Lesson 2 post 4

In the last part of the lesson we were put in pairs (mainly boys with girls) and we had to explore a scene between the two main characters Sephy and Callum. We were all given the task to act out this scene and see who has the high status and who has the lower status. We also had to use the skills we have learnt in the workshop to bring the scene to life and to show each characters personality status. 

My partner (Roary) and myself acted this scene out as if Callum had the higher status and Sephy had the lower status, because in this scene Sephy is trying to explain herself to Callum who is obviously angry at her. We also showed status by their body language and the way they positioned theirselves. For example we had Sephy's body facing towards Callam, however, Callum has his body facing away from her. 

Each pairs were asked to perform their scenes and the rest of the class were expected to take notes on what they thought was good about theirs scenes and what they could do to improve. Here are some of my thoughts: 

-Benji and Roseby- this scene was pretty much different from the others. Most of the other scene showed Sephy as a guilty and vulnerable person, however, in this piece they showed Sephy as really aggressive as well as Callum. You could tell they both wanted to be right so they argued until one of them gave up. It was original.

A pair that I thought could of improved was:

-Tim and Anya- their voices were very good and their emotions were dry strong as well but they should work on the staging a by more since they were everywhere it was a bit hard to keep forcus on what they were doing. 

I managed to develop skills in how to show status other than saying certain words that would make you sound like a particular person. 

Sherene Jordan.