FMP Post 7- 6th - 8th April

Wednesday 6^th April 2016

Today we did two run though which both of them were different from the other. The first run thought I feel was better than the other but when it came to the Panorama scene the other signer wasn’t there so it was really difficult to do the scene and this scene I am really worried and struggling about as I haven’t practiced properly with the other signer. I find with this scene I went in feeling confidence but I end up feel worst afterwards because every time I do this scene, someone isn’t there or they not know their signs so this scene isn’t good from my point of view.  

The rest of piece went well the first time as I felt I was focused on the play and my parts. I felt more confidence going in to my movement piece but the dance piece about the gods is the worst moment piece for me because I find that the type of dance isn’t my strongest so when we perform this piece I always feel that the dance goes badly as I know what I’m doing, I just can’t do it in the right counts. I feel that once I mastered the one section of movement which a member thought up, I will feel more comfortable but doing it with piece of music we choose, I am struggling to keep up but I find I am more confidence now I have learned it, it just means I need to keep going over it to get it right and to remember it.

The second run though was worst for me as I find I keep missing my parts for example I missed my first line but I think though the whole run, I wasn’t focused enough, so I think I need to make sure I’m focus and if the director doesn’t focus us before then I need to do it my self as I’m not grounded enough to start the piece. I found that I have a better understanding of focusing me due to our voice lesson.  

Friday 8^th April 16

Today we did a full dress run though and set the song for our last scene. I thought the run though didn’t go as well as I hope because I was bit big headed going in to it because I thought I would do well. I messed up my signing on both scenes I believe that because I haven’t been practice at home, So I need to keep going over the signs at home every night to help me feel confident and to know my signs inside out. I feel that with the signing scenes I know the signs but I feel pressured from people watching and worrying about what other people are doing, so I kept losing where I was. In the teacher scene I was pleased with how it went but I missed out some signs so I just need to keep going over it.

Next week our director isn’t here so we have new director which I’m looking forward to as it will be nice having a new set of eyes on play and we can really perform as it was the first time she saw it. as we have got stuck in a place were its it is hard to preform to someone who knows what coming next.

I feel the show has development a lot in this week as two other directors have watch it and have tided up sections so it becoming a better piece.

FMP - Post 6 - Holiday

Blog post for the holidays

I wanted to get a strong start on my sign for my second scene. So I started working on the Monday of the holiday, so when it came to the second week, I could really focus on the character of my signing. I started on the Monday and it seemed more complex than the first session on it with Sally, I find that there was a part I remembered and a part I didn’t, so I found it easier to break it down for me to remember it, so on….

Which I found easier than just going through all of it at once, but the following day I would add the signs on to what I learned the day before.

I find the problem I had the most was when I was practicing I didn’t have the BSL script for the first week; when it came to the signing, I couldn’t remember or know I could look it up on my BSL or my script as we had changed who was saying what, as well as changing the words to make the scene for the deaf audience. I find the best way was to learn the signs and I could and then add the words over the top when I got the script.

At the end of the holiday I know the signs but I am not as strong as I was hoping to be at the end of the holiday. I am glad that I have learnt it so I can go back and just work on delivering it and making sure I am signing it clearly.

My teacher scene is still my strongest scene to signing as I can deliver and I can use my character to performance. I do need to practise it with someone talking the lines so I can get use to someone read as I sign because I know I do not sign the same and it makes it work.  So I am going to practice with my partner as well as when my partner is not there I can record someone else reading the lines so I can practice.

At the beginning of this project, I did not know much about the benefit system, so as I learned the signing, I was also getting more knowledge of this subject. I also find that working on our benefit section in physical theatre, I worked with someone who knows what it’s like to be on benefits, as well as what the benefit system is, and therefore I could get a primary source of information during the preparation of our roles. One very important aspect I found out was that each year they review you entitlement to benefit, which then means you do not get any support over the time you are getting reviewed, so it becomes hard to live when you aren’t working or getting money. I also know that being on benefits you get only the amount that the government thinks you need to live off, but sometimes that isn’t the right amount for the family or person.

The way I am going to develop my character for the panorama scene: the way I have gone about picking my character for this scene is looking at what I’m saying and what the feeling is from the speaker, but for this scene the speakers finish each other’s sentences and in signing they do not do that, so I find it hard to base my character of the speaker who’s playing the reporter. I feel that the way the signing has been done is through on- going conversation/discussion between two people on a TV show, which isn’t the same as the speakers where the reporter doesn’t know much about what she is talking about, so the report is putting in the right information.

The way I have thought about my character is looking at what they are saying and how they responding to the other characters on stage. Doing this, I started developing my character without realizing. On the other hand, with my teacher character I have worked on the different sentences first, and then when I learned them, I have linked all the sentences with that one character.