school girl look im goign for the post totty look with a bit of goth