UAL Level 2 Week 6


Monday (No Lesson)


Tuesday (No Lesson)


Wednesday (No Lesson)


Thursday 3rd November 

Acting Lesson (Silent Movie Project):

• At the start of the lesson we went through the introduction to the assignment, we all sat in a semi-circle and read through the assignment together making sure we all clearly understood what we had to do and what the assignment consisted of. We also discussed the important elements of the assignment as a group such as the way we would need to use body expression and features in order to further show emphasis as we are not going to be able to speak so we will have to make our actions speak louder than words.
• We then did a quick body warm up to get our body relaxed and in order to improve on our isolation of certain body parts, this helps to make each body part more free-moving and allows us to be able to put better focus on each body part whilst acting.
• After this we did a short Mime exercise where as a group we had to pretend that we were holding an iron bar and had to move it around. Then we had to do it on our own one by one and show the rest of the class.

Friday 4th November

Acting Lesson (Silent Movie Project):

• To start the lesson off, as a group we did a bodily warm including various different stretches which allowed us to gain a better awareness of our bodies, it also allows us to develop our bodies to move better and more freely.  
• Shortly after this, we moved onto a teeth cleaning exercise where we had to Mime cleaning our teeth as a group, then we had to do it in front of each other one by one with Rob adding more stuff on such as miming popping a spot on our face then going to open the door. This helps us to further develop our skills with just using our body which then further links into making our production of the silent movie better as we cannot speak so the use of our body will have to be as good as can possibly be.

• Then we did a short exercise developing a small piece of work, with my partner, we decided to try and make our piece somewhat comedic, we started off by having my partner bring me some coffee then "accidentally" spill it on my lap, I then get up and start trying to wipe it of, she then brings me some water to drink which is hot so it burns my mouth, I then pour it on her and start to walk away, she taps on my shoulder and punches me in the face and I fall to my knees as she pretends to be a bird tweeting and flying around me, it ends with me asleep on the floor and her skipping away.
• Overall the piece worked well as the rest of the class found it funny which was good as we were trying to make a comedy, we could've improved on it by focusing and developing on that idea rather than trying to figure out various different ones thinking they would be better thus taking time away from our main one.