Task 3

• What scene did you develop? - we developed East End Tales 1

• What drama skills did you use to do so?- Improvisation, understanding of character, detailed facts,clear pronunciation and team work.
• Explain what you did as a group. Why did you make these choices? (Think about character- voice/physicality.) -we decided to make up a past of the character and show clearly and detailed what happened to him and why he is like what he is. We made sensible conclusions as to what happened, by using guidance from the script and general knowledge of things we know that relate to what was said in the script. We did this to get a better understanding of the character and show the class more of the characters personality. 

• What was effective about the characterisation they had decided to explore?- I liked how some groups used sound to show emotions of the character and others used actions, it made the scene much more interesting to watch.
• Did the scene help you understand anything new about the play or another character?- It helped me understand that the play is all about interpretations of the East End. It also helped me understand that what the play talks about is very serious issues about possibly true stories of peoples lives.

Lesson 2

So far with the play East End Tales, I have found it quite confusing. It is very complicated but at the same time really interesting. I think whats complicated about it is how its written in the fact that I dont really understand who is talking.

I do really like the play, I love how it rhymes and I think we can really do something with the piece. The challenges in making it work though will be:

• making the whole class understand and get involved 
• everyone coming to a agreement in what to do for the scenes
• thinking outside the box, trying to make it look good
• trying new techniques into using our bodies to show characters
• following  instructions 
• focusing  

My questions would be:

• how can we make the seen look effective and interesting?
• what does the character feel in the scene?
• what looks good on stage?
• how can we get the whole class involved

East End Facts

1. Jack the Ripper came from the East End

2.Victoria Park (known colloquially as Vicky Park or the People's Park) opened in 1845. It stretches out across part of the East End of London.

3.  East London and was considered to include all of Greater London east of the City of London and north of the River Thames.

4. Famous for the The Blitz during WW2 because was one of the most bombed places in London.

5. East London has always been the poor relation of the West End. From the earliest times, it attracted trade and industry, thanks to its proximity to both The Thames and the River Lea. In particular, ‘dirty’ industries like tanning and tallow works clustered in the east, downwind and outside the city walls where ‘noxious’ trades were banned.