Critical Analysis of Presentations

I have chosen to analyse the performance of Jamie Hackshaw (Son), Danny Hodsall ( give) and Lee Green (Doctor), and my own groups presentation, which were both based on breaking the news of cancer. Danny Hodsalls group portrayed the news of cancer being broken to a bugger off and Son in a Doctors Surgery. Ours involved the news being broken initially to the victims daughter, and then to the fill-in of the family. In Dannys group, the doctor was positioned with his back to the audience.This was effective because it meant that the focus was not on his face, just on the counterbalanceions of the Father and Son. It might have created a puzzle with acoustics and blocked the audiences view of the Father and Sons faces, but was avoided by the right smart the actors positioned themselves. The Doctor spoke loudly to compen sit downe. In our group, I (Julie) was incorrectly positioned, with my back to the audience during the second scene, which I feel might have impaired the audiences vie w of my reaction, and the reactions of other members of the group.In the Doctors Surgery, fewer characters and no excess conversations made a strong impact, focussing on reactions when the news is broken. This also meant it felt realistic. One problem with taking this approach could be that there was less opportunity for personalities to be conveyed to the audience through interaction with others. In my opinion, the impact of the news was greater because the personalities of the characters were not elaborated on. In our presentation, the story was slightly more complex, as more characters were involved.It focused on the situation in which the characters found out, as well as their reactions. This could be considered a disadvantage, as it took attention away from the impact of the bad news. However, one advantage of having a larger group of characters would be that personalities are easily distinguished/ recognised due to interaction with others. The modify of scene in our presen tation added variety. Scene two added to the tension/awkwardness of the situation, as the family had just sat down to a quiet dinner when the news was revealed, causing chaos.Important aspects of both presentations were the Parent/ child relationships. In the Doctors Surgery, a stereotypical Father/ son relationship was illustrated by use of language. An example of this was the Fathers gossipmonger to his son At least youll get to have time off school This and other lull comments (from the son also) gave the impression that Father and Son were hiding their emotions from each other, although clearly their fears were just below the surface.In contrast, the Mother-and-Daughter relationship between Emma (Sarah) and Charmaine (Hannah) was honest and blunt they communicated their opinions and emotions without restraint or much concern about upset the other. This behaviour is stereotypical of Mother and daughter relationships, as is the reserved behaviour of Father and Son. I count bo th presentations could be improved by varying the reactions of the family members. In the Doctors Surgery, the Father and Son both react by suppressing their emotions, while in our presentation, all of Sarahs daughters reacted similarly, in anger.