PROPOSAL

       UNIT 8 - Proposal

Level 3 Diploma – Performance and Production Arts Assignment Brief:

Assignment Title	Final Project Love and Information by Caryl Churchill
Unit No & Title	Unit 8: Collaborative Performance Project
Level & Credit Value	Level 3 / 24 Credits
Assignment Leader	Shenagh Cameron
Assignment Verifier	Shenagh Cameron/Monique Campbell
Start Date	23/04/19
Assessment Date	Performance May 29th & 30th May. Final Blog/log – June 1st 2019
Assessment Grade	DISTINCTION	MERIT	PASS	REFERRAL	FAIL

Project Proposal

Learner Name	UAL Reg. ID	Centre name & Number
Madeline-Gabriela Bejat		Westminster Kingsway College 11072

Project proposal title	Main Area of Activity/s e.g. Performance/ Direction/Choreography/ Acting
Love and Information	Acting; Performance; Direction

Tutor / Assessor Name	Signature	Date

 Section 1 – Rationale (approx. 100 words)

This section provides an opportunity to reflect on, review and summarise your progress and achievements through the first seven units. It also offers a chance for you to take stock of the knowledge, skills and understanding you have acquired, what you know now, compared with what you knew and could do before you started the course, and how this has influenced your choice of pathway and your project proposal.

I consider the most important thing I have achieved since I started this course is experience. With experience, there come a lot of things; I had the chance to observe myself in every performance video and to find out things about myself, things that can be seen mostly from outside. For example, being on stage felt different from what it looked like, it felt more intense, but watching myself I observed that I didn’t express my emotions and reactions the way I thought I did; and now I know why: because I was too concentrated on the inside action of my mind and I forgot to use my body, my facial expressions. So I started to work it out in front of a mirror, at home. I experimented with different emotions (sadness, disappointment, happiness, hope). Then I had to remember myself every time I was rehearsing to use that till it becomes something natural for me; to involve all of me in the representation of a character.    During this journey, starting with “Antigone” and finishing with “Macbeth” I’ve done a lot of teamwork and as always, working with people will give you the chance to see how different people’s ideas are and to observe the process where all of them are brought together, creating the final project.     Working with Camden Youth Theatre was a great experience and I had the chance to feel like a professional actor and perform four times in a theatre, for an audience that actually paid money to come and see our show. I’ve learned to be creative and  productive, to express my ideas, because they are valuable.     Broken Hearted Youth Theatre has thought me to not be afraid to step out of my  comfort zone and go with the flow, as long as I stay truthful during that process. Some of us even participated to the making of a professional short film for a two nights shoot, which was quite a delightful experience for all of us.     Before I started this course, I knew I didn’t have a clear idea of all the aspects a professional actor has to keep in mind, but I was ready to find out. I am not a professional actor, but I aspire to be one. Now I know more about the long way ahead of me and I am aware of all the obstacles that I may encounter, as well as the shortcuts that may come to me disguised as opportunities. All I have to do is to know exactly  who I am and what defines me as an actor; some of those characteristics I have discovered during this course: focus, creativity, perseverance, ambition, belief in myself and my own ideas.      My pathway is the same I chose some time ago, but now I am more determined  than ever.

Section 2 – Project concept (approx. 200 words)

This section provides an opportunity for you to clearly explain the concept and aims of your project. This should include what you anticipate producing, the research and ideas that will support its development and the levels and types of resources that you will need to complete and present your project realisation within the allocated timescale. You should include the 
names of anyone you will be collaborating with and/or those who will perform in your piece. 

For our new project I would like to change the type of plays we worked on till now; we had ancient greek playwrights, Chekhov and Shakespeare, but what about the contemporary plays? Sure, these old plays are masterpieces and they challenge you as an actor on many ways, but a modern play that reveals the problems people are struggling with and situations that may never happen to you, but it gives you an insight view for your  better understanding; a play that makes you know more about humans and their way of thinking and acting - this is a play I would never say ‘no’ to.      I think Caryl Churchill is the perfect playwright we should approach for our next project. She is controversial due to her original type of writing, breaking some traditional conventions of a play. “Love and Information” is an episodic play about  everything, starting with secrets and continuing with suicide and analyzing the starts; it’s a play that puts a mirror in front of humans, revealing their dark thoughts and actions. I believe the other people I’ll be working with will be more interested in creating this performance, because the themes of the play resonate more with their interests.  A lot of research needs to be done in order to be able to represent the intense emotions hidden in every line, but the great aspect about this is that the actor  is not limited by the writer; everyone is free to direct their scenes and create their characters the way they want to, because there aren’t even signs of punctuation.      I prefer to not include any names of who I would like to work with, because I enjoy working with random people and experiencing what it’s like to adapt to different approaches.

Section 3 -­ Evaluation (approx. 50 words)

This section provides an opportunity for you to explain how you will reflect on and self-­ evaluate your work, as both an on-going activity and at the conclusion of the project.

You should describe how you intend to record your decision-­making and how you will document developments as the project progresses. This evaluation should reference 
your stated aims and be reflective and analytical rather than a description of actions completed.

I will keep my decisions and ideas written on my notes or on my script, making short observations and I will use my blog to keep track of the progress I will be making as the performance is getting closer and closer.      We will be giving each other feedback and ideas on how we could change something in order to achieve a good quality performance. We will take photos of the settings, as well as videos to help us see what needs to be adjusted and to not forget any important detail.

Record your intended research sources, both primary (from your own first-hand experience
 e.g practical studio research) and secondary (from other sources), in this section. Sources of research should be as wide as possible and may include: libraries, museums and galleries, books, film, magazines, TV, radio programmes, websites etc.

Where appropriate you should use the Harvard system of referencing. The bibliography should be continuously updated as the project progresses.

For my research I will use websites, as   https://www.digitaltheatreplus.com/education and  https://d19lfjg8hluhfw.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/25191802/Love-and-Information-Resource-Pack.pdf , to find out information about the writer and the play and to create a knowledge base for my work and I will watch different productions  of "Love and Information" online:  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O5_P9Y7xSAk, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=17eg13lOCyE .  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_2003–present - The world’s recent wars         I am going to use as an inspiration every character from movies I have watched that I consider to be close enough to the way I picture my characters, e.g. for my ''Message" character I will have a little bit of 'The Joker' influence.

Project action plan and timetable:
Outline your planning and organisation over a period of weeks and the activities you will need to carry out in order to successful complete your project within the agreed timeframe. It is important that your proposed output is realistic so ensure you consider ambition and time when completing this section. Make sure you include what you are going to do, how you will do it and by when. The more time and thought you give to planning your project the more successful it is likely to be. Remember to include time taken to visit sources,  sourcing materials, questionnaires, access to workshops, tutorial and peer group feedback opportunities, as well as when you will incorporate independent study.
Week no	Tasks	Notes
1 23.04.2019	Read the play for the first time.	We need the script.
2 30.04.2019	Distribute the scenes and characters. Build up our characters.	We need everyone in, our scripts and the opinion of our tutor. We need some paper and pens or our phones to write down ideas.
3 07.05.2019	Establish an order and rehearse individually or with our partners.	We need our scripts and our partners.
4 14.05.2019	Start to be off script and rehearse the play as a whole.	We still need our scripts and everyone to be in.
5 21.05.2019	Talk about lighting, sounds, costumes and setting. Searching love quotes to introduce in between the scenes. Continue rehearsing.	We need some paper, a pen or a phone to write down our ideas. We need everyone in.
6 27.05.2019	Do a technical run, look for props, costumes  and rehearse in the theatre.	We need the technical theatre students, props, costumes and a tutor to give us some feedback.