As I think I’ve previously reflected on in other reflections, notions of performance change when using non-actors. Their ability to convey varies depending on the particular role/emotion that they have to play. They are also less likely to be equipped to receive direction and modify their performance in accordance with the feedback.

The effect that I have observed this far, including in my own performance, is that each crew member playing the actor often attempts to attach a varying amount of character and emotion onto their role depending on how comfortable they feel playing the part. One issue I think with this is that it is rare that anyone ends up moderating the actors and asking questions like do these emotions fit together? is this the type of character we are aiming for in this scene? etc. In these situations I feel like it is necessary for the director to step in and give feedback and direction to actors within the scene. I do not think this is the only approach however because at times I think it could also be beneficial to let the actors build their own characters and decide their own emotional inflections.

in reflecting on our groups exercise I think the girl’s performance (whoops forgot her name) came off a little rushed, I’m mostly referring to the pacing in the room, to me pacing such a small area felt very unnatural perhaps a good example of how the space influences performance. Jim’s look was pretty funny Im not sure even he knew what he was doing which resulted in an interesting variation of confusion, which maybe was the aim. The other classes work was very interesting particularly the robot and the guy. Although they couldn’t get any props/makeup the physicality of the robots performance helped define the character. I especially like the final moments it really payed off for me when the robot hugs the guy, I didn’t think he had it in him. Robin made a very good point that there was a certain chemistry or perhaps opposition of acting styles with the guy and the robot which complemented one another very nicely.