Filming In Royston

Yesterday we ran through part of act one of 'The Cinderella Panto'. I felt that I could have put more energy into acting and especially the dancing. I must bring the same energy to every run through as it is practise for the actual show. I think the best way that I can achieve this is by warming up. Therefore I should stretch more in the morning, as well as power walk faster than usual.

Later we travelled to Royston to film. It was my first experience of filming, so it was interesting to see how it worked. I did a scene in the pub in a group of 4, where we had to hold glasses and talk to each other. We had to do it a couple of takes for each shot to ensure that The Camera Man got the best result possible. We then moved on to do an outdoor scene in which we had to walk out of a cinema in various directions. We only filmed through this once because the first time was successful.

From this experience I have learnt that during filming sometimes you have to do more than one take for the purpose of achieving the best end result. In addition, I've discovered that you have to act more natural when working for film as opposed to theatre work because your not on a stage, so you don't have to exaggerate your movements and expressions for all the audience members to see .

This image shows that the actor (on the left) has to perform to the camera, as opposed to a live audience as in a theatre. Acting for film is very different to acting for theatre for many reasons; the dynamics are different (less noise/ more noise depending on the locution), there are more distractions (cars, pedestrians walking past) and there is no audience to react to your performance, so you must make judgements on the quality of your performance by yourself.