Friend group picture

Aya: My character was best friends with Aya's character however, her character then travelled.When she came back she found out that there were no longer friends .As my character I am not very close to Aya's character due to how she left her without telling her.

Ananya: Ananya is the new friend to My character and she is replacing Aya. Ananya's character's a nice person but has an attitude sometimes and isn't always the nicest.My character and her character are very close due to how she has been her friend ever since Aya's character left mine.

Jad: Jad's character is the person that is mutual with everyone in the friend group, he doesn't have much issues with anyone.

Monica: For my character, I have a good relationship with Jad's character and Ananya's relationship however, with Aya my character not very happy with her due to how she left without telling my character which upset my character and made their relationship much weaker.

Hot seat questions and answers

How do you feel about the state of the family?

I feel like this family has many issues. Ever since the father died the mother left to work in all the nations of the world and left her daughter without any of her parents.I  return instead of having he mother occasionally come and visit her she then spoils her by giving he money.Because of the lack of parenthood that she had she has become extremely spoilt because of her mother.She is very demanding and is very controlling of everyone around her she has this really bad attitude that annoys me so much.She bosses everyone around like they’re her slaves like they are not humans just like her.But, whenever I see her having her attitude or shouting ay someone I remind myself that both of her parents left her, her father died and he mother left to work and gives her daughter no importance whatsoever, all she cares about is her work and traveling all around the world.For the butler, Isabelle bosses him around all the time and all he can do is listen to her.Despite ether, he is very lazy, when Elizabeth is not there he seeps on the couch until she comes back.

Why did you choose to take acre if your niece?

In the beginning, I was brought by my sister, Elizabeth to take care of her daughter because she couldn't be there because of her job.Eventually, I ended opening years and moths with her so I ended top living with her.I the begging I didn't really want to come but then when I spent time with Elizabeth, I started feeling sorry for her.She has no one form her family her father died and her mother hardly cares about her and acts like she isn't even alive .All she has from her family is me, I'm the only one that she has, if I left I int know how she would live, I don't know what could happen too er and it would break my heart to know if something happened to her because I wasn't there.I know she may seem bossy and meson but she is really nice on the inside and I love her which is why I chose to care for her in the absence f her parents.also, after my divorce I notice how much I really wanted a child to have so id decided that it wouldn't be very bad if I went to care of y niece.

What is your relationship with the family?

In terms of my relationship, I really care about my niece, Isabelle, I love her so much and she loves me too.We have a good relationship, she is the coolest person to me in the house.However, sometimes I get really annoyed from her when she shouts or bosses people around the butler, I always remind myself that the most important person in her life left her when she needed her the most, after her father’s death.Despite that, in general, our relationship is really nice.

In term of  her mother, Elizabeth, she is my sister.I love her but our relationship isn't really that close, I only call her on certain occasions which is quite rare.Most of the time we only talk when it is something for her daughter.She never came to see us.I feel sorry for her sometimes but also and at here, she never came to see us except when I called her just so she could come for her daughter’s birthday.Other than that our relationship is quite complicated because even though I lived with her for 17 years f my life sometimes sit feels like I hardly know her.

For the butler, I just help him around the house we hardly talk but, I try t calm him down whenever he is about to argue with Isabelle.I also help him sometimes so that I can make sure that he is doing the right thing.Other than that our relationship is quite neutral because we hardly communicate about anything if it's not related to Isabelle.

Family character introduction

Aunt : Lady that is responsible of me the ( applies only child ) due to how her sister ( the mother ) is always busy.The aunt doesn’t genuinely love the child but, only takes responsibility and cares for the girl for the money that her sister then gives her.She believes that the family is a wreck and actually hates the girl and finds her intolerable and extremely annoying.This character is played by Kiyara.

Mother: The mother is a very wealthy and rich person.She is never home and hardly sees her daughter.She hardly cares about the daughter however, she still gives money to the daughter and spoils her by her wealth.Her daughter ( the child) practically hates her due to how she knows that she doesn't care about her and is never there with her but she still cares about the money she gets from her.This character is played by Gunce Su.

