Extended Diploma Yr 2

Unit 11: Is age a barrier/problem for newer actors? Intro: I am writing this essay due to a question that interested me about the acting industry. Is age a barrier for newer actors of the black gender. Since the day I took an interest in drama, I thought how hard it may be to become an actor and as the years passed, I found that 75% of black people  who enter the acting industry are under the age of 45. What of the older black generation? In films, it has been rare (to me) to see any new older and elderly black actors. I feel that by seeing a wide age range of new actors of the race it would be inspiring to collect new types of skills, wisdom and characteristics. In this essay I will not be ranting that the younger generation of black actors should be minimized. Though only to get my point across of the advantages and disadvantages of both the young and older generations acting in the professional industry. In the industry or in fact any business I understand that the ...

Mid-September: For the first week we were to start deciding what our new performance should be. The class and I knew it had to be based off on Christmas but we wasn't sure of its storyline. Our mentor made us split into four groups and gave us a task. The task was that each individual group must create there own Christmas based story. Then perform it either that the day or the next. We would discuss more things about each storyline as time goes by and then around the end of the month we would decide which idea to choose. The groups were made and mine consisted of five people. Including myself there was also Roman, Rosely, Teigan and Danielle B. At first we were at a lost for what we would create. Them I had come with the idea that Santa has given up on giving people presents. Though to give it more depth, Teigan suggested that Santq has given up on Christmas because he thinks that people have naughty and sont deserve presents. We all approved of that idea and started to work. Thi...