Singing observation

1. BTEC PERFORMING ARTS
Peer Observation
Instructions – Give this sheet to another member of your group. Ask them to fill in the
first two sections. You must then fill in your response in the third section.
Name of observer: Ramy Ben Fredj
Name of performer being observed: Ellie Greatorex
Workshop/Rehearsal: Grease Songs Workshop
The OBSERVER must make comments on each of the following -
1: Professional Attitude
Comments
Punctuality and attendance Ellie always turns up on time to rehearsals with
energy and enthusiasm ready to learn and
participate.
Readiness to work Ellie maintained herself in a focused and sensible
state a positive towards the vocal workshop.
Ellie remained optimistic throughout being
positive towards constantly improving her songs.
Communication with other
company members during the
rehearsal
Ellie has a leadership role in class constantly
discussing ideas with blocking scenes and
improving characterisation, yet she also has the
ability to listen to others and be willing to try her
other company member’s ideas.
Focus and attitude during the
rehearsal
Ellie’s oozes confidence in her ability to perform
through her professional attitude in rehearsal,
her focused state and care for the performance
replicates on to the other company members.
Ability to take on board feedback
from other company members and
use it to improve own work
Ellie takes on board all constructive criticism
thrown her way, applying it immediately, this
professional reaction to her being directed only
reiterates how focused she is to always better
herself as a performer.
2: Conduct during rehearsals - Did this person behave in a positive and
focused way during rehearsals? Assess their contribution to the success of
the rehearsal. Please be as specific as possible.
Ellie always walks into the rehearsal space in a professional manor, with her attitude
constantly reiterating to her company members how she wishes to improve her
performance capability. Within this specific workshop she focused on her song
‘Summer Nights’, with Ellie playing Sandy (one half of the duet) there is a lot of
pressure on her to multiply the energy in the song and portray this innocence that
should be shown through Sandy, whilst also sounding great. Ellie doesn’t struggle
regarding singing ability as she knows every technique in the book, her articulation
with the lyrics is near perfect and her smart use of breath control gives her the ability
to hold long high notes whilst remaining in key, she also sings in character having a
high voice in an American accent, this instantly helps her characterisation by singing
in such an innocent voice. In this workshop Ellie also helped her other company

2. 2
BTEC Assignment Brief v1.0
BTEC Internal Assessment QDAM January 2015
members specifically a girl playing Sandy in the end song ‘You’re the one that I want’,
she stated to this company member how to sing more seductively, slowing down a
lyrics a tad and not having such a high pitched voice, this advice helped the girl
playing Sandy immediately. However after stating all of this I must mention that Ellie
needs to focus regarding Characterisation outside of song, retaining that high pitched
voice and also portraying Sandy even more naive throughout.
3: Performer response – will you make any changes to your working
practises following this observation? Be specific.
In response to this peer observation, I will maintain the positive attitude towards
rehearsals. I will take into consideration that my characterisation needs to be held
throughout after the songs. I will achieve this target by recording rehearsals and
watching them. This will help me see my improvements but also highlight problems
for me to work on.