WEEK 15 (Silence in the Wings)

This week in Kristen's session i was really looking forward to taking part in activities with the group again. We played a game of virtual guess who and this got the group talking, i felt really comfortable and confident this week. We then played a new game which i really enjoyed, as a group we had to act out different sounds to create an overall scenario such as a birthday party, jungle, school and someone in the group had to guess what we were acting out. I think the group was really good at this game because we all cooperated and worked together. I really enjoyed this weeks session and I'm excited to see what next weeks session will consist of.

During the last session of the week, my group and i discussed our set design for Silence in the Wings. I started off and shared my design to the group and they all gave me useful feedback. They liked the simplicity and split stage. The others also shared their designs and there were some really good ideas, for example, using lighting to create a split stage, a road street sign, an outdoor bench, using crates for indoor kitchen counters. Ava wrote down all the ideas that people liked and i was asked to draw up the final set design.

I enjoyed creating the final set design, i combined all of the good ideas from our separate designs and i really liked how the final design turned out.

WEEK 14 (Silence in the Wings)

For this weeks work on silence on the wings, we started off on Thursdays morning session with Kristen. Each time I join Kristen's session, I feel more comfortable talking with my group. This week we took part in more virtual exercises which I really enjoyed. One exercise we did was one truth and one lie, in which we had to come up with one true and one false lie about ourselves. This task was funny and I got to learn more about my class mates. We also took in turns to chat about how our week was and what we had been up to. I think these sessions are helping to build my confidence and I really enjoy taking part I them.

In the second session my class mates and I discussed the running order for the Silence in the Wings performance and we spoke about what we'd be comfortable saying. I have my answers to the question Emma and Amy are going to ask me. I also downloaded a copy of the running order because I thought it would be helpful. As we are planning more of the performance each week, I'm starting to feel better and less stressed about performing. I'm glad I have the role of DSM because I know more about this role than for example lighting.

In the last session, I had completed every task I needed to do so I checked over my set design and found ways to improve it. As my set design is a split scene, i added more detail to the outside such as fake flowers and plants to make the scene look outdoors.

Target: My target to complete next week is to take part in another session with Kristen and get to talk to everyone in my group.

Live talk with makeup artist Los Schiavo.

I had the opportunity to join award winning makeup artist Loz Schiavo in a live talk with Christine Blundell asking her many questions about her work on Peaky Blinders and the Discovery of Witches. It was a really good experience for me as I aspire to be a makeup artist like Loz Schiavo so it was helpful to hear about her experiences and her advice. The talk was an hour long and really enjoyable to listen to.

Being a big fan of the TV show: Peaky Blinders I found it really exciting to be able to be in the same chat room as the make up designer for the show.

There were almost 200 guests in the chat room and a lot of questions were sent in so unfortunately my question didn't get answered, however the host: CB MA sent me a helpful email discussing how they can help with any questions i'd like to ask.