After viewing my acting in my couple scenes I will review and give self-criticism on my own and others work.

In “The Exit Visa” I had thought that there were many mistakes I had made. Such as me and Jose, who plays Ajax should have been standing closer to the camera as it would have then been easier to see the facial expressions and co-ordinated hand movements. I also could have projected my voice and maybe slightly deepened the voice as it would have been more comfortable to imagine Achilles on stage rather than seeing myself portraying Achilles as a role. However I did change the tone of my voice with everything I said instead of sounding mono-tone. My costume had looked convincing and I did spend a lot of time managing the correct and practical items in which a battle-hardened warrior would wear. So overall I believe that what I had had to work with, I and my co-actors had done well.

I need to work on my facial emotions and expression’s as I was slightly worried and stressed on the outcome of my performance that I should have been focused on actually doing it.

I met up with the intent

The clothes that I had wore was a White long-sleeve t-shirt which would also have probably kept you warm on cold nights and cool in the heat as it is white. Biker cargo’s as in a previous scene he was mentioned dragging Hectors corpse on a motorbike so this gave me a hint as to what he would wear. In scene 9 I had also worn a Flak jacket, which would protect the wearer from falling shrapnel or even prevent bullets from penetrating the vital organs, alas if there was only protection for his ankles. Brown boots for rough terrain and a Green Bomber bomber jacket which is very practical as hence the name “Bomber” they are what the air-force wore during time of war. A cool thing which is included in the jacket from ‘TK MAXX’ was an inside pocket which unzips and I was able to utilize this in Act 2 Scene 10 when I am passing Brisies her document’s and plane ticket.

Body Language- In scene 9 I used relaxed hand gestures and quirky smiles as The other character Phoenix had been my old friend and I wanted to show the viewers that I was comfortable with him. The pouring off coffee was beneficial to the scene as it had shown a physical and mental change for Achilles. With so much stress on his mind, there is not time to sleep, no time to stop and think. He drinks the caffeine to keep awake as there is the guilt riding on his soldiers for Patroclus’s death and his hope of leaving behind and abandoning the death and suffering of war and battle.

Method Acting- To get into the role of the ‘Greek Hero’, Achilles it wasn’t as hard as I had read on an article about Stanislavsky’s theory of putting yourself in the characters shoes.