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UNIT 8

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  Task 1.1 - Production Diary The Lovely Bones + The Railway Children See separate blog post labelled ‘My production Diary’.  Task 1.2 - Audition Process The Lovely Bones I prepared for this audition by completing lot’s of character research, looking into the important themes of the play and the characters personality. I found my monologue as soon as possible, and learnt it inside and out to allow me to focus fully on the emotions. I do think I was well prepared, but could have worked on the actual performance sooner instead of focusing on the lines. I chose this monologue for my audition to be Lindsey, as it is a section or writing about someone whose brother has gone missing. In it, she talks about how she’s tired of feeling alone, and tired of not being able to do anything, which I think reflects Lindsey’s character well. (Surprised, she gasps.) Oh. It’s you. Why are you back here? I thought I’d be alone, sneaking  out this late. You can’t tell anyone you saw me here....
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Preparation for specialist study UNIT 7

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Assignment 7 Task 1 - Acting technique Konstantin Stanislaki is a practitioner who teaches four main techniques to encourage actors to perform with emotional truth. The first technique is given circumstances, understanding the details about the character and their backstory can help you develop how the character thinks and behaves. it gives reason to the lines we are reading, what has happened before the scene, what are the characters backstories, when is it set, what are the problems the characters are overcoming etc; all of this gives depth to the characters/scene. These include: What is happening? What’s the situation in the scene? Where and when does it take place? Historical period, time of day, location, weather, etc. Who is involved? What are the relationships and statuses of the characters? Why are the events happening? What has led up to this moment in the character’s life? He also teaches the 7 stages of tension which is a more physical approach to building a character, affe...
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