Butler: The butler works for the child and is always there in the house with the child.The Butler feels like he is always being demanded and ordered by the child.The butler also finds the child extremely spoilt and annoying and is usually very lazy at home. This character is played by Mustafa.

Child: The child is very spoiled by her mother but  even though she may seem mean and rude on the inside she sometimes feels uncared of but also lonely due to how she never sees her mother and her father has died and all she lives with are the butler and the aunt.The child also loves shopping.She hardly cares about her , mother, orders around her butler and also counts her aunt as her only mother due to how her own mother is never there.This character is played by myself ( Monica)

Reality TV Reflection

How have your characterization skills developed in this reality TV unit? (give examples) 

I believe that they developed slot across the stages of this unit.I believe that it developed in many different ways and different features.One way that it developed was that in the beginning I didn't really use an accent as much as at the end of the unit and it was and very expressive and effective like it was at the end of the unit.For example, my accent was much more effective in my recent performances rather than in my first in class practical showing home it developed over the unit.Another thing that also developed was my personality. in the beginning, I thought my character needed to dislike everyone, however, as the unit continued I retransformed my characters to like certain people and like certain people to maker her more realistic.For example, in my first performances, I used to not show any likeness towards anyone, however, over the unit I slowly started to show how I like certain characters.A third way that my characterization skills developed was that my facial and body expressions changed to make my character more expressive also with my voice, in my first performances I didn't really show my much expression with my face go through the unit I made my body and face for expressive also with my voice in terms of my volume and my pitch.To conclude that my characterization skills have developed a lot through this unit.

What target can you identify for yourself in order to improve on your characterization skills next term

I think that I have really developed my skills in this unit but I could still improve it a little bit in terms of certain features.One main way that I can improve in next term would be to maybe improve my next character development and to try and maybe practicing it before performing it so that one I come to perform with the accent it could express the character correctly and so that it makes my character expressed and shown in the appropriate manner of my desire.A second way that I can improve would be that I should also try and make my reactions to certain situations show my character through expression and through emotion so that people could be able to see my character's personality not only through one view but multiple views.To conclude I believe that I did well in this unit as my character and my characterization skills but I could improve in ways to make my self better in this certain type of skills to improve for the coming term.

How can you improve your homework when completing written work about the practical explorations in class? 

I believe that I have done well in all my pieces of homework well and in an appropriate manner, however, there are still certain ways that I can improve on them.One the way that I could improve is that I could talk about how my character was expressed in the practical and whether I thought that how my character was expressed was successful or not.I could also talk about what I thought of my accent of my character or how I think I could have improved certain features in different ways like my volume, my pitch and maybe in certain practices as I could talk about how I should improve my reaction  to a situation that happened in the practicals, I could also talk about how my reactions went and way son improving it for next time.Another improvement that I could perform for next time would be that even though my ices were detailed I could still try and include details in my homework pieces and include details about my features my performance in the practicals , for example I can try including details on different perspectives on my performance and my different opinions on my own performance in the practical.To conclude I believe that I did really well in my homework pics but I could still improve in certain ways in terms of detail and in terms of seeing what went well and what didn’t.

 What have you most enjoyed about this unit? 

I think the most thing that I have enjoyed in this unit were the different practicals where we had to work in a  group and perform a scene that would be performed in the Big Brother house.I really enjoyed it as we had the chance of performing in another charter’s place along with other people that were also in their character, I really enjoyed how we had to express ourselves through different activities and I also really enjoyed the situation that we had to perform the Olympic competition.I found that extremely fun to perform and I found it incredibly interesting to perform as my character in that certain performance due to how I was able to express my character's personality through my acting in a very interesting way in that performance.I also really enjoyed when we had to say opinions on each other in our character as I found it enjoyable to have to do that but with the personality of my character.To conclude the most thing I enjoyed about this unit were the practicals that we did in class.

