Miskin Theatre Assignment

Assignment Cover Sheet

Assignment Reference:

Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Performing Arts

Title:

The Crucible

Date Set:

1st February 2016

Units

Unit 17: Developing Voice for the Actor

Timing within Course:

Term 2

Time Span:

6 weeks

Submission Deadline:

Performance Assessment: 16th 19th March

Debrief: 21st March
Logbook/Scrapbook Submission: 22nd March
Tutorials: week of 28th March 2016 and Week of 11th March 2016

Special Considerations:

As well as working with directors and other company members, independent study is essential.

Resources:

Research is necessary, proof of which will be in your logbook and scrapbook. Company meetings and discussions will also be taken into account.
Rehearsals and performances will be observed as evidence. Notebooks and correct clothing will be required. Diaries in the form of an e-Logbook
will form essential evidence together with blogged entries on Tumblr and a Scrapbook.

Directors in charge of Assignment:

Carleigh-Ann Portelli & Lucy Flack

Evidence:

This will be in the form of Tumblr Blogs/Logs, Video/Audio, Tutor Observation, Scrapbooks.

Grading Criteria:

Pass, Merit or Distinction are attainable.

Note on copyright and plagiarism: This process will require independent research. Copying from the internet and additional sources is not appropriate and violates copyright and will be
classed as plagiarism unless fully annotated and credited. You must make your work your own. We need to see that you have an understanding of the areas that you have researched. Copying
work directly from ANY source will not be tolerated. If you quote ANY existing material you must put it in quotation marks and in brackets, attribute the source / author.
This brief is available in larger font sizes, on coloured paper and via your company Tumblr Site.

Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Performing Arts

Carleigh-Ann Portelli & Lucy Flack
Brief IVd by Carleigh-Ann Portelli on 4th January 2016

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On completion of this project you should:
Unit 17- Developing Voice for the Actor
1. Know the principles of voice production and vocal health
2. Be able to participate in and be able to contribute to voice class
3. Be able to demonstrate vocal technique in performance
THE BRIEF
You will, along with the directors, form an ensemble company to produce and perform The Crucible by Arthur Miller. There will be four public performances by the company
between 16th and 19th March 2016. There may be additional performances to schools as a result of your own promotion as a company, and these matinee performances may
be accompanied by a Q and A session with the audience. You will take part in a range of performance workshops to extend your skills with a particular focus on voice, arts
business and the healthy performer, in addition to researching, exploring and rehearsing a piece for public performance that honours the spirit of Millers story. You will also
work as a company to develop additional devised sections, musical pieces and physical set pieces.
The process will be skill based, providing you with the training and the basic tools required for creating a piece of ensemble theatre. You will gain skills in physical theatre,
voice, large scale ensemble work, choral work, storytelling, improvisation and approaches to text. Your company will be expected to take responsibility for promoting their
own work to schools and other local organisations as well as the general public. You will be expected to demonstrate the importance of a whole company approach and will
be expected to work in a professional and mature manner of an artist.
As an actor, you will learn about voice production and investigate the interaction of the speech organs and how to explore how the actors whole body influences the quality of
voice produced. You will look at vocal health and how to maintain a healthy voice through classes and rehearsals and finally a performance of The Crucible.
Individual contribution to the rehearsal and devising process is essential, but we must also work together and establish a solid theatre company. We will have a short and
intensive rehearsal period on this project so close collaboration with your directors, the technical team and each other is essential to the success of the final ensemble. A
detailed personal scrapbook as well as a comprehensive contribution to the online blog site is essential in order to map and record your progress and your development as
a company member and as a performer.
Professional Practice: Please be aware that you will be putting professional practice into action within The Miskin Theatre, which is a publicly licensed professional
environment in which you are effectively an intern being given the opportunity to publicly test your skills and gain creditable industrial experience.

Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Performing Arts

Carleigh-Ann Portelli & Lucy Flack
Brief IVd by Carleigh-Ann Portelli on 4th January 2016

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What you need to do:
TASK 1:
(Unit 17: P1, M1, D1)- Scrapbook

Annotate a diagram of the vocal and speech organs making links with the organs and how these relate to the production of sound and
vocal technique.
(Vocal organs: tongue; jaw; nasal cavity; mouth; lips; hard palate; soft palate; alveolar ridge; resonators; larynx; pharynx; lungs; ribs;
diaphragm; intercostal muscles; spine
Vocal processes: respiration; phonation; articulation; resonation
Other factors: posture; tension)

TASK 2:
(Unit 17: P2, M2, D2)- Scrapbook

Research and reflect on the care and health of the voice and how you can maintain a healthy voice. Please include warming up
excercises, dietary considerations, tension, posture, oral piercing, smoking and the impact this has on the voice.
(Vocal health: warming-up; relaxation; dietary considerations; tension; posture; smoking; oral piercings)

TASK 3:
(Unit 17: P3, M3, D3, P4, M4, D4))- Observation and Scrapbook

Participate and contribute to voice classes and run vocal warm-ups for yourself and your peers. Write a warm-up plan that is for a
minimum of 15 minutes.

Participate in rehearsals using different vocal techniques when looking at dialogue. Write a personal voice analysis including the different
techniques an actor uses, including, tone, pace, pitch, pause, projection, inflection, articulation and dynamics.

TASK 4:
(Unit 17: P5, M5, D5) Observation and Scrapbook

Demonstrate vocal technique in performance and put into practice all the techniques you have learnt throughout the process.
Write an overall evaluation of the process including the development of your voice.

Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Performing Arts

Carleigh-Ann Portelli & Lucy Flack
Brief IVd by Carleigh-Ann Portelli on 4th January 2016

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Qualification: Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Performing Arts

Name:

Project: The Crucible

Unit Title: Unit 17: Developing Voice For the Actor

Aim and Purpose: The aim of this unit is to develop learners knowledge of the principles of voice production, vocal health and the benefits, to
the actor, of regular vocal exercise.
Criteria: All

Initials: CAP & LF

IV: LF

Overall Grade Achieved:

Date:

To achieve a pass grade the

evidence must show that the
actor is able to:

To achieve a merit grade the

evidence must show that the
actor is able to:

To achieve a distinction grade the

evidence must show that the actor is
able to:

P1 describe the principles of

voice production and their
association with vocal
technique in performance

M1 explain the principles of

voice production and their
association with vocal technique
in performance

D1 analyse the principles of voice

Task 1: Scrapbook
production and their association with
vocal technique in performance

P2 describe how to maintain

a healthy voice

M2 explain how to maintain a

healthy voice

D2 analyse how to maintain a

healthy voice

P3 participate in voice
classes

M3 engage in voice classes and

demonstrate improvement in
vocal technique

D3 engage fully in voice classes and Task 3: Observation

and Scrapbook
demonstrate significant
improvement in vocal technique

P4 contribute to the delivery

of voice classes

M4 contribute to the delivery of

voice classes demonstrating a
considered use of vocal

D4 contribute to the delivery of voice Task 3: Observation

classes demonstrating a considered and Scrapbook
and effective use of appropriate

Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Performing Arts

Carleigh-Ann Portelli & Lucy Flack
Brief IVd by Carleigh-Ann Portelli on 4th January 2016

Evidence

Task 2: Scrapbook

Grade

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exercises
P5 demonstrate competently M5 demonstrate a skilled and
the application of vocal
confident application of
technique in performance.
appropriate vocal technique in
performance.

vocal exercises
D5 demonstrate a comprehensive
and fully appropriate application of
vocal technique in performance,
with confidence, ease and fluency

Task 4: Observation
and Scrapbook

Directors Comments:
Individual Targets:
1.
2.
Agreed as Fair and Accurate:

Actor:

Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Performing Arts

Carleigh-Ann Portelli & Lucy Flack
Brief IVd by Carleigh-Ann Portelli on 4th January 2016

Director:

Date: