Unit 9 Research

Cyber Bullying




Cyber bullying is any form of bullying which takes place online or through smartphones and tablets. Social networking sites, messaging apps, gaming sites and chat rooms such as Facebook, XBox Live, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat and other chat rooms can be great fun and a positive experience. Cyber bullying is rife on the internet and most young people will experience it or see it at some time. In our recent national bullying survey, 56% of young people said they have seen others be bullied online and 42% have felt unsafe online. Cyber bullying can happen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and it can go viral very fast.







The Effects of Cyber Bullying




For many cyber bullying affects their everyday lives and is a constant source of distress and worry.  With mobile technology being so freely available it is an ongoing issue and one that is relentless.  Not only does it go on after school, college or work has finished, but it then carries through into the next day and the cycle continues.  It has been well documented that cyber bullying has resulted in tragic events including suicide, and self-harm and clearly, more needs to be done in order to protect vulnerable children and adults from online bullying.

Unit 12

On Thursday we worked on our characters. At first we were walking around the space in neutral 

and we had to think of one word that would describe our character and I chose outgoing, the reason why I chose the word outgoing is from the way the waiter speaks in the play sounds a bit straight forward and I wanted to make the character more cheerful to make it more interesting and to challenge myself. We next had to think of two gestures to go with the word and one could be totally different to each other I chose for my first one was jumping in with jazz hands and the second on was praying. I chose these because I remember whilst reading the script that my character mentions Jesus a lot so I thought maybe to incorporated something to do with Jesus and praying was the first thing that came to my head. Next we got into groups of three and we had our characters meet each other by using only the gestures, sounds and two lines from the script and created a mini scene. We then joined up with another group using the same gestures and words and we tried to make a scene. By doing this helped me understand my character more and how I may want to play it for the show. 

 

Unit 9 Cupcakes and Knives

Unit 9 Cupcakes and Knives








During the first week of rehearsals, we had to produce a trailer as a to get a rough idea of what theme we wanted put across.


The second week we got into our groups and we had to create a time line for the rehearsal process and writing down the concept of the play for instance the characters, a quick idea of a plot, location of the play. As well as writing down scene by scene the sequences of event.

 The third week we finalised the scenes and started bringing the performance to our feet by rehearsing it and the hot seating of the characters to get a background understanding of where each of them came from. We also thought about how we would stage it and the props needed and sound effects as well to help create a certain atmosphere and mood for the audience.

The forth week we had challenges as one person did not agree to the role she was assigned and so, we had to adjust to the needs of the actor so that she felt comfortable with performing the role. Then we rehearsed a bit more until we thought it was up to standard and ready for the technical rehearsal. Overall, the day was successful.

Week five was the technical rehearsal. We went through the piece as though we were performing it making sure that everything was in the right place and we felt confident with what we were doing and the entrances and exits on stage. At first out concentration was all over the place, however, once we got into the piece, we felt that it went quite well. Also, during rehearsal and performance, the translations between scenes and characters were very clear and the message of the play as well. What needs to be developed to make it even better would  be the party scenes energy, commitment and transition from the start to the end of the scene.
 
 

Monologue

 I chose Lady Macbeth monologue it’s when Duncan is entering the castle but he doesn’t know that Macbeth is going to kill him and Macbeth is wanting help from the spirits that she’s calling to help her and to help Macbeth kill Duncan and I chose thins because I wanted to take a challenge and explore a character a tiny bit older than me so lady Macbeth would be perfect. I also liked the language Shakespeare uses for lady Macbeth and I can kind of relate to what she’s doing

Pros and Cons of higher education

Pros Of Drama School

- Great training for all types of performers, particularly actors;
- You get to meet important industry people and create strong connections and get more contacts.
- Final year showcases attract a lot of good talent agents;
- Agents and casting directors value actors with drama school training more.

Cons of  Drama School

- It’s difficult to get accepted 
- it’s expensive 
- some additional training maybe requires after graduating 
- there’s an extremely busy timetable


Pros of University 

- easier to get accepted 
- there’s a less packed schedule 
- enjoy student life

Cons of University 

- little chance of getting contacts and agents 
- it’s same cost of Drama school 
- poor acting training and it’s more hands on and theory 

Acting CV

Jessica Gale

                                                 

Mobile: 07321564333  

Email: galejessica36@gmail.com

Height: 5’2”

Build: Average

Hair colour: Brown

Eye colour: Hazel brown

Accents I can do: British

Skills: I do karate; I won a Bronze Arts Award and a multiple medals in Karate.

Credits

Theatre

Year	Type	Role	Production	Company	Director
2009	Play	Various	Rockford’s Rock Opera	Foulds School	Mrs Lam
2015	Play	Doctor George Bradman	Blithe Spirit	Queen Elizabeth Girls School	Mrs Malone
2015	Play	Landlady	Road and Two	Westminster Kingsway College (kings cross)	Rob Alexander
2016	Play	Hecuba	Trojan Women	Westminster Kingsway College (kings Cross)	Rob Alexander
2017	Play	Host/Elgamour	Two Gentlemen Of Verona	Westminster Kingsway College (kings  Cross)	Rob Alexander
2017	Play	Various	Blackout	Westminster Kingsway College (kings Cross)	Rob Alexander

   

TV and Film

2016

Short Silent Film

Teenage Girl

Chase

Westminster Kingsway College (kings cross)

Rob Alexander

Steven Berkoff Research

Steven Berkoff, is an English character actor, author, playwright and theatre director. As an actor, he is best known for his performances in villainous roles, such as Lt. Col Podovsky in Rambo: First Blood Part II, General Orlov in the James Bond film Octopussy, Victor Maitland in Beverly Hills Cop and Adolf Hitler in the TV mini-series War and Remembrance.


Berkoff started his theatre training in the Repertory Company at Her Majesty's Theatre in Barrow-in-Furness, for approximately two months, in June and July 1962.
As well as an actor, Berkoff is a noted playwright and theatre director, with a unique style of writing and performance. His earliest plays are adaptations of works by Franz Kafka: The Metamorphosis (1969); In the Penal Colony (1969) and The Trial (1971). In the 1970s and 1980s, he wrote a series of verse plays including East (1975), Greek (1980) and Decadence (1981), followed by West (1983), Sink the Belgrano! (1986), Massage (1997) and The Secret Love Life of Ophelia (2001). Berkoff described Sink the Belgrano! as "even by my modest standards ... one of the best things I have done"