First lesson

In our first lesson we got into groups, and in those groups we discussed about skills you should have as a performer such as:

• Confidence
• Awareness (on stage)
• Collaboration when it comes to group work
• Discipline
• Listening as acting mainly consists of listening and not just speaking
• Enjoying what you actually do as its not fun when your not interested 
• Clear,loud voice
• Observation; this is essential as it can help with character development 

We also discussed fears that some people might have or might develop and how to overcome them

• Personal habits can get in the way of acting e.g nail biting can affect the role of a character as it is not a personal trait.
• The solution for this is to study the character they're playing to gain knowledge of what they do,how they speak etc. This will familiarise themselves ewith their character.
• Having stage fright could drastically affect an actors peformance as it brings the level of acting down.
• The solutions for this is are to if possible try and transfer that fear into the character depending on the character.
• They could get involved in activities that would help themselves relax such as yoga, breathing exercises,meditation etc.