Thursday 18th October 2012 Evaluation

Thursday 18th October 2012

I think that the performance went really well, we were all on point with our lines and blocking and you could really feel the energy that was created within the different scenes as if you were really there. The audience responded really well to our piece and understood the plot line and the underline issue we wanted to convey. Feedback was that we had good transition of characters, physicality and focus.

The risk

1st group: I think that they had a good underline story of what they wanted to show, i think the characters were there and they had good ideas of where it was set and how they wanted to relate each characters stories to different settings. But because it was outside and we had to follow the narrator i found it very hard to focus and hear what she was saying as she had her back to us so her voice just got lost. I also thought the ending was a little bit cheesy when they sang the song, i think if they were a bit more creative with it I wouldn't have found it as cheesy. I liked the gesture with the balloons, i thought that was a creative idea as I was wondering what we were going to do with them.

2nd group: I really liked the concept of the piece and the story they were trying to tell, they had good physicality when representing the bird cage and then again conveying the bird free at the end. A lot of thought when into the story lines for each of the characters. I think they could have worked better at the transition between the scenes to make it look a lot smoother so there was a clear definition between each new scene. I am not a fan of party scenes in plays, because they can go very wrong and look very cheesy, i feel like if more energy was put into that scene it would have been a lot better and set the tone for the rest of the play as i felt they were just going through the motions they didn't really believe they were at a party.

3rd group: I thought the idea was really creative and different to have us all be part of the club scene as if we were real people out who suddenly are on lookers to the events that typically take place in night clubs. I think the characters were relatable and believable, they portrayed what really does happen in these type of situations. But i feel that because the music was so loud you couldn't hear what they were saying so a lot of the text was lost so you didn't know what they were talking about or what was happening. I think it was a good idea using the torches to zone in on who was talking or acting within the scene. I think if they'd have thought about the setting they had chosen and thought of ways to changed it up a little bit so we could hear it would have worked a lot better.

4th Solo piece: I think she had a very good monologue that she had pieced together, very descriptive and creative language that she had used, but i feel like it got lost because it felt like she was reading off the page so i wasn't really believing what she was saying. I couldn't get lost in the powerful words she had chosen. I think if she was a little more creative with her character and had more thought process it would have been really good and more impacting.

The Edge

Sam solo piece: I liked the idea she had come up with, keeping it very simple and quite intimate with the audience. I thought she did really well to capture the emotion she was trying to put across and i liked that it didn't have any words at all, it was something different. But because it had no words I wanted her to do something more for the lack of words, as I felt like it went on a bit too long and I wanted her to build up the emotion even more and take us with her on this emotional journey, because after a while it felt quite repetitive.

2nd group: I think the idea and the structure for the piece was good and interesting, I thought they all had good characters and had good physicality. They portrayed the story really well and you could see they knew the direction they wanted to the piece to go in. I liked the storyline and the difference in characters, they played on the cliche's a little bit but i don't think the comedy would have worked with out it. I think that the story was quite predictable because there are so many superhero films and stories that have the same story lines and endings. I think some of the comedy got lost because some of them played in the audiences reaction and went a bit over the top.

Overall I think you can see that everyone has really good ideas but its knowing where to put them and find a structure that is suitable for the piece. I think its now about making that transition from a GCSE level piece and going even higher and thinking outside the box a lot more and making ideas not so predictable, keeping things original. I really enjoyed everyones pieces but there are certain aspects that get in the way of making the pieces better and polished.