Level 3 Diploma – Performance and Production Arts Assignment Brief:
Assignment Title
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Final Project Love and Information by Caryl Churchill
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Unit No & Title
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Unit 8: Collaborative Performance Project
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Level & Credit Value
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Level 3 / 24 Credits
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Assignment Leader
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Shenagh Cameron
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Assignment Verifier
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Shenagh Cameron/Monique Campbell
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Start Date
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23/04/19
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Assessment Date
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Performance May 29th & 30th
May. Final Blog/log – June 1st 2019
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Assessment Grade
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DISTINCTION
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MERIT
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PASS
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REFERRAL
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FAIL
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Project Proposal
Section 1– Rationale (approx. 100 words)
This section provides an opportunity to reflect on, review and summarise your progress and achievements through the first seven units. It also offers a chance for you to take stock of the knowledge, skills and understanding you have acquired, what you know now, compared with what you knew and could do before you started the course, and how this has influenced your choice of pathway and your project proposal.
During the first 7 Units within this year, I have developed a variety of skills and attributes that have helped me develop my acting abilities and will continue to help into my Unit 8 which is Love and Information by Caryl Churchill.
Over the course of the year I have learned to improve my communication skills by working with a multitude of different people with contrasting personalities. This helped with my confidence as I now know how to handle challenging situations with my peers on and off stage. This would include: a prop being lost, a chair breaking on stage, forgetting lines and not learning lines to the agreed upon. Besides these I have learned through directing how difficult it is to work with actors. This made me change my attitude towards directors and makes me want to be an actor who is professional and a delight to work with. This shift in attitude made me less argumentative about views I would normally vocally disagree with. Furthermore I have worked very closely alongside the technical team that ran our shows. This has given me the opportunity to look at acting in another perspective besides being an actor or director. Because of this I now how to find my light, which lighting plans would work for our staging, how to convey technical ideas to another individual and how to work alongside another department this would include the technician theatre students and the music students which can challenging. Another area in which I have further developed my skills as an actor besides my lessons I have also developed through the Broken Hearted Youth Theatre. They have especially introduce and developed my Meisner technique which is the repetition of words or sentences to explore the underlying emotions. This has helped me deepen my characterization due to the fact that I now have a better understanding of my own and character's underlying emotions. Which in term has improved my confidence once again alongside improving my stage presence. They have also taught me a lot about professionalism especially by giving me the opportunity to work on the set of Angry Faces which is a short film that they are producing. As i am now much more confident in my directing and characterization. I have deiced to put more time and energy into allowing that to be focus in my proposal. |
Section 2 – Project concept (approx. 200 words)
This section provides an opportunity for you to clearly explain the concept and aims of your project. This should include what you anticipate producing, the research and ideas that will support its development and the levels and types of resources that you will need to complete and present your project realisation within the allocated timescale. You should include the names of anyone you will be collaborating with and/or those who will perform in your piece.
The project I will be working on this term is 'Love and Information' by Caryl Churchill. The play is structured with many scene that make and form the play which in turn is separated into 7 parts. Which gives it a unique feel. Churchill uses this structure to explore theme of relationship, love, truth, friendship others in a episodic saga owhich moves between different genres
For my Unit 8 I would like to take what I have learned about characterization and professionalism during the year and apply them to the play Love and Information. Characterization in particular has a great significance to Love and Information as I will be tasked with switching between completely different characters within the play. I will achieve this by focusing on the Meisner technique that I learned in unit 7 and exploring the differences between each character. I will differentiate the characters by creating a personality based on their speech patterns, the situation that they are in and the way that they interact with other characters.Doing this will require the application of most of the techniques that I have learned over the course of the year, including hot seating and improvisations |
Section 3- Evaluation (approx. 50 words)
This section provides an opportunity for you to explain how you will reflect on and self- evaluate your work, as both an on-going activity and at the conclusion of the project.
You should describe how you intend to record your decision-making and how you will document developments as the project progresses. This evaluation should reference your stated aims and be reflective and analytical rather than a description of actions completed.
For my evaluation I will look at the recording of my performance in Love and Information and compare it to my previous work, for example: Macbeth, Antigone and The Cherry Orchard. Within these pieces I will look at how the characterization process differs between each play as well as my personal growth in acting.
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Proposed research sources and bibliography (Harvard format)
Record your intended research sources, both primary (from your own first-hand experience e.g practical studio research) and secondary (from other sources), in this section. Sources of research should be as wide as possible and may include: libraries, museums and galleries, books, film, magazines, TV, radio programmes, websites etc.
Where appropriate you should use the Harvard system of referencing. The bibliography should be continuously updated as the project progresses.
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Project action plan and timetable:
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Outline your planning and organisation over a period of weeks and the activities you will need to carry out in order to successful complete your project within the agreed timeframe. It is important that your proposed output is realistic so ensure you consider ambition and time when completing this section. Make sure you include what you are going to do, how you will do it and by when. The more time and thought you give to planning your project the more successful it is likely to be. Remember to include time taken to visit sources, sourcing materials, questionnaires, access to workshops, tutorial and peer group feedback opportunities, as well as when you will incorporate independent study.
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Week no
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Tasks
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Notes
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1
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Assign role and do a read through of the full play.
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Drama studio
Scripts |
2
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Begin blocking the play and discus with scene partners how the scene should be conveyed. Getting familiar with the staging. Discuss and start making a prop list.
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Drama studio
Scripts |
3
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Continue rehearsals alongside improving characterization techniques. Start thinking and discuss lighting ideas.
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Drama studio
Scripts |
4
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Continue rehearsing and fine-tune the scenes. Made some adjustments to the script/play.
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Drama studio
Scripts Props |
5
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Attend technical and dress rehearsals. Perform the play.
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The Theatre
Props Costumes |
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