I have no TIME!!

I haven't posted in a while because I have been so caught up in work. This week I have been working on

• performing Pirate shows
• rehearsing Panto 
• sword fighting displays 
• finalising a presenting job
• rehearsing an interactive theatre piece
• learning lines
• and finally preparing speeches for an audition 

I really don't understand how I fit it all in, as well as trying to blog about it. I absolutely love being busy though, I prefer it to sitting on my bum all day. However, it is extremely draining because each activity is physically and mentally challenging. I do hate learning lines though. I find it so difficult. I like to learn them whilst moving in the space rather than sit and stare at the page. I definitely reflect on action because we use trial and error during rehearsal and this brings me to learn my lines, through muscle memory. Hopefully I will be able to catch up on my sleep next week.

Task 2b - Journal writing experience

I have spent about a week and a half working on my journal and attempting different ways of blogging it every night. It was really challenging to change the way you write about your day, I thought the hardest would have been writing from someone else's point of view but  I actually found this quite easy. Although, I found it didn't display what I had been up to during the day.
I got a little caught up on What if? it was really hard to write about what might have happened especially when it was a good day anyway. It really made me think about a different journey my day might have taken.
Drawing a graph to explain your day was a bit daunting to begin with. I just sat and stared at the page for half an hour to try and work out what angle to take. Finally, I decided to draw 2 graphs, one showing thoughts and feelings and the other comparing my day with my day last week and last year. It was strange to see that I still have almost the same routine as last year. I suppose it is good to be consistent. I think I might try this again to see what other challenges days might bring and a graph shows emotion quite clearly and where my thoughts and feeling change over days and weeks.

I felt that the first few options I was already doing in my journals so it was strange to only write about one part as I felt I wasn't sharing my entire day and expressing it fully. Therefore I kept drifting back to what I was used to. I really enjoyed trying new ways of writing but I think I will stick to my original way and slip aspect of the other ways to strengthen my diary especially what if? as I feel this can be useful in widening the reasons of why it didn't happen that way. I believe everything happens for a reason.

Professional Communications

I took the liberty of writing down the views and opinions I discovered after doing some further reading into web 2.0. There is so much to it. Have a look at my Professional communications

Task 1C Starting out on BAPP

these are my first thoughts on BAPP. It explains how challenging I am finding it all and expresses where I wish to end up in the future and why I am taking this course. It is a little longer than 45 seconds but I wanted to make it more interesting than just me speaking.

Draft 3 - Professional profile

Thanks to everyone who has helped me with my professional profile!

This is my final draft. Although I am still open to suggestions

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zVjO5rJ81lH51xtltGpy0sggfddbHj4EUxpGsaLWz7I/edit?hl=en_US

cheers x

Task 2a- Journal

I have begun the torment of writing my Journal. (HELP) writing about how I feel has never been an easy thing for me to do. With some people words just flow but I have to be in the right mind set to write things down. I am struggling with writing down my emotions and converting how I feel into words! It doesn't seem natural. However, I am going to see this task through and by the end I will be able to write down how I am feeling and maybe also how my actions have affected others. At the moment, my journal is just blurb, with no through line, however I am hoping in time I will start seeing a logical way of expressing myself through words. How are you finding it?

I think Task 2b will be useful for me, as it will give me an opportunity to experiment and find out which method is best for me.

So I haven't had any comments on my Professional profile, so I have taking the liberty of looking at others blogs  and their comments and putting some of the things that I have learnt from them, into my Blog.

Let me know what you think!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SnBCExEk4oR-PiG7EMs5I7_A_S7yD7f-Um6AL8_KYX8/edit?hl=en_US

Thanks

Task 1d

So I am not doing the tasks in order, but this is due to the fact that some tasks take longer than others! I will post more pictures in the near future of me as a Pirate and also of my in panto when rehearsals start.
Have a look on Flkr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisawhyte/

or for the slideshow
http://www.flickr.com//photos/lisawhyte/show/

Cheers

Professional profile in words

I have written my Professional Profile out in details at what I am doing now and what I have done recently.
I would love any suggestions to improve it.
I am slowly understanding this google docs thing, I wish I had discovered this before
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wsl9iO2iS9BXZ34yFBdSeEnofzmY10nm5oDPckXlsUk/edit?hl=en_US

Task 1b: Web 2.0? I don't Understand

I have read through the reader and put down what I got from it when I first read it!

Have a read and tell me what you think!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13LmQz9Oi-_ZCXafXogVO2u30MkPUK6z0F-ucC_lZkMY/edit?hl=en_US

Thanks

Task 1a CV

Learning from my mistakes I have uploaded my CV to Google docs so that I can edit it.
Here is the link
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hSqmroytvBxneUwtmeFpfcvJe0AmkIecEOektBon5d4/edit?hl=en_US

TASK 1a: Professional profile

My CV as it stands at the moment.

Of course it is using my stage name instead of my birth name.

Elise Whyte

Training: Italia Conti Academy of Theatre arts

3 Year Musical Theatre National Diploma (Trinity)

Height: 5’6”                                      

Eyes: Hazel                             

Spotlight: 3213-1203-1644

Hair: Dark Brown                                           

D/O/B: 14/09/91                               

Native: Slight Welsh

Experience Includes

Theatre Credits

Lizzy (Waiting for the call on) Directed by Keith Wallis

Luciana (Comedy of Errors) Directed by Jess Farley            

Horatio (Hamlet) Directed by Phil Evans            

Susan (Company) Directed by David Willoughby   

Hacker (Death) Directed by David Willoughby   

Mary Gallager (Once A Catholic) Directed by Phil Evans             

Wench (Medieval Banquet) Directed by David Bailiff           

Dancer (Robinson Crusoe) Directed by Stan Stennett          

Film/TV Credits

Receptionist (217) Directed by Chantel

Presenter (Summer trial) Directed by Claudio                 

Presenter (LG promotions) with the company HotCow              

Presenter (LeJog) Directed by Paul Franklin        

School Girl (Pobl-y-cwm) with S4C         

Student (Harry Potter) Warner Bros           

Child  (The Sarah-Jayne Adventures) BBC Wales        

Other Credits

Radio Presenter, commercial, corporate,

Other Skills

Accents:                       RP, Welsh, General American, Northern 

                                    Irish, Southern American

Languages:                   Basic Welsh

Skills:                           Swimming, Diablo, Stage Combat, Sword Fighting, full clean drivers licence,   Presenting,

I also have many other adaptions of this CV on Casting call pro, Spotlight and of course my website. I believe every CV should be adapted to every type of audition you go for depending on what the role is. I am going to find it difficult to change my CV as I like it to be simple and easy to read due to the fact that I know Casting agents will not have time to read every detail in a CV. Any suggestions on what else I need to include/change?