Tark 2a- Reflective Journal.

This task I found very usefull in helping me to realie what I'd acheived throughout my days and also helped me organise myself and think of how I could improve on ways I was conducting and organising myself in my proffessional life.

I chose to write my reflective journal on my first week of rehearsals with SG Productions. I wrote about how I felt anxious but also excited about who I'd be working with and also how the director would be. I wrote about how I'd made every effort to prepare for this new job e.g learning all my lines and songs before rehearsals started and having my contract looked at by equity to make sure I wasn't going into the situation blind. I wrote about how I felt that preperation was key and I felt less anxious about the start of rehearsals knowing I had done all I could to be ready.

I wrote about how hard it was getting up at 6am when it was still dark to catch my lift to the train station, and how part of me just wanted to curl up in bed and go back to sleep in the warmth. I wrote about all the 'hussle and bussle' of traveling through London in the morning and how busy the lifestyle is here to back home in rural Wales; and also how much I like the busyness of it all.

I wrote about being the first to arrive in the rehearsal venue and how relaxed it all was compared to how I imagined and how down to earth the rest of the cast were. I found myself forgetting that this was something I was being paid for and felt a bit like I was back in college during the lunch break; hearing people singing and revising harmonies on one side of the room, people counting out dance steps on the other. I wrote about how I realised that all my training although I had not realised it at the time had really prepared me for all this work both in stamina and knowlege.

I worte about how tired I was in the evenings when I got back to where I was staying, mainly from all the traveling too and from rehearsals and how I got more and more used to it as the week went on. I worte about how well I got on with the other cast members and how pleased I was about this.

I worte about how pleased I was about all we achieved in the first week of rehearsals and how I'm looking forward to going back and adding the finishing touches before heading off on tour.

In conclusion I found this task very benificial and feel as though this is something I will continue to do; not only for reflective value but also so I can look back at what I have achieved and improve on my professional conduct by learning from my own experience.

Please feel free to leave comments on what you gained from this task and any comments on what I have written.

Thoughts on Part1

I admitt that at first like i suppose a lot of the people on the course I was a bit spectical about some of the tasks in Part 1 and whether they were actually going to be benificial to me personally with my professional practice development. I am pleased to state that after undertaking the tasks I actually really got into them and ended up getting a lot more out of them than I first anticipated!

I found that updating my "Professional CV", Part 1a  made me take a closer look at it and how I'd initially set it out and how I could make it clearer and asthetically pleasing to the employer. As all the performers on the couse I'm sure will agree that in this paticular field;  self presentation is key and this can be anything from the way you look at an audition to something that is so easy to overlook as having a clear CV. Doing this task I feel was the most benifical out of all of Part 1 for me as not only did it make me re-evaluate my current CV but it also fueld me into creating my own website http://evamorgan.webplus.net which to be completely honest I'd been twiddling my thumbs over doing for months! I would strongly suggest to anyone who is looking  to promote themselves; whether it be as a performer or any other career, to do this. It literally took me a couple of hours to work out the softwear and get my website up and running and I am by no means a computer 'wizz kid'. Better still after only paying around £20 for the softwear the web space itself was included. The softwear I used was "Serif Web Desgin" and here's a link to their website if anyone is looking for some easy to use softwear:

http://www.serif.com/webplus/wpx4.asp?MC=SERPPCWP1&gclid=CIq1sNjBhaUCFchH4wodBzbIMg

Another part I found that I really got into was the planning of the YouTube Video. Although I still havn't been able to find a way of uploading one (my phones not fancy enough) I found I really enojoyed thinking and planning what I wanted to get out of it myelf and also what I wanted other people to get out of viewing it. I found that after deciding on my initial idea of what I wanted to show all the ideas literally came flooding in and I had to sit down and draw a story board of what I wanted. This task also made me realise that I was a lot more comfortable expressing myself through art, movement, imagery and music which I was always aware of but not to the extent I am now. I have always found it easier to sit down and draw how I feel or choreograph an emotion than express it vocally; and have also found that I relate emotions very strongly with music, whether it be classical or even pop! This made be broaden my horizons slightly and I've decided that in the future I would love to go back to my dance routes and choreograph pieces in a contempoary style to unusual music from around the globe.

Setting up my flickr account took vertually no time at all and it fueld me in getting some new performance photos up on my personal website; and I did this straight after I'd set up my account.

In conclusion I have found Part 1 a lot more benificial that I ever thought I would and am now looking forward to getting 'stuck into' Part 2 as quickly as possible! It has made me re-evaluate the way I do things and how I organise myself which has come in very usefully the past week as I have 10 new songs and a script to learn for my job starting on the 8th of November, and organisation had been key in setting out my time to get off book for that date!

Please feel free to leave any comments if you how gained the same things as me out ot this Part or anything different you've experienced.

Task 1d- Flickr Account

Here's my flickr account! I decided to show some images from show's I have been in as well as some professional modeling/ headshot photos.

Please feel free to leave any comments or feedback!

Here's the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cerimorgan/show/

Task 1c- You Tube Video

Unfortunatly I have been unable to actually create my You Tube video as I have no way of filming it; so I've decided exactly what I want to show for this task. I am going to tell you my ideas for this video and why I have chosen certain things to symbloise where I am in life.

I feel this way I don't feel like Im as behind on the tasks and will upload the actual video as soon as I can borrow or rent a video camera!

For my You Tube video I decided that I wanted to take a more 'art like' approach  as I feel more comfortable in expressing myself through movement, images and music rather then speaking. This I feel a lot of performers and maybe maily singer/dancers will be able to relate to, and I want people to take my video in any way they like; and will be interested to see what emotions and thoughts it provoces for people once it's up.

I felt it best to show how I feel at my current point in my career after looking at the few posts I had time to do in October. The previous sentence says it all really; my life has just become to hectic! It is mainly filled with early mornings, traveling, learning new material, countless auditions, new begginings and jobs. All of this is physically draining but my determination and clear views on what I want out of life are what drive me forward and keep me going as well as my love for performing.

I've chosen to film things that I feel express this. I want to show the travel by showing busy roads, trains arriving, people rushing about on the underground and countless feet walking and crossing eachother. I want to show how much work this field requires by showing piles of sheet music and plays and regection letters. I then however want to show how mine and most peoples efforts do not go unoticed and you will get what you want as long as you'r determined you can do it! I will show this with exaples of the work i have got to show all the stress and busyness is worth it in the end.

The track I have chosen to be played throughout the video is "Nothing in my way" Keane, Hopes and Fears Album. I feel this song says it all and much more than I could express myself through words. Even before the lyrics come it the music fills me with a sence of determination, drive and hopes and dreams for the future and this ties up where I am right now. And I even feel excited about my life and all the possibilities before I've shown this on camera.

I can't wait to get filming and share it with anyone who wants to see it!

While I'm waiting for the equipment I need to do this Im going to carry on with the next tasks as I feel even before showing this video for Task 1c I have gained a lot from the planning of it, and it has provoced and helped bring to the surface how I feel about my current situation.

Please feel free to post any comments you have about this idea, as well as some ways I can get to filming it and finding a video camera!

I hope I've at least been able to paint a picture in your minds of what I want to show or at least planted the seed for what is to come.