Portfolio: extract 1: section 1: research and performance development:
The two extracts I decided to perform were extract 1 Punk Rock in the style of Stanislavsky and for extract 2, East in the style of the practitioner, Berkoff. The two plays in comparison are very different. East is incredibly intense, both vocally and physically, pushing both the actors and the audience to the limit. Whereas in Punk Rock I was leaning more so to a naturalistic format in the style of Stanislavsky works in requires you to release all tension in the body, to speak clearly and naturally move about the space, the very opposite of East performed in the style of Berkoff.
The possibilities that were offered with extract 2, East were that we could explore very …show more content…
On the other hand Stanislavsky was a little more challenging as there is no obvious way of improving your acting, as it is traditional naturalistic theatre, but he used techniques, as well as the objective, he used the power of the 'magic if', putting yourself in the shoes of the actor as to what would they be feeling at that exact moment. For example in Punk Rock my character William Carlisle is very socially awkward, yet his objective is to show Lily that he is confident and intelligent. In order to show this slight awkwardness, I would stutter and give hesitant grins now and again, which helped to communicate to the audience, by being hard to watch, his social difficulty. The audience probably felt some sympathy towards my character because of my portrayal on stage. East was the complete opposite as my character, Les is a character who has to show his feelings and emotions both as part of an ensemble and as a protagonist, is driven by sexual desire for young girls. Therefore less sympathy would be felt towards Les, as Berkoff wanted to break the fourth wall and make the audience feel uncomfortable, removing the fact that he lusts for young girls, as he says 'maybe fourteen or fifteen' in his …show more content…
To develop my initial ideas I asked the rest of the group how I could improve my monologue on Les and one of them said that I should perform it with a great change in pace and full of energy, up to the point where I feel I have pushed myself to limits as I began to sweat half way through my monologue just from speaking, let alone incorporating movement into that. To develop my ideas in Punk Rock just like I did for East, I consulted my partner and we successfully discussed why a certain part in the scene was weak and did not show that either of us was using the magic if. The development that occurred was using an important part to Stanislavsky's theory of practice, emotion memory, deepen your feelings and reactions by recalling experiences of a physical, mental or emotional
The two extracts I decided to perform were extract 1 Punk Rock in the style of Stanislavsky and for extract 2, East in the style of the practitioner, Berkoff. The two plays in comparison are very different. East is incredibly intense, both vocally and physically, pushing both the actors and the audience to the limit. Whereas in Punk Rock I was leaning more so to a naturalistic format in the style of Stanislavsky works in requires you to release all tension in the body, to speak clearly and naturally move about the space, the very opposite of East performed in the style of Berkoff.
The possibilities that were offered with extract 2, East were that we could explore very …show more content…
On the other hand Stanislavsky was a little more challenging as there is no obvious way of improving your acting, as it is traditional naturalistic theatre, but he used techniques, as well as the objective, he used the power of the 'magic if', putting yourself in the shoes of the actor as to what would they be feeling at that exact moment. For example in Punk Rock my character William Carlisle is very socially awkward, yet his objective is to show Lily that he is confident and intelligent. In order to show this slight awkwardness, I would stutter and give hesitant grins now and again, which helped to communicate to the audience, by being hard to watch, his social difficulty. The audience probably felt some sympathy towards my character because of my portrayal on stage. East was the complete opposite as my character, Les is a character who has to show his feelings and emotions both as part of an ensemble and as a protagonist, is driven by sexual desire for young girls. Therefore less sympathy would be felt towards Les, as Berkoff wanted to break the fourth wall and make the audience feel uncomfortable, removing the fact that he lusts for young girls, as he says 'maybe fourteen or fifteen' in his …show more content…
To develop my initial ideas I asked the rest of the group how I could improve my monologue on Les and one of them said that I should perform it with a great change in pace and full of energy, up to the point where I feel I have pushed myself to limits as I began to sweat half way through my monologue just from speaking, let alone incorporating movement into that. To develop my ideas in Punk Rock just like I did for East, I consulted my partner and we successfully discussed why a certain part in the scene was weak and did not show that either of us was using the magic if. The development that occurred was using an important part to Stanislavsky's theory of practice, emotion memory, deepen your feelings and reactions by recalling experiences of a physical, mental or emotional