Unit 3- Silent Movie
(Monday and Tuesday we didn't have class)
November Thursday 3rd
Silent Film:
- The new project that our teacher brought it's called "Silent Film". What does that mean? Silent Film is a an acting performance based on do only movement, no script in the hand, basically the actor has to show a clear idea just using the physical language body.
Acting Lesson:At the beginning of the lesson all of us sat in a semi-circle and read through the assignment together, making sure we understand correctly every single line of what the assignment consisted of. Further, we also was talking about the main important elements of the assignment as a group such as the way we would need to use body expression and features. After the semi-circle, all of us did a body warm up to get our body relaxed and in order to improve on our isolation of certain body parts. I think doing this is very good, since we get our body relaxed and in order to improve on our isolation of certain body parts. At the end, we did another exercise where all the group had to pretend that we were holding an iron bar and had to move it around. Then, we had to do it by our self and had to show it by one by one.
Friday November 4th
Acting lesson: At the start of the lesson we go through body warm including various different exercises to help us to relax our bodies. After doing this we finally moved onto a teeth cleaning exercise where we had to mime cleaning our teeth as a group, then we had to do it in front of each other one by one with Rob adding more stuff on such as miming popping a spot on our face then going to open the door. I think this helped us a lot because we felt so relaxed after doing the exercises.
After we did some exercise
UAL Level 2 Week 7- November 2016
Monday November 7th:
Blog Lesson: We had a new project in production class. The first day we watched a video about Britney Spears, Rebbecca gave us a shit with some questions to answer them, we must had to pay attention to the video because all of the answer and the details about them were there.
The reason for this is to make us an idea and see how the stars have a team working behind everything. We've as a team had to choose an artist, and had to start organizing everything as if an star is coming to London. We did the questions because it was a test to see how well we can depict answers for questions from watching the video itself and to advanced our ability to understand themes from different production.
Acting Lesson: At the beginning of the lesson we started to go through the introduction to the assignment which is based on the creation of a silent film/movie. Then after that we did a big circle with everyone. we went through the things we would be doing in the assignment and important elements of the production such as 'exaggerated movement' and the use of body language. Then we moved onto a quick body warm up including stretches and exercises such as rolling our ears over to our shoulders and different balance exercises such as standing on one foot and writing out name imagining if there was a pen between our toes. This helps us as it allows us to relax our muscles which then helps us to move more freely that can help us in our production as it means we can then use our bodies to show more emphasis. Subsequently we were practicing the movement with the hands, imagining that it was a iron bar. At the beginning it was kind of difficult, but then we found easier to do it.
Tuesday November 8th:
Acting lesson: At the start of the lesson we began doing some warm ups, as we normally do in some of the majority of the classes. In my opinion this helped us a lot as it was the same lesson where we started to begin our ideas on the new play. Then, we had to moved in to our groups and make a scene based around each sentence that we were given. My group were given 'The Missing', Firstly, we started to discuss and explore different ideas for the film. Then, we as a group decided to improvise so we did a short play:
During a winter afternoon, a little girl and her mother were going to visit to her mother's friend. After a long time walking they arrived to the house. The woman opened the door and they started to talk but the little girl was really bored so she started to explore the area and she left. She was thinking about what to play while she was walking. She started to dream about candies, witches etc. But all of the sudden a man pop out. He had a strange appearance to her but she did not mind, she wanted someone to play. He offered her a candy, she did not think about it, immediately she took it. Then, in less than a blink of an eye, she was in the middle of darkness. He kidnapped her.
So that was the history that we made.
Movement Lesson: We started the class with something new, there was a board with numbers from 1 to 8, each number has a exercise for example: 1. Run, 2.Walk, 3.Jump, etc.. Mandy has to say the numbers and we had to do whats the number say. We did this for about 20 minutes until everyone was warmed up. In my opinion doing this is very good as we can relaxed a lot our muscles. After, we moved onto doing our stretches before moving our bodies into our core exercises. I think it took longer than we expected because every time someone didn't know how to do it, we had to start again. After we finished, we move on to our 8-count dance routine to improve it. We did it twice: first time with music and the second time without music in order to remember the steps. Then, we had to find a partner to dance with, however there was a fire alarm so we had to stop.
Production lesson: In this lesson we had a supply teacher who showed us an example of his production in order to create and build on our own work so we could come up with a new outcome.
Thursday 10th November:
Acting Lesson: In this day we just had only one lesson in which my team and I worked on in the new project that we started in this week, as I mention before we were not sure about the main idea of the project since everyone contributed with a lot of ideas. Then, my group and I just did the same as we did before, on Tuesday.
Friday 11th November
Acting Lesson: At the start of the lesson we were told to come up with an idea for a new comedic silent film based around a different idea, it was kind of difficult, since we had the idea of before.
That was the only lesson we had in the day.
UAL Level 2 Week 8- November 2016
Monday 14th November Blog Session: We worked straight on our blogs, updating them as we do on the majority of the classes.
Acting Lesson: When we started the lesson, Rob gave us a speech, we had to found a partner. my partner was Bruno and Mackenzie. The speech had three letters: A, B and C. Bruno was A, I was B and Mackenzie was C: each letter had a sentence. So we had to learn our phrase and add more words. our play was about a relationship 'Bruno and me' who unfortunately we broke up because he was cheating on me with Mackenzie, who supposed to be my best friend. In my opinion our play was marvelous, like others plays.
