Performance Evaluation.
This will be my evaluation of the play "Kids In Camp". I'm going to be discussing things that we did well, while also giving constructive criticism.
I found that rehearsals would become difficult when everyone had a lot of ideas and we would have to adapt them to suit everyone; so that everyone agreed. We also had to find ways to make it more immersive using the ideas we would make and when we didn't think it was good enough we would have to scrap it and restart with an idea; which could become difficult because we would become stuck on the idea we had. We also found it difficult to make it immersive because we didn't know how the audience would react to what we were doing; we had to be careful not to offend or upset anyone with the piece we were doing.
For my group Guantanamo Bay we developed an idea from the book "Guantanamo Boy" and we decided to use a chapter from the book using physical theatre and with audio extracts from the book playing in the background. We also decided to research about more in depth parts of our piece trying to focus on how the detainees might feel as well as be treated; this was so we could create a more realistic play. Other people said they developed their play by writing and developing their play and then deciding to edit certain parts. North Korea said that they were divided with what ideas they had and what ones they had to develop so that they would be able to all agree.
For my group Guantanamo Bay we developed most of our piece using lighting and props because we found that it gave our piece more atmosphere and we also knew that the flashing lights were used in Guantanamo Bay.
One piece from someone else's group that I liked was Camp America's entrance piece. I found that it was very immersive and uplifted the audiences spirits. I think that was a nice structured piece because the energy in the piece was high and was quite fun to watch.
The most important thing I learnt was that creating a play is more complicated then it seems and that even the small details matter. We researched a lot of things and added them to our pieces even though the audience might not have noticed we as the actors who created it knew they were there and we knew that those small details mattered to our piece.
Angel thought that technology sometimes can't always be relied on so there should always be a plan B in case something goes wrong and I agree because we have to be able to know what to do if something goes wrong.
I think the audience were shocked by the play that we showed them because it was based of such a real and serious topic that sometimes it could be overwhelming for the audience. But I think this was a good thing because it showed them it a serious way that they would understand and would remember without having to actually be there. We got our point across and they understood what we were trying to say to them. Which is what we wanted to do.
For my group Guantanamo Bay we developed an idea from the book "Guantanamo Boy" and we decided to use a chapter from the book using physical theatre and with audio extracts from the book playing in the background. We also decided to research about more in depth parts of our piece trying to focus on how the detainees might feel as well as be treated; this was so we could create a more realistic play. Other people said they developed their play by writing and developing their play and then deciding to edit certain parts. North Korea said that they were divided with what ideas they had and what ones they had to develop so that they would be able to all agree.
For my group Guantanamo Bay we developed most of our piece using lighting and props because we found that it gave our piece more atmosphere and we also knew that the flashing lights were used in Guantanamo Bay.
One piece from someone else's group that I liked was Camp America's entrance piece. I found that it was very immersive and uplifted the audiences spirits. I think that was a nice structured piece because the energy in the piece was high and was quite fun to watch.
The most important thing I learnt was that creating a play is more complicated then it seems and that even the small details matter. We researched a lot of things and added them to our pieces even though the audience might not have noticed we as the actors who created it knew they were there and we knew that those small details mattered to our piece.
Angel thought that technology sometimes can't always be relied on so there should always be a plan B in case something goes wrong and I agree because we have to be able to know what to do if something goes wrong.
I think the audience were shocked by the play that we showed them because it was based of such a real and serious topic that sometimes it could be overwhelming for the audience. But I think this was a good thing because it showed them it a serious way that they would understand and would remember without having to actually be there. We got our point across and they understood what we were trying to say to them. Which is what we wanted to do.
