Feedback Unit 10 Run 25/3

Baggage

Radley – Brought an instant flair, confidence and enthusiasm to the part

Gwen – need to make sure that you are cutting him off when needed

R – Lost the enthusiasm within a minute

R  – Reaction to hearing ‘Kevin’ very good!

G – More surprised at Grahams response “she should be glad...

Blade – need to be more confident in the part of Kevin, he is the BIG MAN, absolutely loves himself

R – Good and still trying to keep up beat, even though scared of Kev, very good scared acting!

B – When you came on, you were looking at mum, the line “aren’t you going to look at mum” doesn’t make sense

B – Surprise at “2 years”

R – Don’t forget that we play the line “talk about pissing your money away”

R – You should be thinking “i bought you that sandwich, you ungrateful bastard”

B – We need to see much more aggression in the part of Kevin

R – You have something on him, you know something he doesn’t, your mum is dying

R- Really good at the changing of seats

R – “I fucking am” was brilliant

R – The scared of him was good but it got quite samey after about 10 mins, i wanted to see something, like anxiety, aggression or even pure anger

G – need to see much more of the fact that you are extremely doting on your mum, much more care and anxiety at the fact that she is DYING!!!! VERTUALLY DEAD!!!!!!!!

B – I lost all the confidence in the part of Kevin, you played him quite static. He is a big ball of anger.

R – After the “always been a prick” i wanted you to go to your mum and sit in ‘his’ chair

G – We lost all the anger at the end, very quite monotone, need to work really hard on your line and make sure that you are 100%

R – Very good acting which the other 2 are bickering! Play the “I helped as well” as a joke, lighten the mood

B – “Thats my mum there” is an incredibly powerful line and we lost it

R + B – The “sandwich” lines at the were very good

Overall, it is a poor scene that needs a lot of work! How can i help you? Please give me some honest, constructive ideas and i can create and develop some exercises for it!

Millennium

Frost – I need to see love and lust in your eyes for Joey

F – Your enthusiasm and energy is really good, i want to see it even more

Gwen – Your face when he is squeezing you is very good

Shaun – Your entrance needs to be MUCH bigger, your energy and enthusiasm needs to be 10 times bigger, at the moment Ewan is bigger than you

G – I couldn’t see Joey in the part; it was very much like Gwen. We need to do a lot of character development for you.

F – “River” line, beautiful

G – Slap was brilliant, maybe even bigger

F – Don’t forget your face, it hurts, its not just physical pain, she has broken your heart by slapping you!

Yiannis – Enthusiasm and energy got totally lost, virtually didn’t exist

G – need to be attracted to whoever you kiss later on in the scene, there needs to be some prep work!!

Y – “Shagged your sister” was funny, very well done!!

F – Lost all the work that we done on the “Youve got something on your face line”, it was nowhere near as strong as it should/could be!

Overall, the scene is not even nearly as good as it could be! The text needs to flow quicker, more fluidly and the comedy needs to be played a lot more.

Energy in that scene is extremely important, without it, the scene completely flops.

Dark matter

Radley – Beautiful acting at the start, complete focus, concentration and didn’t drop character at all!

R- You played it without the feebleness, you were a stronger and more powerful character that Amy

Paige – need to take more power and control

P – Do not look at his script, it breaks character and ruins it for a matter of seconds.

R – You played it with strength, i wanted you to grab her, hold onto her and MAKE her listen to you

R – “Deepest darkest fantasy” line, when you looked out, it was great.

R – The slap needs to be harder and bigger

P – Same criticism as the slap

P + R – I missed the touching, you two are a couple, there would be touching, even a little.

P + R – The connection between you two is brilliant, the power struggle between them, the fact that at one point he was very obviously in control of her but a second of two later, the table completely turn

Overall, the scene is strong. The connection between the two of you is very good, strong but not quite strong enough. I like what the both of you done with the changing of power BUT i think that it needs to be much more dramatic.

Energy and characterisations in the scene need a LOT of work.

Every bit

Yiannis – You have lost the accent and the energy!! You have lost the enthusiasm for your film.

Alex – Well done for going for the accent! It is a great idea, i think that an accent will work, not that one though!

A – Your energy was fantastic, as an audience member, i was feeding off of it!

A – There was not enough acting while you were not speaking, your reactions great

Y – I really wanted you to do an Irish Accent when you did the final line at the beginning

A – When it was just you on stage, it was funny but i didn’t see your face once, need to bring your head up

Catia – You need to take more control of Ian, especially when you are having a go at him

Y + C – When it is just the two of you, the scene completely flops, there is no energy

Sophie – I am really disappointed that you were not even willing to give that part a go

Nicole – You need to push yourself with the part more, give it more sexiness and pure sex appeal

A – You need to be a lot more in control of Twinkle Star, using your hands, touching her and controlling her.

C – When you are Tracy/Latisia, id like you to please play Tracy with a Portugese Accent and Latisia as RP

Paige – there was not enough movement, very static except the end of your little sexy mini-monologue

Overall, was not as strong as it has been. The characteristics from all were not up to par, it is a very well-written. Funny and comedic but the comedy timing, enthusiasm and energy were lacking. Each of the characters need to work on characterisations, lines and development.

Coming up

Shaun – Your character has come on leaps and bounds. I like what you have done with the part, i need to see more

S – On the “Look chris” line, go and sit next to him

S – Need to get your hair sorted, make sure that it is out of your face

S – Need to work on your lines loads!!

Yiannis – Your first entrance was good, it stole the scene!

S – Need to come out from behind Ben, completely lost sight of you

Y – Good characterisations need to concentrate though, don’t let your eyes wonder

S – Make sure that you bring out the masculinity towards the end from the line “i wish i was your age”

S – Dont loose character, concentrate on every word, every line and every emotion.

S – What are your emotions? What do you want to achieve?

G – Very good, thank you for filling in, please learn the lines!

Overall, it is a weak scene; Yiannis has the strongest characterisation and the least lines. Shaun, please make sure that you are 100% on your lines.

Monologue

Samantha – I could see all the emotions in your face and voice, really very impressive, I’d like to see you physicalise the words more. I really want to hear your breathe, use the breathe, it could be extremely strong. It’s really fantastic that you know the whole monologue, i would see that you had were thinking about what Nicole was saying, the thought process was really brilliant.

Nicole, you gave us a totally different take on the character, completely opposing what Samantha’s way of doing it, you really complimented what she was doing. I would have liked to have seen your eyes much MUCH more, you need to bring your head up when you read, when you were not talking it was great, the acting off speech was great. You were using your breath and it worked very well.