Tuesday 15th November
Acting Lesson: To relax ourselves, bodies and to get better focused on the work, we started the lesson doing a semi circle and a full body and warm-up as we do sometimes in the class. After we finish to do the exercises, we play a game which is called 'This is not a book'. The game consist: The whole class had to pretend that the glasses case was anything, for example we used the glasses case as a phone, a remote and a gun. I think doing this exercises helped to improved our improvisation skills as we had to think this up on the spot. Almost finishing the lesson, we completed a small set of lines from a script , we had to learn the scrip, add some improvisation and ten act it out.
Movement Lesson: At the start of the class we did a warm up to relax our muscles, then we did the board number ( 1. Run, "2.Walk, 3.Jump, etc.. After, we did more core strength exercises with a plank in the circle, crunches and leg-raises.
Later on, we continue practicing our dance routines and began working in our group to develop it into an nice actual piece. A few minutes later, we had to perform it for the class.
Production Lesson: We had been doing our project about the artist that we choose for our projects.
Then we had to choose one picture of the artist we had been choose and the kind of publicity they get then we started to create a picture of the own artist, we had to make a publicity of it pictures.
The rest of the week we were working in our blogs.
Thursday 17th November:
Acting Lesson: We didn't go to the normal class as we always do, we went to the dance studio. Then Rob gave us a script and we had to act it out with the idea of add on more things to the script. After, we sat down and had to see the rest of the groups acting out.
Friday 18th November:
Blog Session: In this lesson we were talking about many pictures of some artist and the kind of publicity they get. Then, we continue doing our project about the artist that we choose for our projects.
Acting Lesson: Started the class with some exercises. After some groups were allowed to go as they were almost to finish there Silent Movie. My group and the other group didn't finish the project so we had to stay in the class working on it.
Week 9- November 2017
This week in performing arts we had been practicing in our silent movie, doing exercises so we can be more confident in what we are doing.Monday 21st November:
Blog Session: Continue doing our blogs and updating improving the poster we had been doing.
Acting Lesson: We continue practicing the Silent Movie with Rob, he helped us a lot.
Tuesday 22nd November:
Acting Lesson: We started the class with an activity.We had to find a pair and put a chair looking each other. Person A tells a story about what they do in the morning to person B and person B do the same. Then everyone swaps partners and they tell their new partners the story they just heard from their old partner.After that they swap again and do the same, they tells the history they just heard to their new partner (about their old partner' old partner).
Then we had to get into groups of four or five and discuss all our stories. After we had to pick one story or mix the stories into one story and make it into a silent movie piece. In y group was Pedro, Mya and Nerissa. Suddenly, each group did a silent movie. In my group each person acted describing by itself what they do in the morning.
At the end, we watched all the groups acting their history. It was funny and entertaining to see all the stories.
Movement Lesson: To relax our bodies and to help us to be more focused on the class, we started the class with warm up as we regularly do. Later on, we were finish the exercises, we then did a improving the certain dance of moves that we had been working in the lasts lessons before. As we always do when we create a dance, had to show it to the class and watch the rest of the class.
Production Lesson: Had to finish the poster as we did the last lesson.
Thursday 24th November:
Acting Lesson: We were practicing about our silent movie. Later on, we went to the music room studio to act for the musician to show them each part of our play, in this way they can have an idea for created the soundtrack for our play.
November Friday 25th:
Production Lesson: Some of us were working on our posters that we had created or to work on our works to finish it.
Acting Lesson: In this class all of us were doing exercises to work in our imagination. The game consisted in: We had to be in a group of four, the teacher gave us a country or movie and we had to created physical poses, example:
-Australia, we did kangaroo.
-Spain, we did a bull or woman dancing "Flamenco".
-Avatar, someone supposed to be on the floor.
The last thing we did was make a movie of our own and the teacher had to guess which it was.
UAL Level 2 Week 10- November 2017
Monday 28th NovemberBlog lesson: We started the lesson doing some blogs. Then, we completed some test and updated our personal achievements in the page of Pro-portal.
Acting Lesson: Part of the class went to record the scenes for the Silent Movie for the first time. The rest we just went home.
Tuesday 29th November
Acting Lesson: In this lesson we did some exercises. One of them was the repetition of the letters: C,G, L, N, D, T, M, P, B, the we had to said BAH. This is very good because doing this activity helps us with our speech confidence and pronunciation and helped with the use of our diaphragm which allowed us to be clearer with our speech and put more emphasis into convinced words. Later on, we finished of completing those activity. We did an activity where there was a water bottle, a chair and a table and we had to arrange it in a way that the water bottle supposed to be the most important thing. In my opinion I think that doing these exercises helps us to focus better on the class.
Movement Lesson: Started the class doing the same exercises that we did the last 2 weeks ago. There was a board with activities. 1. Run. 2. Walk, 3.Jump. Then we had to work with a partner of the same high as us to used each others strength to pull on each other and get up.Production Lesson: All of us were allowed to go home early. So we didn't had lesson.
Thursday 1st December
Acting Lesson: Started the class with a semi circle where we had to do some exercises. The first one was Twister. We did this to improved our pronunciation of certain words. After this the teacher gave us some white paper to write down any sentence on it, we had to tell him an emotion and an environment this was to make a game at the end of the class. Then, we did a running acting where the other person had to put his foot in front of me with the purposed to make me fall down.
Friday 2nd December
Blog Lesson: We continued doing our blogs.
Acting Lesson: We had a really enthusiastic class where it consisted in taking a couple and be in front of it, then we had to walk towards it and give a handshake, we did this around 4 times and we had to do it with our close, we did it twice. After that, we did many plays where the teacher gave us a sentence and we had to use it but in each of them we had to change the person who we were acting with.
