Stanislavski/Chekhov Evaluation

 Stanislavski/Chekhov Evaluation

Unit 4: PAPATANGO

In Tuesdays and Wednesdays session with Sharon we were learning a new topic called script writing, which in acting is another choice in the future. Script writing is a very hard but fun topic. Its like writing a book only there is less description and speech text for the actors. This is a topic that is available to people who are very creative, can type well and know how to use good English language, punctuation and vocabulary. Now this isn't my first time writing a script but it is my first five minute script with acting company that will performed by professional actors. The company that we were writing the script for was called Papatango.

They're a professional theater company who work with young/moderate aged individuals in acting activities. our task was in our groups, which Sharon made for us, was to make a story line for five minutes, think of a name for our group and think of a backstory of our character that goes into the performance we're writing. My partners in my group were Diogo, Sebastian and Pedro.

We each thought of our characters and there backstory so we were completely ready. What was the problem was the actual story. We weren't sure what it was going to be about and we were thinking way to big that the performance would be longer than five minutes. The best thing we could get was that one of our characters was rich and we owed him money. Then it was how the rich character kidnapped the others and watches us kill each other. We couldn't think of anything that was logical. until the next day. The next day one of the company's producers came in to help us on what to do for our scripts. the producer told us that we had to think of the performance's structure before we start thinking of dialogue. Since the script had to be five minutes long we only needed five sections. EXPOSITION: the set up of the story.

BUILD UP: what the situation is leading up to.
CLIMAX: the point in which things get a bit tense in the situation.
CONSEQUENCE: when everything gets worse for the main character.
RESOLUTION: when the story is concluded/comes to and end.
We were then given time to place where each scene is and have a few ideas to of what happens in the scene. Also making sure it links with the title of the section. For the Exposition it start with the protagonist has a "coincidental" in-counter with the antagonist and gets kidnapped. The Build Up is that the antagonist explains that there is poison that was inserted to the protagonist and two other side character's arms. Then in the Climax there is an argument between the two side characters that may lead into a fight. The Consequence is that time has ran out and both the side characters die leaving the protagonist. Finally the Resolution, the protagonist is killed. after we figured everything out all we had to do was type the full script and add dialogue. it came to the end of the lesson and well all i can say was that it was very enjoyable and that i might think to do some more. 

WWW: 
What I think went well with the performance is the teamwork. My group had been practicing really hard and i from what I've been hearing from viewers is that the performance was amazing. For the whole show i focused on everything i was trying to achieve.
 That meant voice projection, spacial awareness, energy, subtext and more. I also was happy that I kept with Stanislavski's drama method 'NATURALISM'. I also kept the fourth wall up leaving it unbroken.
 When I was on the stage, I felt that I had really shown the audience how my character would react to not only the other characters words but as he would act as himself. All the practices the group and i did was worth it. I cant wait to do future shows even better than this ones.

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EBI: 
The problems i caught from watching my performance are only a few. For example, when i was explaining how "the stage" will be set up I kept going up and down. 
I also noticed that i was speaking to fast with my lines. Until i'm left with my partner Daniella. 
The last thing I wish could have been better is presentation of emotion. The reason I feel like that is because I felt that my emotions were only at 28%. Which doesn't really sit well with me. I hope that in the future I learn to express more exaggeration and.... DRAMA!