Second week of Westminster Kingsway   Monday 17th September 2018.

First Scripts.

Today we finally went through our Ancient Greek scripts for unit 1 - 4. I was given the play Hecuba who is a Trojan Queen taking revenge for the sacrifice of her daughter and lost of her son. So far i hardly know anything about my characters background or why she is the way she is but with time, i'm definitely going to further my knowledge and understanding, as i want my characterisation to reflect my characters personality well. I learnt that we would be doing performing our pieces in less than two weeks making me more capable of rehearsing my lines non- stop as soon i would like to add choreography and directions.

I am working in pair with one of my male peers as the part of Talthybius is a male part and hopefully the chemistry between our characters are clear and contrasting as i want to portray that our characters bounce of each other back and forth. Both our characters are both hot headed, meaning it should never be quiet or peaceful around us showing how tense and choking the atmosphere is. After going over the lines of the play we clearly knew the piece was good for both our own persona's as we could really make the piece work in our advantage. We were then given Learning Outcomes of everything we had to do to gain the levels we wanted and hope to gain. It was a clear guide of how to succeed in our acting course and move forward. I believe it helps so much as a little cheat of what we need and what we need to do to get the best, so for these few weeks i'm going to be following the cafeteria as it's my little acting Bible and hopefully it will help me so much to keep on improving and becoming better.

Background/How It's effective.

The story takes place after the war of Trojan and the Greeks are heading hope and Hecuba is depressed and upset over the sacrifice and loss of her son and daughter. In all Greek plays Hecuba is seen as the Bleakest one and is often compared to Shakespeare Hamlet. Overall the play is about revenge for family and family honour and power. This is one of the most important themes in the play as my vocal expression while talking would be be stern and full of venom when talking about my children. I now know that i am a very soft hearten but cold woman as my heart has been ripped apart by the loss, making me think with my heart instead of my head. For Hecuba Love is her main weakness as she is seen as a very strong headed woman in the beginning until the Trojan war occurs. This making me use the loss of my children as an excuse for my revenge and blood lust. Hecuba is a little like me in some sense so yes this is the perfect characters for me to fully make my own and really just own it.

With class coming to an end a pair then sat down facing each other and read out their lines in various tones and ways suggest by our teacher Rob, each time saying the sentences a different way or quietly or loudly. Each time they spoke it never sounded the same giving me an insight that we could play about with the way we spoke or perhaps put emphasise on certain words giving it therefore more meaning or understanding. Today i learnt a lot about trying new things and not just sticking to what you are used to as things may go better than other things. One thing I learnt is COME OUT YOUR SAFE SPACE.