Rachels Lesson
AS Drama
Voice
Pitch - Regular voice
- Attached emotion/content
If I cry, my voice goes higher and I start talking a little faster than my regular voice.
Angry my voice tends to go lower and if I am talking to a certain person, that will change the pace I talk.
Pace - Moderate
If I am excite3d I will talk very fast and my voice will get slightly higher.
Accents - In my family Northern (Blackpool, Leicester, Geordie)
Irish, welsh and Spanish
Slangwords - It depends on what area you are from, that can determine the slangwords that are used. Some slangwords can be different in the North than down here (Worthing)
Volume - Loud
When I am talking to friends, I tend to talk louder, because I am more confident with them.
This is different to when I am at home, because their is only two people who live in the house - I talk much quieter and this is the same as when I meet new people I tend to go quieter and more shy with my voice.
We picked a little mini monologue. We then had to apply each of the subjects above to the speech e.g. how and what we could empahsize and what we could make slower or speed up. I chose P69 'Gotcha' - Tons Speech
"Little shit..."
I then made notes on my script of what bits I wanted to emphasize, make faster/slower, louder or quieter and what bits were in regular voice.
Then I we went into pairs and had to direct them to what we ahd decided to do with our bit of monologue.
Language/Verbal
Did you feel the actor responded well to your direction?
I said a comment about how to say the opening line 'Little shit' and Talyor understood and she took it straight away. I said for her to be very angry at the Kid and for her to kind of grit her teeth when she is saying it, so her voice would be very firm, loud and at a regular pace.
What worked? What didn't work when put into practise?
The way I said the speech in my head didn't sound how I wanted it to sound out loud. When I was saying it in my head, I imagined Ton to be really angry at the Kid, but when Taylor said it out loud, it didn't sound right for her to be angry all the way through and talk fast.
Is it easy taking direction from a peer?
I didn't find that I liked taking direction from Taylor because it didn't sink in as well as I wanted it to. I just didn't feel I nwas understanding how Taylor was trying to tell me what to do.
Duologue
For this we had to pick another section with an equal amount of lines for two characters and do exactly the same as before to this duologue. I chose p67 the speech between the Kid and Ton when they are talking about doing press ups.
We then joined another group and we directed them to do our piece and vice versa.
I found it difficult to direct my friends, I just didn't feel I was being understood, because I knew what I wanted to say, but it just didn't come out the way I wanted, so their was a bit of miss communication between us and the actors. I found that being directed was easier because I just had to follow what someone was telling me to do, but telling someone what to do was a bit trickier. I think the more I get to grips with what I am reading I think I will find it a bit easier.
In the same group we did the same thing, but instead of them directing us around, we had to sit naturally in a chair while the director told us how to say the lines. Also, we weren't allowed to look at our partner, we had to act like we were reading a radio play.
Language/Verbal
What was particularly challenging about being unable to to rely on movement/body language?
The fact that we weren't allowed to look at our partners, made it harder, because
In the same group we did the same thing, but the director had to just direct our movements while they do a voice over of what is happening. Then we changed around and did the same thing with the other groups script.
What role was the least challenging? Why? Actor/director?
Least challenging was being actor because the directors where laying down the law. They knew what they wanted the scene to look like when I was the actor I felt more comfortable.
What role was most challenging? Why? Actor/director?
Most challenging was the director, because I feel I knew what I wanted to say but couldn't get it out to the actors. I felt that I was miss communicating with them so they weren't understanding me.
What would you suggest to improve one or the scene you saw?
The second group (Kiera etc) I would make their group more angry with the way the voice overs delivered. I wouldn't also make the movement more sharp.
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