Writing your Evaluations

It’s now time to write your evaluation of all of your work leading up to the Lord of the Flies – and of the performance itself (the exam board calls this the “final skills session”)  Your evaluation is worth 10% of the final grade so it’s really important that it is as good, and as detailed, as possible.   Remember that your evaluation should be a completely honest account of your work over the past 2 terms, but should also identify clearly how you’ve improved your acting skills and shown this in Lord of the Flies.

AN OVERVIEW  (150 words)

·           Did you enjoy working on this task?  How pleased are you overall with the final skills session – the performance of Lord of the Flies? (focus on you and how you used your skills!)

DEVELOPING YOUR SKILLS (600 words)

·           Part 1 (150 words) What skills did you choose to focus on within your acting? Why did you  
          choose these?

·           Part 2 (450 words) How well do you think you developed these skills throughout the skills 
          sessions and rehearsals?  

FOCUS ON THE SKILLS YOU IDENTIFIED TO IMPROVE IN YOUR SKILLS AUDIT & ACTION PLAN  -  Really try to explain how you worked on improving each skill and how well you thought you managed to use this in the performance.

For Example:

•  Improving your characterisation – researching the play (watching clips from both films), writing in role, improvising off-script, using Stanislavky’s technique of emotional memory (waking up on the island and looking around)
• Using facial expression & eye contact – developing the confidence to hold eye contact
• Using physical theatre techniques (remember the work you also did with Mr Langley!) – creating the deaths of Piggy, Simon and Eric
• Developing collboration as a group – slow motion, the final scene, the “ghosts”
• Improving vocal skills - projection and the use of your voice (eg accent, pace, tone)
• The use of space (blocking) – how difficult was this in an arena style staging? What did you do to overcome difficulties with blocking each scene?
• Physical movement as a character – especially arms!!

POSITIVE INFLUENCES (300 words)

Go back to your research into an actor you admire – how has this actor’s work influenced your own performance? (copy part 2 of this work into your evaluation, but explain how you used the skills in your final performance)

WHAT DID YOU FIND DIFFICULT?  (100 words)

·         What skill did you find most difficult to develop?  Why do you think that is?  What targets could you set yourself for next year?

FEEDBACK FROM YOUR AUDIENCE (150 words)

·         What feedback did you get from the audience and your teacher after the performance? 

CONCLUSION (200 words)

·         What was, in your opinion, the best part of the performance? 

·         What have you learnt as an actor throughout this Unit?

·         Did you achieve the targets you’d set yourself?