Week Four
The word of the week —— FRUSTRATION. Nothing to do with the class who continue to do brilliant work and demonstrate a willingness to ‘own’ this project and go beyond the call. “100″ is really exciting me as a piece of theatre. It is one that already I am incredibly proud of and one which I hope a lot of people will get to see. You deserve that with the efforts being put in in all areas.
The frustration I speak of is with the immense interruptions to the timetable. The effect on us and the work we are undertaking is magnified by the fact that this is an ensemble task, a team-effort…. and even having one person missing or one of you not focused (no names) makes the task more difficult.
This week it has been especially noticable as I felt we lost the flow a little, after the great work of the previous week. It took greater concentration from everyone to get back on task and get back into the rthym we had discovered. Thank you. Let’s just stay focused and keep with it.
Audits begin this week and provide an interesting insight into where you each are at. I will write more next week but I urge you to take them as an opportunity to review where you are at and what you need to do to ensure a great grade at the end of the process. Forget that it is an in-progress ’grading’ session, but instead, take the chance to be honest with me and yourselves about how much you have done, what you have or haven’t contributed and what it is that you really need to do over the coming weeks to land the result that you truly deserve.
You are a fantastic class. I could not have asked for a better group of individuals to work with. I respect your ideas and the relationship we are all developing, under the title… “Farmhouse Productions”. Thanks.