Stange Combat Stage Slap

Reflection:
This week we started a new unit, this unit is about stage combat, this is when we imitate actual fights but we do not actual do them instead we replace the effects of the hits using knaps.A knap is when you perform an action with your hands to imitate the exact sound of a type of it like a slap, a punch, an uppercut etc.The first move in stage combat that we learned was a slap.We learned the slap by practicing in different speeds with a partner.To learn this slap I worked with Rania, what we did to learn this was that we would have a dialogue and then I would slap here and she would show the reaction by knapping and then putting the suitable facial expressions.The steps that we learned for a slap were that we first needed to stand in front of each other with a good amount of space between us to avoid any injuries in the performance of the hit.Next, we learned how to stand off center opposite each other, after that the slapper would have to inform the person being slapped their target and the slapper would have to target his eyes onto that area.We would then practice the slap with the knapping until we felt like we were able to do it correctly and that was how we were able to learn the stag slap.

In this task, I performed a freeze frame for the stage slap with my partner Rania.I believe we were successful in certain points, for example, I think that our dialogue was very good and that we spoke loudly and confidently and we were able to say our lines right.Another thing that I think was very good was that our slap, as commented by the audience seemed very realistic towards them and it seemed like it was an actual slap.However I believe that we were unsuccessful at one certain point, this point is that our knap was not as loud as it was supposed to be and not all the audience could hear it clearly and loudly.Overall I believe we did well in terms of most of the factors but maybe we could make our knap better next time.

I believe that next time maybe me and my partner we could improve on making our slap a little bit more realistic by maybe making the knap a little louder and maybe making the reaction a little bit more realistic instead of making it dramatic.Also, I believe we could raise up the heat in our dialogue to make the slap even more realistic than we did.I think that we could improve our whole performance next time to make it even better than this time, the way I believe we can achieve is that maybe we can practice our dialogue more and maybe we should first practice our slap slowly and then quickly so then it can look better in the performance, therefore we can also practice even more to improve the performance as a whole.To conclude I believe that we did well overall but maybe next time we can improve by practicing more next time and in terms of the image maybe we could have taken it in a different moment to make the quality of the freeze frame better.