Tia Scarlett

 I started this course with a few acting skills from doing GCSE drama so I wasn't very worried about what was to come, instead I was very excited about this course as I knew it was mostly practical work. This appealed to me because I knew I was stronger in the acting aspect of drama than the writing aspect. One of the first skills I learnt during this course was continuing to act even when I don't have lines (through movement, gesture and facial expressions) and how much that improves my performance. I also learnt how vital it is to warm up before a performance, physically and vocally; before I would often skip warm ups before performances. Furthermore, I've come to learn skills that I would need to work in the industry: Good communication - I need to be able to work with others. Leadership - there will be times I'll need to take the reigns. Resilience - I need to not let rejection hold me back or impact me negatively. Perseverance - I need to keep trying no m...

Members of the Broken Hearted Youth Theatre company visited us to run a workshop. In this workshop we focused on bringing out true feelings and emotions during a performance, rather than pretending to feel those feelings and emotions; to do this we participated in a repetition exercise . To carry out the repetition exercise , you stand opposite your partner and say a sentence, the sentence should consist of a simple observation of your partner, for example “You’re wearing a yellow shirt.” Or “Your hair is tied back.”. Your partner should then repeat the sentence back to you “I’m wearing a yellow shirt.” Or “My hair is tied back.”. You and your partner should then continue to repeat the same sentence until one of you notices a change in the others behaviour. When this happens, the sentence should change and become a sentence about their change in behaviour, for example “You’re smiling.” Or “You look bored”. Until another change in behaviour is noticed. This should continue until both ...