Evaluation Writing Frame

Evaluation Writing Frame

Devising 1: From Lyric to Show

What worked and why?

·        ·      The office scene; how stylised the characters were ·      How realistic and naturalistic it was, audience can relate to the storyline ·      Ending scene freeze-frames ·      Acting styles and techniques i.e- mime, puppetry, freeze-frames, cross cutting, monologues, physical theatre ·      My characters projection, and the other actors ·      Good emotion from all characters ·      Realistic portrayal of unemployment situation ·      Stage positions, layout in office scene ·      Facial expressions ·      Powerful message to audience, made audience think about homelessness in the UK

What happened in devising/rehearsals to make this happen?

·      Discussing as a group what we felt would work and what wouldn’t work ·      Trying out each others ideas ·      Improvising ·      Researching unemployment, poverty and homelessness ·      Trying out acting techniques ·      Researching naturalistic theatre ·      Running through our performance ·      Giving each other constructive criticism and praise

What didn’t work and why?

·      Sound tech in the ending scene with sirens was too late ·      Unis holding his jacket in the end scene, I felt this was a bit distracting when watching the film ·      Physical theatre in end scene, mine and Unis character should have bumped into each other more ·      My character should have been more shocked when bumping into Unis, use of body language more ·      Use of centre stage in ending scene would of made the stage positions stronger

What could you have done in devising/rehearsals to improve this?

·      Rehearsed movement more ·      Rehearsed body language and physical theatre ·      Made movements sharper ·      Position centre stage ·      Stood out and watched from audience perspective so we could see what the layout looked like and improved it

What changes could you make to improve the show?

·      Seem more shocked in mine and Unis’ scene when we bump into eachother ·      Make freeze frames more powerful and sharper at end ·      Sharpen up the movements ·      Sharpen body language ·