Project Proposal
Candidate Name: Henry Walton
Candidate Declaration - I confirm that the attached portfolio is all my own work
Pathway:
Project Title - Little Women
My journey throughout college has been one of
the biggest and certainly the most life changing I have ever had. When I
started at Stockton Riverside College, I didn’t know much about acting and what
it took to be an actor. I started off with not a lot of confidence and didn’t know
if I had what it takes to be an actor, or even better a successful one.
However, it is thanks to Kelly and the opportunities she gave me in my first
year that allowed me to slowly build abilities that made me end the year
playing one of the main characters. Being able to be one of the main characters
in the end of year production truly gave me the confidence that I could have a
future in acting.
From that I went on to playing a variety of different
roles, in children plays like ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ to ‘Blood Brothers’
at the end of the year. A much heavier play in terms of content and challenges
for its actors, where I play a child with a playful mind, to then a man with
many issues and troubles in his life. The challenges just kept on coming, it
has made me much more diverse. The challenges brought forth by each and every role has
given me the opportunities to become a better actor and to learn from each role
has prepared me for the future.
Project Proposal
Little Women is a
massive challenge in terms of production and preparation. First, we needed set
pieces that looked like they belonged in the correct time, to make sure that
everything felt the part. Being part of the props team, I was tasked with
helping to source these set pieces. Another of my tasks that blended well with
my role as an actor was to learn all about the time, the American Civil War and
the following years immediately after. To make sure I understood everything the
characters would say and do and why? In order to do this, I did quite a lot of
research, as well as planning some behavior classes for the casts, so we could
learn the correct way to walk and talk. The difference in behavior from then
to now is vast and I wanted to make sure I got this right to create a
well-rounded character and therefore a superior performance. My task as an
actor is not just to learn lines, but to understand the character and scene. My
casts plan was to work with Kelly, when needed, after college. To cherry pick
different scenes and run though them and to make sure they were ready for when
Kelly wanted to see them again.
Evaluation
The show itself went well; the preparation we had
done had paid off. We knew all the scenes; our chemistry was good and the rest
of my cast was amazing. We had all worked so hard for this moment. Whilst
the end production didn't go perfectly, most of the scenes went well and it
showed how far we had come from our rehearsals just a few weeks ago. The
atmosphere was phenomenal, and I really felt that the chemistry was all there,
and one could tell that bonds of friendship were real. In particular, the love
scene was played amazingly by everyone. Being able to watch all my cast develop
into what they are now, over the space of only a couple of weeks is truly astonishing,
we did each other proud. My scenes went well, apart from the mistake of
starting the wrong scene, which was unfortunate, and I was disappointed in
myself. Yet we manged to bring it back by all of us working together and supporting
each other in order to make the second half of that play great and finish the
year off nicely.
Little Women Script
www.britannica.com/topic/Little-Women-novel-by-Alcott
References
The Power of Etiquette - in 19th century America
Week 1 – I read thought the script, planned out scenes
and start the props list
week 2 - run through all scenes. full run through of play. find props and place in set.
week 3- finish set, make sure all props are collected, keep doing run through.
final week - make sure all props are given to the right people. make sure costume is ready costume ready. perform play.
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