 What was your greatest achievement in drama this term?

I think that I did really well throughout this unit and throughout all my work in this term but there is one certain thing that was my greatest achievement in this term.I think that my greatest achievement in this term in drama would be the mark that I got in the bets bits video that I created along with a group in my class. believe that it was my greatest achievement as I did really well in it as an individual but also as a group due to how it was my last project which then allowed my to show my character fully as for the rest of the time in the unit before this video I developed my character repeatedly in terms of my appearance, my accent, my voice and my expression which then made the project my best achievement due to how it is where I performed the best and showed my character in the best manner due to how it was fully developed from the time before I completed the video due to how I developed it throughout the whole of the unit and I presented it all in that project.To conclude I did really well in my last project of my best bits video making it my greatest achievement in drama in this term.

Drama props

Props:

Male and female basic clothes ( two shirts/ jackets and two male tshirts/shirts or jackets

The male and female clothes are for my team so hat we could use our creative skills so that we could use the costume to represent our characters so that it could be more expressive in terms of showing our character.

Glasses and a Cap

The glasses and a cap can be used to also shoe more expressively our character but also the perodnlaity of our character since glasses could maybe show if the character is a cool and relaxed person or whether he is the opposite of that and is more of a character with a tense personality.

Black Boxes/ chairs 

For the black boxes or chairs we will just eb using these for the opinions in the best bits video for example since each of our characters will be saying an opinion so we will be sung th boxes or chairs as a prop for the chatrcrerts to use during that scene.

For the rest of the props we will be bringing them, for example I will be bringing my own clothes our lot who I want to match the same clothes I sued to describe my character on my blog so that my character could be identified fro previous The other props that we will be using would be editing materials which we will have form a computer from someone in my team who has a program that we will use to edit the whole video and while also include music and sound.

Little Sister

Art Reflection for geometric patterns

1.What did you start with?

In the very beginning, I started with a very beginner design, I mainly started with shares like petals squares and rectangles.I mainly followed the characteristics of the assignment but, I found it quite hard in the beginning as it was something that I never did before, I first didn't really have much idea but then I attempted drawing something in the beginning.With the help of the usual guidelines, I got to abacus drawing.However, with the help of the guidelines from my teacher I was able to come up with a good design for the assignment.

2. What did you do next?

After I completed my first draft of my design for the assignment, I went and took some feedback from my etcher.From the feedback, I decided to draw a new one but the same design, however, I would develop the feedback that she gave me into it so then I could go to the next step.Oe major thing I had to change was the petals and she suggested that if I made them straight lines than it would be so much better.Another thing is that A piece of feedback was that I needed to make sure that all the details in the piece were equal to each other to make it accurate but also presentable and majorly detailed with shapes making a smooth appearance to the piece altogether.

3. Why did you choose that (brush/color/pencil)?

After I did the two drafts for my design, I started choosing the color schemes that I thought would go well together so that I would color the piece.I started making different combinations, I had three different combinations that I wanted to choose from at the end.For the colors, I also used my teacher's help.I had a warm combination, a summer combination and then I had a combination with both color types.At the ned, after attempting we saw that the best combination of the design was the summer and warm combination was fit for it.For the brush, I used a thin brush and a smooth one due to how I wanted it to be neat as when the brush is smaller and thinner it is easier to control when it comes to coloring also, as I wanted to make my trial combinations clear in color.I also used a thin shape pencil as it made the drawing extremely neat.

4. Why didn’t you choose a different (brush/color/pencil)?

For my design the reason I didn't choose a thick pencil it would have made the pice look extremely not neat or even tidy due to how it would have been thick making it also not look very presentable.The reason I didn't choose a thick and rough brush was that it wouldn't be as neat as painting would not be as controlled and may cause in me painting out of the lines but also when it comes to trying it will not be clear of the brush is rough and thick.For the colors, the reason I didn't use the warm color combination or the vibrant color combination was that one was too bright and the other felt too dull and didn't have a variety of colors, also, each one felt like it was missing a color to just make the piece as good as it can be in terms of color but also so that it fits the criteria of the type of design.

