SKILLS AUDIT

Performance skills:

• Voice (projection, control, accents, singing confidence)
• Characterisation
• Rehearsal skills
• Movement/ physical skills
• Different styles of acting (comedy? Shakespeare? Emotional work?)
• Confidence in working with text 

From analysing all the things mentioned above, I would give myself a 7/10 on how confident I am in all of those areas as I feel I have many things to improve on. For instance, My projection and control in my voice is good. However, I do not know how to do accents, my singing confidence isn't as high as it could be and I have poor articulation. In order to improve this, I must do articulation exercises such as tongue twisters, watch videos and tutorials on how to do different accents and practice singing daily and sing more in front of people. 
From looking at my characterisation skills, I have concluded that I am able to think outside of the box, I input ideas and try my best to explore different things that could be added to whatever I'm performing. Nonetheless, characters of an older age range (e.g. a character in their 20s) I haven't completely mastered along with being able to do humorous female roles. 
During rehearsal time, occasionally I get distracted when I feel I have rehearsed enough. However, every little bit helps and that's what I need to remember every time I rehearsal so that I always use my rehearsal time productively. 
I can tell a story using my body. Although, I am not flexible which restricts me on emphasizing on particular body parts as much as possible to portray a character to its full degree. In order to become more flexible, I aim to stretch for half an hour every day to improve my flexibility.
Shakespeare is something I would love to be able to do. Furthermore, comedy is something I would also like to do. The style of acting I am most confidence with is emotional work (drama). However, to be an all-rounder in acting, you must be able to do all of the above and more. In order to achieve this, when given the opportunity to choose whatever role you want to do, I will come out of my comfort zone and do Shakespeare or comedy so that I can become stronger in other fields of acting.
My confidence in working through text isn't bad. I am able to annotate a script to get a full understanding of the plot and my character and read in between the lines by using my English skills as an advantage. However, although I do know how to find objectives to give my character, I would like to improve on how to find objectives for them to make sure without fail I portray my character as well as I possibly can.

Performing isn't easy. You must be able to feel free enough to venture out of your comfort zone and allow yourself to try new and different things. If you can do this, I believe performing will come a lot easier to you as you are not restricting yourself and building boundaries that are stopping you from progressing as a performer. It is important to have confidence, drive and determination to be the best performer you possibly can.