How are my strengths shown throughout my showcase

Facial expressions

-This will be hieghtened in Harry's Christmas as because I am not moving around the stage as much the spotlight will focus the audiences attention on the facial expressions and make the slightest move very significant.

Exaggerated gestures

- This will be shown in Harry's Christmas because of the Berkoff influences of suing an animal. Because my animal is a turtle I will be using my arms in a more outstretched way than usual

- This will be shown in A Midsummer Nights Dream because these gestures will be used to help the audience understand the shakespearian language that I am saying and the situation that has this happening.

Emotive characters

-This will be shown in Harry's Christmas because Harry is very emotional when he is dying I am showing this by crying on stage this builds the actor audience relationship as this will create a sense of catharsis with the audience.

- This is shown in Closer as Larry becomes very angry with Anna and then breaks down and tells her he loves her. This emotional pitch will be reached by using Stanislavski's technique of emotion memory.

Bringing historical to a contemporary audience

- This is shown in the character of Puck and his 'jack-the-lad' qualities instantly recognising the class and the stereotype assosiated with this type of character. The gestures and empahasis on certain words or phrases will help me perform this.

Accents

- This is shown in Closer through Larry's londoner accent this allows me to build upon the cockney accent used in Saved but relate to a more specific class group

Working with props

- Harry's Christmas will emphasise the props used as when I am using them I will be using a Berkoff gesture to show how important each of these props are to his life.

- A Midsummer Nights dream shows this with either a broom or a travelling bag states the class and time of the piece (along with costume) straight away so an audience can recognise what is happening and then concentrate on what Puck is saying.

Puck's soliloquy is took short to be able to perform in 5 minutes so I have added to it the monologue before hand when he enters the scene. These two monologues flow together well and create a sense of story.