Full Year Evaluation - Unit 8

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Full Year Evaluation

I still remember from when I first joined and I was quiet and nervous to get myself involved in some of the warm-ups never mind thinking about auditioning for shows. At first I didn't this life was for me due to everyone seeming to fit in easier and comfortable whereas it took me a while since I had never, even done a show before or performed infront of 100s of people. Our first project was ghost light tours for immersive theatre work, I auditioned for the role of the bartender thinking I was ready to already tackle something so difficult, but it wasn't my time because as soon as I had gone over to Kelly for my audition I had to use the script even though I had learnt everything off by heart, I ended up stuttering all my lines, ended up freezing and my hands were also shaking since this was my first real audition and I had no idea what I was doing. It was obvious I didn't get the role asit was clear I wasn't ready I even spoke to Kelly afterwards and explained that this was the first audition I had ever done. In my opinion I got a better role anyways being part of the vaudeville acts. My character was one of the 2 brothers (Will being the other brother), and we had to make up our own blocking and comedy skit to a song of our choice in the vaudeville times, we took our experience from Charley Chaplin and used umbrellas with our props while also having a script where it was just us hitting each other with the umbrellas and saying the lines while doing our block sequence which was sort of like a dance with the umbrellas. After the halloween project it gave me the confidence I needed to audition for the Tinman in Wizard Of Oz. This time I felt ready to take this challenge on and I went into the audition room with a massive smile on my face telling Kelly and Kane that I was auditioning for the Tinman and the Lion as my second choice. I was offscript for the Tinman as that was the role that was my first choice, I was also mostly off script for lion there were just a few lines where I was on script. After auditions I was pleased with myself as I think it went smoothly and I felt I was able to understand both the characters the only challenge I struggled with was the american accent. When the show weeks came around I was ready for my role as Tinman as that what I had been casted as, my only struggles were the walk and pronouncing the word 'heart' in the accent. I also was part of the munchkins and ozians which were the ensemble, which I found quite fun and hard to always stay energetic as a munchkin and serious as an ozian. I was also in 3 christmas films where one I played a cop who is called to a break in and the other I played a homeless child who is the first ever person to get a toy from santa. The last film was a homeless punk who had been kicked out by their mam but some guy is nice enough to keep his spirits high as it is christmas time. Our next project was old times where I was going for the role of younger Kobi, throughout auditions I felt I was able to capture the energy of a 13 year old always staying bouncy and alive. I was casted as part of the understudy cast but we still did a show which I was pleased with as Kobi was one of my faviroute characters to date and I didn't want to not show my portrayal on the role. I was also casted a police officer for the main cast where I interorrage Aiden. This was my first time being casted with 2 different roles in a show so I was panicking whether or not I would be able to learn the lines as I had only had to learn one characters lines before. I took the challenge on and gave the police man my all and it made for a good character that fit into the story well. For our last projects we had Little Women as well as Last Resort and our end of year films. I decided to audition for some of the films as I felt Little Women wasn't for me but still went and auditioned for Laurie, when doing the audition Laurie it felt clear to me afterwards that I never understood the character fully as I played him agressive when hes just a kid whose been heartbroken and looking for love. For last resort I got the role of Damien and a surfer called Fraser after Aiden had dropped out, Damien for me feels like playing Kobi again but this time a more whiny version of him so I tried my best to sort of steer away from making him too much like Kobi which I think im doing a good job at. Fraser is just your typical surfer dude with the catch of instead of being high hes energetic and dumb which I think I capture perfectly when along side the other surfers Alan and Henry who are amazing and funny when I do it with them, sometime I ended up laughing during rehearals due to how funny they can be. For the films I was casted in quite a few, I got the role a teen whose been kidnapped and tied to a tree by a masked man, I was cast as a schitzophrenic detective which is my faviroute film role to date as I feel like I captured everything to my best and couldn't of asked for better peers to be filming with and couldn't of asked for a better director who is as imaginative as Robert, I played a sleazy lawyer who loves himself and thinks hes the best at everything he does. I was also a midfileder for a football documentary where I had to portray an idiot that couldn't play football in a trio called 'the three stooges'. I can't wait to see these films as I had an amazing time filming with all my amazing peers with the laughs we got out of them and just the amazing camera work and directing work as well, every film was such a wholesome experience and I can't wait to hopefully do more in the future if given the opportunity. Last was Little Women which at the start I was scared to try as I felt that classical just wasn't my thing and it's something I could never see me doing. I decided to take it on and got cast as Ned and the Mr. March where I managed to portray both characters different to one another and convince the audience and the director (Kelly) that I was a loving father. I can't wait for the memories next year brings with everyone and I'm happy to say that I am now on the right course in life even if I was bit unsure at first, but I can't wait for what I have to challenge my self to try and overcome next.