Macbeth task 4

A treacherous deed

Eric: this is a heist if any of you move you will be killed

James: I’ll go and grab the money from the vault

Attendant you won’t get away with this you fools [gets shot by Eric]

James: no

Eric: yes now go and grab the money. [James runs of stage]

Regret

[They exit the bank]

Eric: are you sure you didn’t set off any alarms

James: I’m sure I didn’t

[Police cars pull up outside]

Eric: are you still sure

Police man: you’re under arrest so put your hands 

behind your heads

[They get put in police cars and took to court]

Judge: you’re both sentenced to 17 years in prison

for murder and major theft

Eric: I hate you James

macbeth 3

Planning together

James: hi Eric how… [Eric buts in]

Eric: oh hi come and see this. I’ve finally found the blueprints.

James: wha

Eric: of the bank of England or should I say former bank of England once we’ve done our job.

James: I am not robbing the bank of England no matter what.

Eric; what you a weak scardy cat. Cause you know what ill kick you onto the street and I’ll see how long you survive.

James: what no way please I’ll be your slave and always do what you want me to.

Eric: ok then slave you’re coming to the bank of England.

James: come on Eric

Eric: get out the door you’re going to the street.

James: fine ill come with you.

A false welcome

Eric: Oh hello we’ve come for the tour of the vault.

Attendant: Ok if you’d just come with me and the rest of the group.

Eric: Ok. He and James are successful business men and we want to come and see it all before we set up an account here.

Macbeth 1

Macbeth 1

The original play Macbeth starts in a scene where there are three witches who meet on a beach on a cold stormy day where they bury an arm holding a dagger and other things. In my opinion this makes the audience feel uneasy and scared as they might then think the witches could kill them. The setting and weather also helps achieve this feel as people are often scared of storms plus if it were to be a really sunny day it wouldn’t build that tension that the stormy beach creates. I think this would also make some people jumpy as they might think someone was a witch or that there could be something scary buried beneath them. I think this will be a scary play as the first scene often represents a scene.

In our group we created the atmosphere of a windy heath by pretending to battle with the wind to walk forward and when we were standing still we were actually pretending to be pushed around by the wind. We created tension by having the witches hide so the audience didn’t know they were the witches and then the witches suddenly moved when Macbeth got close. We put the right sort of emotions in our voices using pitch projection and articulation.

Ernie’s Incredible Illucinations 2 “As a director” improved

To practice I would make them play it like a game. First they would get 100 points.  Whenever they turned their back to the audience, forgot there lines or did something they weren’t meant to they would have 1 point deducted and whoever had the most points at the end would win. This would encourage them to keep to their role and remember their lines. Another thing I would do is when there practicing their role I would make them think as if they were in that situation so they would not just say their  lines they would sort of live them, this will make the play sound more realistic. If something like the boxers sleeve unrolled I would tell them to re roll it like there character would so the boxer would roll it up in one hand while holding his other hand in a punching position. I  position auntie may Ernie and the man in the back right corner of the stage so there half facing the audience and half facing the ring so the audience still gets the impression that they are watching the boxing while the audience can still clearly see their faces. The boxer would be in the centre of the stage facing towards the audience with the referee standing behind him to the left, this would make it seem like the referee is slightly scared of the boxer and his abilities. When auntie may steps into the ring the boxer will slightly turn that way just enough to see her while having his face still visible to the audience this will mean the audience can still see his facial expressions and hear him while still getting the impression of him looking at auntie may. All of these things will produce a well-organized play which looks professional. However, the hot-seat can develop the performance because the character that they act will feel a different way as if they were doing the play itself. Foe example, I would ask Ernie why he didn't try and stop Auntie May from getting in the ring, and he might respond like, because there was no stopping her once she has made up her mind. We will find out that Ernie love the incredible illucinations     and does not want them to stop. Ernie will feel energetic about it and can not keep still, only when it gets serious he stops

assessment for perform

Assessment for perform.

  In the play me and my group stayed in role all the way through the play even if there was distractions.my group also responded fluently to others during the play while we still showed our objectives through are actions. We also had an understanding of our lines and knew what they meant. My group also projected our voices while still articulating our lines clearly. However I don’t think that we used pitch clearly enough to fully show our characters emotions to the audience and also I don’t think we really used pace and pauses to add emphasis and show our characters trembles and emotions. We all used lots of facial expressions to show our characters emotions. Also we made sure the audience could see our faces and we didn’t block out there view. However I am not sure that we used planned blocking as we didn’t block each over from the view of the audience. We didn’t use posture to show our emotions much but we didn’t use gestures at all to show are emotions.

Ernie’s Incredible Illucinations 2 “As a director”

Ernie’s Incredible Illucinations 2 “As a director”

To practice I would make them play it like a game. First they would get 100 points.  Whenever they turned their back to the audience, forgot there lines or did something they weren’t meant to they would have 1 point deducted and whoever had the most points at the end would win. This would encourage them to keep to their role and remember their lines. Another thing I would do is when there practicing their role I would make them think as if they were in that situation so they would not just say their  lines they would sort of live them, this will make the play sound more realistic. If something like the boxers sleeve unrolled I would tell them to re roll it like there character would so the boxer would roll it up in one hand while holding his other hand in a punching position. I  position auntie may Ernie and the man in the back right corner of the stage so there half facing the audience and half facing the ring so the audience still gets the impression that they are watching the boxing while the audience can still clearly see their faces. The boxer would be in the centre of the stage facing towards the audience with the referee standing behind him to the left, this would make it seem like the referee is slightly scared of the boxer and his abilities. When auntie may steps into the ring the boxer will slightly turn that way just enough to see her while having his face still visible to the audience this will mean the audience can still see his facial expressions and hear him while still getting the impression of him looking at auntie may. All of these things will produce a well-organized play which looks professional.

earnies illucinations lesson 1

character                A person in the world of the drama, played by an actor.

action                     What a character does to try to achieve an objective.

facial expression      How your character shows emotion on their face

articulation               Making your voice (consonants) clear.

pitch                         How high or low your character’s voice is.

objective                   What a character wants in a scene.

projection                  Making your voice (vowels) loud without shouting.

posture                      How your character stands (or sits)

gesture                      how your character moves their hands