BRISTOL OLD VIC THEATRE SCHOOL

I have finished my intensive course at Bristol Old Vic and it was just wonderful to have the opportunity to attend this great theatre school and have brilliant tutors to guide you along the way.

We have received new showreel material (which will be up soon) from the course and I have had some amazing experience both in front and behind the camera.

This was really my first time sitting behind the camera and seeing the action being played out on a monitor. It was so interesting to see the difference of being in front of the camera and watching it as it would be played out on screen.
Seeing it from a directors point of view clarifies why we have to stand in a certain way, or move a prop that looks wrong in shot or walk in a certain direction. The view we get from the screen is very different to the set and scene we see without a lens. For example, while sitting next to a friend in real life there is a known space between each other, we do not intrude this personal space. However, when acting if we sat next to each other as we would in real life; on the screen it looks as if we are distant and the gap in between us seems so vast. That is why, the director constantly tells us to sit closer or be closer together, so that on screen we look as if we actually like each other.
We have to get use to being close around each other and invading each other's personal space.

All in all the course was great and I made some lovely friends. They are all so very talented and creative.
I have learnt such an incredible amount and I shall be putting it all into practice.

I really enjoyed my time there.