Acting Performance Evaluation

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EVALUATION After rereading my original skills audit sheet, I feel I have improved in quite a few areas throughout the time we have had to rehearse. As my speciality in performing arts is singing, I decided that I wanted to perform a song in the final production of Love and Loss. I am singing a song that I wrote myself, Without You. I decided that I wanted to improve on my breathing in my performances, and so I did when I performed Without You. I did this in quite a few ways; I realised that I needed to calm my nerves so it wouldn't result in me missing out lines and forgetting to breathe. I drank a lot of water before performing and braced myself. Also, I added notes on my lyric sheet as to when I need to breathe and this definitely helped…show more content…
As I volunteered to be the hair and makeup artists in this brief, it made me explore and develop how many different aspects there are to the way people have to appear on stage, especially in the era we we're focussing in on, which was the 1940s. I also found I learned to cooperate with every member of the company when rehearsing. It is vital that all members of a company get along with each other in order to put on a performance to the maximum ability of an actor. If someone had a dispute within the group, we always tried our best to resolve it. We tended to put all fights and little arguments behind us, because in the performing arts industry your main focus is to work hard to polish and perfect a performance. We all got on with each other really well and it tended to be the main lead roles that would occasionally bicker, but that was always resolved and put in the past. I have learned how to work in a group with other people in a sophisticated way, and this can help me in the future as I can apply my knowledge to other performances I will…show more content…
This can involve very basic make-up or vibrant visible stage make up. The work involves creating images and characters through the medium of make-up, hairstyles and prosthetics in accordance with a brief. I found that, unless the project the makeup artist is working on is huge, that makeup artists do work alone and don't usually have assistants in that process, as it can cause chaos and can become quite hectic when artists are working under pressure. There are aspects that the hair and makeup artists must do in order to receive a friendly vibe from the client (in our case, one of the performers form The Kompany). The artists must visualise the look they are wanting to create on the client before they actually proceed . The artist should have an awareness of the time conditions and know how long they have to work with the performer. This will lower the chances of the artists working under pressure, hence not fulfilling their duty up to their maximum potential. Also, research should be done prior to the application of the hair/makeup procedure, as this will give the artist and idea and understanding of the kind of look the performer needs to portray. As well as this, it is vital that the artists is friendly and welcoming to the performer, as maintaining ties will minimize any disagreement within the

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