5. What problems did you encounter?

I encountered multiple problems throughout the whole process.One of the problems that I encountered was that when I was drawing my details were not accurate in my first draft of the design.Other than that another problem that I faced was when I was seeing what each thing would be colored was that I wasn't able to easily decide what each shape should be what color.Another problem that occurred multiple times was not all the colors of the palettes were similar so each lesson I would've to spend the time to find the color that I used the lesson before it.The same issue happened with the brushes as most of the class used thin brushes so they would finish quickly and it would take me a long time to find a brush that I should use for the piece.

6. How did you solve them?

The way that I solved the issue of not having accurate shoes was that I measured the squares inside the grid and divided them equally by my shoes and used a ruler to draw all my shapes equal to each other.For my issue of seeing what each shape in the pice should be colored as, I numbered them and tried each door in the shape and since I had 4 different shapes I used 4 colors so that each share would have a color and whatever was next to each other I would make sure the colors complimented each other and didn't ruin the appearance of the piece.For my issue of the palettes and the brushes, I would sometimes share palettes with others if I didn't have the color I needs.For the brushes, I tried to not waste time and make sure to be able to get a brush as quickly as possible so that I got one I wanted and if I didn't I would swap brushes with people every now and then during the lesson.

7. Were their issues you couldn’t solve?

There were very minimal issues that I couldn't solve.There were only one or two as most of the time all the issues had a solution.One issue which didn't have result was that in my final I had to remove a part of my piece as it codlin fit at all dos I had to include it form my piece leaving a part of my piece not included.Other than that I believe that I didn't really have an issue that I couldn't solve.

8. What is working well and why?

I believe that most of the process and the results of each step were quite good and was going well.One of the rings that went well was that I was able to think if a design but after many trials.A second thing that also went well in the process was that my teacher was able to help me a lot which really helped make my process even easier.Something else that worked well was that the second draft for my piece looked really nice and actually exceeded my expectations of its appearance as it was my first time doing it.Also, after trying the combination, the color combination that I chose turned out be really well.

9. What isn’t working well and why?

I believe that even though most of the things through the process went well I think that some things didn't really go well throughout the process.One of the things that didn't go well was that I found it hard to think of a design so it took me a long time to start drawing.Another thing that also didn't go well was that when I painted my brush strokes appeared due to how I wasn't extremely good at painting os in the piece my strokes lightly appear from my brush.Something else that didn't go well was that after doing my design I saw that it wasn't as creative as I wanted it to be and it wasn't as detailed, the reason for that was that when I researched I found much better things than my design so I slightly improved my design in the final like making it more accurate so it could be more accurate and have more details to make it more complex in appearance.

10. What did you learn in this piece that you can apply to the next?

From this assignment doing this piece, I learned things like different artistic skills and things like styles and color combinations.One thing that I learned for the first time was how to draw a piece like this which was a geometric arab piece, I learned the different folds of this type of art.A second thing that I also learned was how to make accurate shapes by calculating the width and divide it by the shapes that you are drawing so that each shape is an equal measurement to the rest of he owns next to it so the appearance is neat and also acquirers in detail. Other than that I also learned was how to use a T scale which is used to make you liens perfectly straight I also learned how to use a water brush where the brush would have water inside if it so the watercolor would be good quality when painting.This time was my first time learning how to make color combinations and how to see what Colors match together for a piece.Another thing I learned was how to use shores to put them in a way and an angle so that they form an appropriate Islamic piece.Meanwhile, I learned about art in Islamic and the history of its use, also where it is used nowadays like mosques. Lastly and most importantly I learned a new style of art and how to use simple skills like show drawing and painting to compose an appropriate piece.

To conclude, I believe that is have done well in his assignment and that my result was very appropriate and presentable.However, I still think that I could improve but, I have benefitted a lot from this assignment as I have learned a lot artistically but also found it really enjoyable.

Here are images of my process: