Shivvy End of Year Thingy

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My time at Northbrook College Sussex has been great I’m delighted to be here, it was a big change for me but I’m glad I went through with it. The course has helped me develop into a more complete performer. I was very fortunate to the opportunities they gave me. I was able to express my cultural side to the college. My 2 year degree in FdA Acting and Contemporary Theatre Making has now come to an end. I am now staying on to study the BA.

 

SHIVAM 'SHIVVY' MODESSA

 

End of year thing :)

I have learned various skills throughout my two years at Northbrook; many professional, some personal. I hope to go on and complete the BA Honors.

“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.”
- Dead Poets Society.

Help please?!

Hi all,

Remember when we last saw you all and we were talking about getting some pictures from you and some quotes about your time on the course?
Well, we are going to be updating the course website in early July, so if you have any lovely quotes or pictures, that you would be happy for us top use, then do please e mail them directly to me or Vanessa, or upload them here to the blog - we'd really appreciate it!

Thanks,

L & V x

Unit 11 Presentations

Unit 11 final assessment presentations have been moved to next Tuesday morning after your request.

Please make the most use of your cards for the final days of the festival and keep an eye out on the facebook alumni group for opportunities posted.

More research ideas

How many of these things do you use in your acting?
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/nov/28/how-to-act-acting-tips

Casting call pro
http://www.castingcallpro.com/uk/guide/3207/actor-tips-from-employers

Do you have a list of contacts/websites/opportunities for industry? Make a list of everyone you know or have seen. Every website that you should check for opportunities.


What does your social profile look like? Do you have an artist personna?

How do you rate your skills as outlined here?
http://www.prospects.ac.uk/actor_entry_requirements.htm

Fun quiz on whether you have aptitude for career in the performing arts
http://careerplanning.about.com/library/quiz/career_quizzes/blperformer_quiz.htm

Ideastap closing soon! make use of it before it does
http://www.ideastap.com

Equity
https://www.equity.org.uk/home/

casting
http://www.castingnow.co.uk

Some research ideas

Workshops you arranged for tomorrow Tuesday are at ivy brook. Please let all group know who might not see blog.


http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/media/uploads/documents/publications/phpLYO0Ma.pdf
arts council evaluation form on arts projects

http://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/culture-professionals-blog/2013/aug/28/expert-tips-setting-up-theatre-company
How to set up a theatre company advice

http://net.workspace.co.uk/social/resources/how-to-start-a-performing-arts-company/

please use the basement cards to see as much theatre as possible. This will help you evaluate your own performance in relation to industry.

Remember criteria for this project are:

1.     developed knowledge and understanding of requirements for entering industry practice

2.     demonstrated competency with presenting and representing self as an industry-ready practitioner

3.     demonstrated employability in a work-based or simulated work-based context 

4.     developed self-awareness as a practitioner from evaluating own practice in relation to contexts for industry practice

evaluating the performance

i thought this was an interesting idea for evaluating your grandfather show.

Brighton Festival

Lots here to see that you might have missed from this and past festivals.

http://brightondome.org/extras/live_streams/

Festival!

Hello,

We are looking for a large number of volunteers ideally with some movement or performance experience.

Volunteer Performers for Fleeting http://brightonfestival.org/event/5957/fleeting/

You must be 16yrs or over and able to attend the following rehearsal sessions:

- Saturday 23rd May afternoon into late evening rehearsal onsite

- Sunday 24th May afternoon into late evening rehearsal and performance onsite

Your performance will include moving on shingle so you need to be physically fit and happy to perform outdoors in any weather.

If you are interested please email your name, mobile number, email address and details of any previous experience to our Fleeting Coordinator on: fleeting@brightonfestival.org
This will be an amazing experience during the last day of the Brighton Festival!

