Mask Work in Drama Essay

Our robe moment as in drama was an experience that I very much enjoyed very much. It also do me a better drama student beca utilize I increased my torso movement far more as my face could not be seen. It has also shown me that with a mask on you can go for it with your corpse movement but you should go for it just as much with out a mask on.FragmentsThis severalize of the portfolio is where I say what Fragments of masque sketch I learnt and enjoyed.Key word FragmentsFragments of movement we mainly made up our selfs but forever and a day had to keep them religious riteistic and precise. The movement we were taught in veritable lessons were from a religious rite and had to be Ritualistic and precise so every move was important.Examples of fragments I learnt in the lessons regarding veil work I remember the start lesson that we did mask work I was so shy(p) weather I would standardized it or not. What we did was sat in a circle Miss Grenene did movements that we had to simulate in a ritualistic style. then(prenominal) she made up copy the ritual routine with sounds so eventually we were all doing the same movements and sounds making us a chorus. Then she made us express on the ritual adding sounds and movements on to it as we go. Miss was also playing the drum, which made it sound deal an ancient ritual war drum. I felt unsure while doing this but however my emotions became more confident as the class ritual got better and better. The feelings I had were that I had to keep unneurotic with the root worry a chorus should. Real life sounds and memories of sounds and movements were used in that ritual to carry on to making our own ritual. Like clapping whistling stomping all kinds of sounds and movements. All these ideas ran through my head and I was thinking this is cracking so why not add this, this and this to the piece. This was the starting point for our work as next we had to do a ritual in masks, which really does complete the ritual.I h ad to team up with Ross, Jack, Lisa and Joe to perform a Ritual of travelling from a neutral calm place to a savoury place, to a cold place and then a funny place. I discovered on this first performance with a mask that because my face was covered up I had to express my character with my body and even more so as I didnt have speech. We all had to huddle together as fountainheadhead to look ilk a chorus. Sadly I felt nervous on that performance as everyone was moving at different times and I could not keep up so it went badly. For the movements I thought I should look freezing and act it and look hot and act it for the others I did the same basis for the ritual. I understand that a ritual is to be a upright occasion and you should act serious and focused while acting out a ritual same for trialple in a funeral or wedding. Which brings me onto my next piece which was when me Jack, Lauren, Keeli, and Michelle were acting out a wedding.The manor house of this performance had to be serious and precise which it was. We did slow clear-cut movements that flowed and were symbolic to a wedding. This was a swell piece when we performed it however the white cloth got caught in Keelis hair and we all ended up laughing. When we do it I saw weddings on t-v and in real life and saw how formal they were, so I decided to draw my performance from that. I played the vicar and with the mask on I felt that Ginny was done for(p) and the Vicar of the wedding was there. I felt calm and good about this performance as it was done well but we all laughed which emphasized even more the need t be serious in a ritual. Not one of my fragments up until now has made me keen with Mask Work. Not because I dont like because I always couldnt do my role correctly in movement or voice. Now I was grade in a group for my moch exam and I was brilliant and confident from the word go I had no problem expressing my self and loved it. I feel that if I did it once I can do it again maybe it was th e pressure of the exam that made me do well, however I am far more confident with mask work after that.ResponseMy emotional response to mask work is to approach it in a volition way. I felt like I had failed whenever I didnt give a good performance, which was intimately of the time, which hindered y confidence. I felt down like I did not know what I was doing molest for a long time this made me frustrated with the work. This made me more determined though because I love drama so much I was not going to be perturbed by improvements that could and were in the end made. Also while we were trying new things I felt happy or no-good or angry and this was related to the movements. I found that moving a lot made me happy and I could do that a lot if I was down. My Intellectual response to the work was to always be prepared and try everything and improve. I always wanted to intellectually give a good scuttlebutt to work and get a good out put from it. Ideas were always flowing into my h ead to put into a drama piece, but sadly I didnt know when to stop. The movements that we explored were always ritualistic and communicative according to the character or ritual we were playing in. In our moch exam I was so sunny with the response I gave to the work, which were magical ideas, and ritualistic movements, which got a good response, back this made me pleased. I always felt ready to try but had varied emotions through out mostly of focus and mental confusion to the drama piece.DevelopmentFragments were committed and developed as we learned more and put our increasing mask work techniques together into a ritual piece. Like our sounds like drumming or humming were connected to movements.For example a scream sound+ hands trying to pull your hair out could = an barmy person in ritual.Another example could be a person with clawed hands in a higher place their head + a long grunt could = a person in a ritual who is angry.Mask + Movement = A soundless piece of drama where only the body can interpret the ritual using serious prcis and ritualistic movement. Also you moldiness always have your head in advance and facing the audience. Then you should have your shoulders back and have clear ritualistic movements and if there is sound use it so its clear and relevant also loud or quite depending on the mood.Mask +Movement+ Sound= A Ritual with expressive movement and sounds were effective adding atmosphere depending on the ritual piece.Mask+ Movement+ Sound+ Music= For example a piece of mask work like Oedipus which was the play we did and turned into a ritual. Fro sound we used words from the play like death, marriage, hanging, the grouching of the look. Then we link up these to ritualistic movements like people dieing and the grouching of the eyes. We used the music when there was a lot of tension at a high peak of the ritual. The chorus did movements all together this looked very effective and I care the way they all moved at different level but sti ll looked like a chorus in a ritual.EvaluationThe moch exam we did was based on a play called Oedipus and which we had to elicit 10 words and turn it into a ritual with movement and music. Our 10 words wereDeath, Marriage, Hanging, Grouching, Suffering, Hurl me, Madness, smashing daggers, pain, and loved ones.The chorus which was Niki, Chris, Kirsty, Joe and Michelle used slow movements and long drowning words which made the ritual sound like a world of despair. I was the narrator and I said about the Marriage, death and hanging and the gouging of the eyes in the beginning. This was very effective and then at the end I came on screaming madness. Then the madness the chorus came out and stabbed me to death then I said the madness is done like I was closing the ritual. I must say I loved the way every ones movements were so precise and ritualistic.This so effective and the sounds we used symbolized the movements we did which made it look really good. I liked it because it flowed wel l and the sounds were loud and expressive. If I had to change something about the ritual it would be the fact that we could have moved more in time and also that the music could have been used more to show tension. Also the clothes were good too Red symbolising blood and black is the madness of killing. The other groups were so good as well I learnt that from them practise makes perfect. They were so realistic in voice and movement. Especially Sheryl and Daniel in voice. The choruses in all the groups could have moved better though. From this the thing I have learned that everyone must work on is their movements. The audiences were so good they gave us a lot of claps and support to spur us on.