EVALUATION OF OWN PERFORMANCE:

In our performance the most effective moment was the scene where Achillies at Patroclus are speaking/arguing. I see this as our most effective performance because we had two characters presenting Achillies and Patrocluses feelings and emotions. This was very effective becuase it made the audience think who was performing who’s emotion.

The least effective moment of our performance was scence 2 which was Hector and Hecuba arguing about their sons death. This did not feel very effective because there were only 2 characters speaking in this section which I personally think was abit to long and all characters faces/bodies were not show as they were under the cover, but they were showing death.

Using voice in our performance was very effective as we used different types of voice, as some were quiet and calm and others were very bold and loud. This was very effective because it shows how the character is feeling e.g when Achillies voice was very strong and loud it shows that he may be annoyed or angry. Body movement was used to make it look very effective, by this I mean how characters rotated around the stage and not just casual, we decide to try and show your emotions though moving and showing facial expressions. Body movement was also very timed in our scence becuase some scenes had moving at the same time. It was not just effective in these parts of the performance. but the majority of our performances movment was also effective e.g the beginning we was all in a straight line showing our emotions through our faves then stood on different sides of our performing area to show what side we are on. Facial expressions is another technique that I think was used very effectively in our performance through all of our scene as we were constantly showing how we was feeling through our faces when we did not have a speaking role.

Developing a character in our performance as we felt was easy with some characters and difficult with others. Achillies character was very easy to develop as we thought because he is a main character as it is easier for him to change or maybe even stay the same and not grow. My character was developed by me researching about my character and analysing text in the script that would maybe mention my character. I also looked at my use of movement and use of voice to depict my character, this was very helpful because i was then able to develop my character.

If our group was able to perform our piece again it could be different by having a different use of props, e.g using different objects for the audience to focus on, this would be very effective if it was one object involved.

 

 

EVALUATION OF OTHER PERFORMANCE- Jed,Louie,Teo and Jack’s group

The most effective moment in this performance was the beginning when their performance was very synchronised. I personally thought that this was very effective as their movement around the stage was looked very detailed. This is also effective because it made their whole performance look good as this was their opening, they also ended in the same position they started in. The least effective moment in this performance was that there was a lack of synchronisation in their final scene. Voice was used very effectively in their performance as they had different tones for different characters e.g Agamemnon’s voice was very loud as he had to stand out in that performance. Whereas Hectors performance was very quiet and soft, he only used a loud voice when needed.

This group did use facial expressions and body language in their performance as they needed to when not speaking otherwise they would look very odd and plain and would not be in character. When a character has a very bold, loud line to say they would need to show the angry in their face as it makes their performance look better. When it came to developing characters within their performance for me it was not very clear as i did not evaluate their planning process. This performance made me think about the world and how chaotic it really is.