Thanks so much,
Brighton Festival Team

Show cases billed as useless in this article - what do you think?

https://www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/2015/student-showcases-waste-time-money/

Unit 11 Presentations

Hello all, i will confirm timing for these presentations later on but for now, please remember you have to present on the fringe project for assessment on unit 11. These are the criteria and the presentations will be individual ones, 10 minutes each, to tutors and the group.
Reminder of criteria for unit 11:

On completion of the unit you should have:

1.     developed knowledge and understanding of requirements for entering industry practice

2.     demonstrated competency with presenting and representing self as an industry-ready practitioner

3.     demonstrated employability in a work-based or simulated work-based context 

4.     developed self-awareness as a practitioner from evaluating own practice in relation to contexts for industry practice

Consider what you want to present on your learning and your future place in the industry. Avoid describing the experience; instead analyse the processes and learning. You might focus for example on your experience and research on devising and how that compares to other companies. Marketing, pitching, audience engagement, costs, audience feedback etc. How did the process and show compare to other shows in the fringe? What was the target audience, how did the creative writing collaboration work etc...

list of actor websites

http://www.jengovey.co.uk/portal/famous_actors_websites.html




this is a website for different actors. some of them didn't work properly for me , but I thought it might be.

Jeffrey Dahmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW3IDFbpOyM

Team cool guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlk_sRU49TI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iWigJR6SOY

Hello group cool guy group, insight to serial killer Ted Bundy, often talks about how charismatic he is, also interesting how the interview compels with the info on the documentry

IVYBROOK

Yes, we are at IvyBrook tomorrow!

Congratulations!

Well done all for last night's show - very enjoyable! The Head Of Dept, Nick Gardner came to see you and asked me to pass on his thanks and best wishes.

I agree with Vanessa's notes about how to improve - really OWN that space and your time on stage - don't worry about changes from scene to scene being so distinct  - as V says, get them slicker and almost you can blur one into another as you did in parts last night.

Just be careful with the song from the two Charlottes when Victor is playing Guitar - last night the melody didn't seem to fit with the guitar chords or the rhythm, so perhaps work on that - or make it more obvious that it doesn't fit - whichever is right.

You are best when you really interact with each other and us - we are drinking in all the ideas and facts and interactions, so relax into that WITH your audience!

Have a brilliant show tonight,

Lisa x

Notes for tomorrow

Well done all, good first show i hope you enjoyed it and feeling proud of your work.

I would like to propose for tomorrow that we make the transitions between scenes much more sleek and overlapping.  maybe consider having all props ready on stage and minimum exits behind those awkward curtains.

Other small changes i think need to include lifting as much of the floor work as possible. Much bigger audience expected tomorrow so the floor will be even less visible.

Lots of flyering to do before the show; 500 flyers in our props box if you want to get a head start and fill the seats!

Charlotte and Victor please learn new script so we can work a little more on that scene.

It is my birthday today. It really is.

We were quite young back when we started making this show. But we are a little older now.

And more handsome.

Thank you for giving us your advice.  We have been getting lots of advice, but we could always do with some more.

We have met a lot of people. Older people, younger people, and some that we already knew but listened to better. I spoke to my granddad. He is 80. I said granddad, what advice would you give me for turning 20? He said, ‘ I don’t know.

We looked at comedy too. We found thousands of jokes about growing older. D

We wanted to understand ageing. And laugh in its face. But the jokes made growing old seem sad. Funny, but sad. Everyone is joking about growing old. Even the old.   Especially the old.

City Fringe

Well done for your participation at City Fringe. Great interaction with people, well done.

Tomorrow

For tomorrow what time and where do we need to be for the city fringe event tomorrow? Thought I would post on here and ask so we know. Also I found some red shoes so bought them for us for the show!.

Marilyn Monroe ideas/fitting in with the show

I was thinking that it doesn't make any sense for me to come on just to sing happy birthday and say my age line if there is no link between Charlotte and I. 

• Maybe in Cody's scene I'm in the middle of the line and I go along with the group until I die at 36 where as the others keep going to reach Cody because they are getting older. When everyone disappears Charlotte and I could have a convocation which would be based on quotes that marilyn has said just before ami comes on and says her line. 
• Maybe Marilyn is a star and charlotte inspires to be like her?
• Or maybe Charlotte questions why she died? And if she did live her life how she wanted to? And should it be someone that she should look up to as a role model? 
• Or Marilyn could be charlottes guide/a thought process so the quotes that Marylin has said pops in and out and Charlotte understands and makes her own judgement on these and even questions them maybe, just a thought.

Even if this idea doesn't work I think there needs to be some link between Charlotte and I or else it doesn't make sense. If you have any ideas please leave them below!

I've found some quotes about starts to link in with the beginning of the show and also found one about shoes!!!