Final Skills Audit

Full Skills Audit

STUDENT NAME: Sam Johnson                

Performance skills ·      Voice (projection, control, accents, singing confidence) 8/10 ·      Characterisation 7/10 ·      Rehearsal skills 9/10 ·      Movement/physical skills 8/10 ·      Different styles of acting (Comedy? Shakespeare? Emotional work?) 6/10 ·      Confidence in working with text 7/10	Out of 10
Current skills and experience: This term I have definitely grown more confident in my skills to do naturalistic style acting which is something that is actually new and more complex than I would have thought. I have constantly used physical objectives and I always knew what they were so even though it may not seem like physical work it was simplistic and natural physical work. I've learnt new ways in how to rehearse like from now on I will always learn my lines cold, constantly change things and make sure my vocals don't fall into a pattern. I've learnt how much depth I need to go into in order to fully make a 3 dimensional character like researching the given circumstances and creating a whole history with little things. I always had little things that made Simon human in the back of my mind much like we all have little memories in the back of our own minds. I don't think we went into as much detail in voice as we did other areas but especially in our warm ups with Mr. Hughes we learnt how to properly warm up our instrument and how to make sure everyone could hear us. I now feel even more confident working with text as I am now able to annotate each sentence and even deeper. I've learnt how to mark on a script where each thought changes and that even though it's written on paper it's not set in stone. Areas to improve I could still improve on all the areas that I have aforementioned but specific areas of my performance skills I could improve on is my control of my voice. I also would improve on accents again. Even though Simon was Rwandan nobody attempted to do an African accent which was obviously for the best but in other situations I would like to try and work hard on develop a strong accent so that my character seems even more real to the audience. I could also have done more than 3 outside of class rehearsals to put into practice all of the skills I was learning. I could have added more to my script e.g. notes from different teachers and notes not just for myself but from other people so I learn from other people's work just as much as my own.
Do you have skills or experience in any of the following? Stage combat 8/10 Stage Makeup 2/10 Directing 5/10  Stage management 3/10 Set Design 2/10 IT skills 7/10	Out of 10
Current skills and experience Previously I have done a course in stage combat. I know now how to make realistic fight scenes on stage whilst being safe which is very helpful in creating high intensity scenes. In my Drama group being the older ones we had to work with the younger students and sometimes even pitch in help direct their scenes so I have some experience in directing. I have good IT skills so I can use social media to advertise shows and promote people. I have  now learnt to run a successful blog and using other media (Photosnack) to make them even better. I can also use my IT skills for help and advice like our Theatre facebook group which we all have used to help each other and improve each other's work and email to send work across to each other. Skills to develop I need to develop skills in many other areas of Theatre. I need to learn how to use and apply stage makeup effectively and make sure I include factors like how much light will be on them. I need to develop my effectiveness of communication, usually I'm a pushover when it comes to directing others, I need to learn to be more assertive and masterful when it comes to giving fellow actors direction. In all the other aforementioned areas I've never had an opportunity to learn or try these particular skills so in fact I need to learn these particular areas of Theatre. (Highlighted = from previous audit)
Other skills in the workplace Communication 8/10 Organisation 8/10 Team work 9/10	()
Current skills and examples I have developed new organisational skills which is present in the blog. I have always brought a notepad, pen, script, and other material to our workshops. I have also organised my time well by making sure we had enough rehearsal time to fulfill a confident sensibility in our piece. As a class we all worked together perfectly and we always left any issues we had outside the room. As scene partners we worked well and had few arguments and we were always willing to tell the truth about eachothers performance even if it was hard to hear. Areas to improve In communication I could improve by making sure I have the focus before I even open my mouth so no words are lost in my explanation. I should also make sure I slow down my points so that my scene can keep up with my train of thought. I could annotate my script more and add notes from others and myself to remind myself what I need to improve on. Lastly I could improve my team working skills by allowing myself to be completely submerged in other peoples thoughts and ideas and take them on board.