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Coming back to my website after a summer of using it just once to send off for an audition meant that a decent chunk of it seemed a little off. It was time for an update. In terms of colour palette and font choice, I feel as though I got them right when I first made the website and I am also still happy with the overall design. I simply needed to update a few key bits. Editing my gallery When October hit, I began to take on more roles in student films, as well as performing m

Having been split into 39 sections, John Ruskin’s 36 th passage from his lecture ‘Storm Cloud of the 19th Century’ was the inspiration for my 3-minute film ‘And We Dance For You’. Over six weeks, I filmed, edited, developed and re-filmed to refine my idea. What began as 12 shots in the city evolved into an experimental mish mash of audio, accompanying various shots of nature. My initial idea was to follow the journey of the sun as it is interrupted, and nearly over-powered,

Production photo of 'The City', combining digital and live performance ‘The City’ – a group project in which 30 actors worked together across Sheffield, using only their phones, to produce a single-shot film, where digital and live performance are mixed to create an experimental performance about the city. Our initial inspiration came from performances, such as ‘Radio Ballet’, ‘Can You See Me Now?’ and ‘Super Night Shot’, all of which integrated the unknowing public, creating

In the previous week, we saw what the larger film might look like as a whole and decided it might be better if we didn’t do it in one shot, instead creating seamless transitions between locations that involved a cut. We also considered that we needed something, such as a satchel/briefcase or ‘missing’ posters to link each part of the film together. Finally, we began to look at how we could integrate audio. Over the week leading up to this one, we went to our filming locations

Previously, the wider project of ‘ The City ’ was introduced to us as a group of 30 or so actors. Intending to make a film that was just a singular shot of different situations and events in and around Sheffield, we had planned and begun filming in our new locations. This time, we watched back everyone’s film in order, so we could see what the film would look like when we actually did it in one shot. Rehearsing and recording our new draft After watching ours back, I realised

Recently, we developed our absurdist pictures taken in Sheffield city centre into a 3 minute one shot film. We then developed these films over the next week in order to make them as intriguing as possible in regard to camera angles and movement sequences. Our improved film In a larger group of people participating in the task, we then watched everyone’s film back and provided each other with feedback. When watching other people’s films, I realised that we could have tried out

Previously, two other actors and I had gone out into the city of Sheffield and taken three primary, absurdist photos based on public reliant performances, such as Can You See Me Now? and Super Night Shot . Now, we wanted to expand these to make a short 3 minute performance. A screenshot from a clip of Russian Arc Russian Arc and Adolescence are two pieces of film, which are recorded entirely in one shot, with no cuts. We wanted to experiment with this kind of idea and therefo

Recently, I discovered that the audience to a performance can do so much more than just sit and observe. They can take an active role,...

Stage one: Ew When I found out we were going to be learning how to voice act, I didn’t expect our first lesson to involve an oddly...

Voice acting can be tricky, especially if you, like me, have only ever known stage acting. Luckily, I had Liam Gerrard (aka The Voice...

A callous clown, a suspicious strongman, a ruthless ringmaster and one dead trapeze artist. All three suspects are called, one by one,...

Terry O’Connor, member of the Sheffield theatre company, Forced Entertainment, came in to talk to us about different ways we could build...

Having never made a website before, (unless you count year 7 ICT - which I don’t), everything was completely new to me. To begin with, I...

For our third screen experience, we performed monologues. This was simultaneously more intimidating, because you were performing alone,...

My second screen acting experience is officially complete and, comparing it to the only other experience I have of ‘Sardines’, which we...

‘Sardines’: series one, episode one of the dark humour series ‘Inside No.9’, and my first interaction with screen acting. When I first...