UAL Level 2 Week 7 

Monday 7th November

Blog Lesson:

• Starting off the lesson we looked at a documentary on Britney Spears where it was the build up to her concert of Work It B*tch, we did this because different parts of it linked into the project we are doing for our production, for example we saw people such as costume designer and hair and make-up which links into some of the roles that people in class are doing. 

• Aside from that we also did this because it was a test to see how well we can depict answers for questions from watching the video itself, and to develop our ability to understand themes from different productions.
• After this we then moved onto catching up on our blogs and adding more to it from previous lessons.

Acting Lesson:

• Looked at 2 different silent movie clips such as Nosferatu and Charlie Chaplin's Lion Cage. We did to gain a better understanding of the layout and format and general idea of how a silent film is done. The 2 clips were very useful as they showed a clear contrast on how to perform different genres as Nosferatu was a horror and Charlie Chaplin was a comedy which is conveniently also the genre our silent film has to be based around.

Tuesday 8th November

Acting Lesson:

• The lesson began with a few simple warm ups which helped us in our ability to move more freely during the lesson which was good as it was the same lesson where we started to begin our ideas on the Silent Movie. After being places into our groups we had to make a scene based around each sentence we were given. My group was given "Leave me alone", developing on this we had many ideas on what to do as a scene, eventually we came up with and idea based around 'Mean Girls'. 

• We depicted from this and created a scene where one person showed up at a party but was not let in and was turned away until a bully came up with an idea to embarrass him, after being let in he asked if a girl called 'Arla' was there so that he could talk to her, using this the bullies then decided to play spin the bottle, after the bottle landed on my character and Arla, she led me to the bedroom and told me to get undressed, when I was done getting changed I called out and said I was ready then the bullies ran in and started taking pictures, the scene ended with me running off shouting "Leave me alone" (incorporating the sentence into the piece of work. 

• After that we then moved onto a scene at my house where my best friend (who threw the party) played by Jordan comes to my house and begins unknowingly mocking me, after recapping the events of the party the scene ends with me being frustrated and saying "Leave me alone" yet again adding the selected sentence to our piece of work. Swiftly moving onto the assembly scene the 2 bullies began to talk about the recent party then showed the pictures of me naked to everyone else there. After ending that scene we moved onto the final one where it was me reading out the comments about me on social media, after reading enough I throw my computer and end up shooting myself after the test of my group read out the abusive comments, then as I pull the gun up it is dead silent until a single clap is heard signalizing the gunshot, it ends with me lying on the floor.

• We finished off the lesson with each group showing the class the work that they had just come up with.

Movement Lesson: 

• As usual we started off with a board number exercise when there were numbers 1-8 like: 1. Run, 2. Walk etc. we did this for about 15 minutes until everyone was warmed up, after this we moved onto doing our stretches as usual before moving or bodies into our core exercises, this took longer that normal as we had to start again each time someone stopped, this core workout activity included crunches, plank and normal sit ups. Then after this we continued on and improved our 8-count dance routine with the class at the start with music then slowly remembering the beat trying to do it to no music. To finish off we had to find a partner to dance with, we did this for about 15 mins until the lesson was cut short by the fire alarm.

Production Lesson:

• To finish off the day we had a supply teacher who showed us the work that we would have to create and build on, but before this he showed us an example of his production in order to give us an idea of the work we have to put in and the outcome we would have to have come up with.

Wednesday (No Lesson)

Thursday 10th November

Acting lesson:

As the only lesson of the day we were able to completely focus on on the continuation and improvement of the idea we had come up with on Tuesday, but it was problematic as we had to perform the scenes again but this time in complete silence only using a few select word papers held up by different members of the group. After deciding on what to write on the paper we acted out the scenes and it was clear that there was a much bigger difference, it was harder to understand and follow without dialogue which proved difficult as some of the audience had forgotten parts from Tuesday so were confused of as to what was going on. After running it through we as before, finished the lesson by watching everyone else perform and with a short discussion about the work we are doing and the different changes we know have to make.

Friday 11th November

Acting Lesson:

• At the start of the lesson we were told to come up with an idea for a new comedic silent film based around the idea of revolution which proved difficult as it meant we had to completely scrap the work that we were just working on. Thinking of a new idea proved difficult as the group was focused on the idea we had just come up with, at the start Jordan had come up with the idea of a do a dance revolution where it was all the students going against the teacher, but we had difficulties thinking about how to turn it into a performed piece. After some help from the teacher we were able to come up with an idea of how to turn it into a performed piece.