Texts and Society- Week 1

Lou started today by introducing us to the module and then putting us into groups and giving us a section of 'Dr Faustus' which was about the seven deadly sins which we will perform in a few weeks. I was given envy to do along with Nat and Lauren. Afterwards, Mike took over and was teaching us different breathing and voice exercises which would help us to perform on stage. I felt that these techniques were hard to do but I think that with practice, and I mean with A LOT of practice, I will be able to use these techniques effectivly to help make my performance better on the whole. They ranged from different breathing patterns to help emphasise an emotion, so anger would have a deeper heavier breath, while pride would be deep also, but long controlled breaths out would be the difference. We also worked on projecting our voices without yelling, just making them louder, a useful skill, especially on stage. I will try to apply these techniques to different pieces of practical work that I do.