Wow.. I can't believe it's all over..

It is a very strange feeling finishing your degree. I still feel as if I have a mountain of work to do!!

Over the past two years, I have not been the best of friends with my degree. There have been a lot of ups and downs and times when I could not wait for it all to be over. But I am so glad that it is something that I have done.
Although I feel as if I have made it very difficult for myself being in different countries while trying to get on with the degree, I would recommend it to everyone.

I would also like to thank Paula Nottingham and Alan Durrant for being so supportive and flexible with me. They have been a huge help,

I am going to leave my blogs online, as being able to have others blogs as reference was a huge help to me.

I wish you all the best of luck with your degrees and lets hope we all get the best mark possible!!

Oral Presentation

As I am out of the country, I have been unable to make it in to Middlesex to do my presentation. Middlesex have been very flexible with me about my 'situation' constantly being out of the country.
So in a little chalet, north of Kulu, a little village in the mountains of North India, at 11pm at night they were able to call me to do my Oral Presentation over the phone.
I had messaged them my power point presentation and it was a lovely chat!

There is nothing to be worried about as all you are doing is talking about everything you know! I enjoyed doing it very much.

Blake's Oral Presentation

Method Acting On The Brain..

I was talking to someone about my degree and what I have done and found, and he showed me this!

Method Acting On The Brain

It's very interesting and so logical! I wish I had found this while I was still doing my research! 

Home is where WIFI connects automatically..

So I arrived in India less than a week ago and I have already been on five flights and have been filmed dancing in two Bollywood movies! But between the 14 hour shoots I am having to find time to do my critical reflection!! I am doing as much as I can, however this is the first WIFI I have found in days. This is making completing my work incredibly hard but I am too close to the end to give up! So (somehow) I WILL complete it!

Beauty Is Not Between A Size 0 And A Size 8.

 I've had a but of a revelation, In terms of my own personal development:
 Last week I found myself in a situation, surrounded by others in the industry, those whom I am well acquainted. Now these girls are obsessed by 'prettiness' to almost an extreme. They are not actors, but singers, and they are in a line of work where looks almost concur all. It is not necessarily their fault, they have been working for someone who is making them a product, the girls are being told to look good at all times and are being put on strict diets. 
I was made to feel that I had no self worth by them. The worst thing about this - is that I don't even think the girls even knew they were doing it. 

Body image and being 'beautiful' is a huge insecurity to all girls. Especially performers that are judged by their looks every audition they go to. But what happens in ten years time when these girls have lost their looks? There is so much more to life than asymmetry and large assets. 

 I was talking to my friend Missy again about everything that had gone on and how awful they had made me feel, our conversation eventually changed course and we started to talk about when we are listening to our iPods and want to sing out loud in a public place. She said, from everything she has seen in New York, when people just break into dance and just start to jam as they are working down the street, she said, "Just go for it! Who cares what other people think!" 

This made me think about Strasberg. He has an exercise called, private moment. This is where you simply do the things you would if you were at home alone..in front of others. So I did a little experiment. I decided to walk for about an hour around London, singing aloud. At first, I found it very difficult, singing quietly and stopping if I thought anyone was looking at me, or came too close. Eventually I pushed myself to just do it! And although I did have a few people looking, it wasn't half as bad as I had thought. Plus it was raining so I was able to hide a little under my umbrella!! This has made me realise, people need to care less about what others think, it's going to be difficult, but by taking yourself out of your comfort zone, it helps you develop and learn and you find, things aren't half as bad as you thought they were going to be.

My Artefact

Blake Curtis-Woodcock - Module Three - Professional Artefact

My Artefact

I have decided to call my artefact: What is method acting?

This is going to be a finished product which is a small insight into what method acting is.

I am going to cover the basics of method acting; relaxation; a few of Strasberg's exercises; looking at a few method practitioners and a few videos showing the use of method acting from both famous actors and me.  

I have decided my audience will be someone that doesn't know anything about method acting. It will give them some idea of what method acting is, and hopefully surprise them with what they learn.

I am going to show this as an audio usual video. I believe this will keep it interesting for the person who will be learning about the topic.
I have started to plan what I am going to do and I have drawn up a story board.