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Performing &
Production Arts
Unit 8 Project Proposal
Candidate
Name Tayah gracie lewis
Candidate
Number
Pathway L3 performing arts
Section 1: Review
prior to starting this course I had very few experience in the world of theatre, my main experience being
GCSE drama and a few school productions, so I had limited knowledge on the world of theatre and how
things work. I decided to come to BTA as I really wanted to develop my skills as an actor and gain a
broader knowledge on how I can make a career out of my aspirations. Ive also always been quite on
and off with how I feel about theatre for me its very much a love hate relationship, ive always said that I
wanted to go into film rather than theatre and being in front a camera is all I wanted to do, and if im
being honest id seen a couple pieces of theatre and I never watched anything and was really drawn in
and thought that’s what I want to do so I was sceptical when choosing to join bta just as I thought I
would feel out of place and not in it as much as everybody else and I thought I wouldn’t gain the skills
that w I wanted or needed to go into this industry, luckily I did give it a go because my perspective has
completely changed and ive learned so much just in these few months my fears of being out of place
went instantly as there is such a strong sence of community and it is honestly the loveliest group of
people I have ever met, ive learned how to be part of an ensemble, ive gained an appreciation for
theatre workers not just actors but all of those who do work behind the scenes and I actually find it all
extremely interesting, also I feel really lucky to get to see all the theatre that we do with this course even
if its something that I wouldn’t watch again I can be interested in the message behind it and the work
that went into it. I also lacked a lot of confidence but I now know I am able to perform infront of a live
audience and I find myself excited to start working on stage combat and dance and musical theatre
which are things I was never too interested in before. I also feel comfortable with working on looking
deeper into a script and moulding myself into a character and my ability to express my ideas with the
group has grown massively. I really look forward to continue to work on these skills next year.
Section 2: Project Concept
Our FMP is the play buckets written by adam barnard it is a very episodic play consisting of a variety of
short scenes that have no obvious connection to one another, the play has a strong sence of obscurity
which we really took advantage of to make it our own, in the very early sessions of our rehearsals our
director scott gave us a task with random characters and random places and a random genre to make a
short scene to show us that you can make things as wacky and wild as you want. We have a total of six
weeks to expand ideas and do tasks with our director and our movement director to create a fun yet
moving, chaotic and overall brilliant piece of theatre. If I were to put the theme of this play into one
sentence I would probably say its like seeing a small window into peoples lives who are coming to the
realiseation that time eventually runs out. The play could be seen almost in a dystopian manner with no
true time period or characters we can change the tone of the play with a few subtle changes while still
keeping the same theme with the idea of death always looming over our heads and making our
audience question if they’re living their lives to the fullest.
Section 3: Evaluation
so far with evaluating I have been doing weekly reflection videos where I discuss everything
that we had done during that week and to help me continue to do that I will go through each
session writing down any important information from that day, and I will make sure that I am
organized with all of the equipment that I need, I am also going to update my action plan daily
as it makes it easier for me to keep on top of everything it will also let me see how I have
progressed as the weeks have gone buy and it will be interesting to see each step slowly make
its way into becoming a play. We will also be getting feedback from our director after every
session that will help me to reflect on my work and generally we will be communicating with
each other as cast members and supporting eachother all the way through this process. Also
just to add to this there will be many photographs taken by us to document our process.
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Week Date Week Activity / What you are intending to do - Resources / What you will need to do it -
Beginning including independent study including access to workshops
INDEPENDENT:
I need to begin making notes on any scenes
that I have ideas for.
2 We started to look at the first scene of the -pen
27/02/23 play doctor, we discussed as a group and - notebook
thought we needed a strong opening so we -script
were put into smaller groups and talked
about any ideas we may have on staging
the scene, we then performed the short
pieces then were told to add 5 small
moments before the script begins and
performed that.
INDEPENDENT:
I want to do more research into this play and
others similar to it.
3 06/03/23 we looked more at physical theatre and how - Pen
we can play with it to incorporate into our - Script
production, we did an exercise of walking - Notes
around the room at different places to play
with movement dynamics, we then were put
in threes to play with the idea of using our
bodies as an object to be manipulated this
was a very effective exercise as we had to
close our eyes and trust the others around
us. We then did a technique called flocking,
and then did an exercise of following
someone’s palm with our bodies, we then
did some lifts.
INDEPENDENT:
Use notes to do my weekly reflection and do
some research on physical theatre used in
plays
4 we formed a circle in which there was props - Pen
13/03/23 and one at a time we would go in the circle - Notes
and start improvising a scene and watched - script
the scene grow as more props were given.
we then went into small groups and were
given a costume that we had to work
together to create a scene and move the
costume as a lifelike character of its own,
we then shared with the group and talked
about what worked and what didn’t. we then
looked at the scene pet project in more
detail and performed a scene once we did
that two groups merged together and
reimagined our scene.
INDEPENDENT:
I’m going to do further research on
improvising and the best techniques for
thinking on your feet
5 We didn’t have Scott today instead we - script
20/03/23 had Alice lamb, we started the session
with a game of splatagories, and then
read through the scene terms and
conditions, we then got into small
groups and devised a short piece on ai.
We then shared our work and discussed
what we liked. We then got into different
groups to perform an interpretation of
the scene terms and conditions. At the
end of the session I gave 3 scenes that
I wanted to be in.