Wednesday 7th March

On Wednesday morning we were given scripts from the soap Eastenders, we arranged ourselves into groups to turn them into acted scenes. The point of the exercise was to think about naturalistic acting (as soaps are naturalistic), how the scenes would be filmed (camera angles etc) and to be creative and involved within the task. It was also helpful to see the layout of a film/TV script as they are much different from a theatre or stage production script e.g there is less dialogue and more stage directions.



In the afternoon we organised ourselves into small groups in which we would devise a scene. The scene could be anything we wished as long as it contained certain elements, these were as follows; a moment of tension, a moment of heightened emotion, a moment of stillness, somebody entering the room, somebody leaving the room and a moment of humour. We called our scene The Secret, it was about a girl telling her Friend that she is pregnant,but in the middle of the conversation her mum walks in and discovers her secret, the girls excuse about a biology project isn't exactly convincing. This activity was helpful as we were able to work as a team to share ideas,  be creative and come out with a final devised product.
 During the afternoon Kelly (media tutor) came to talk to us about the short films which we will be filming shortly. We were given our scripts and shooting schedules so that we can familiarise ourselves and rehearse our scripts. Towards the end of the lesson we watched a movie called "Shaun of the dead" which is a comedy about a zombie virus!, It was actually quite helpful to analyse the camera shots, sound and acting skills. I noticed that the extras in the background were constantly acting and are just as important as the main characters themselves. It was also intersting to watch how the zombies were moving, (as I am going to be an extra in a short film called "Zombie vs Man" as well... a zombie!) they walked as if they were non-human like, alien and confused.

Examples of how the zombies move on  "Shaun of the dead"