REVIEW READER 4
Task 4 requires us to review reader 4 in relevance to forming a web of questions that are relevant to my practice. The reader seemed to emphasise that we need to "draw on existing knowledge, [and] seek out new evidence" (Kahn and O'Rourke, 2004). Effectively, it talks about the inquiry as a process. I perceived this as opting to choose an inquiry topic completely relevant to my specific professional practice - but at the same time leave space to learn and develop different aspects surrounding the topic.
Questions Relevant To My Practice
'How has the method of self-tape auditions affected the acting industry?' is a question that is searingly relevant to my current position within my professional practice. Stemming from this question, I began to brainstorm some sub-questions...
'How has the centrality of television in people's lives changed the system of auditioning / the acting industry?'
'Does the globalisation of self-tape acting auditions produce more or less opportunities?'
Organisational Theories of Learning
We were also encouraged to apply the theories of learning to understand our own professional practice. 'Double-loop learning' (a theory introduced by Arghris and Schon) particularly caught my attention; relationships between individuals and organisations easily translates to my world of the relationship between me, the actor, and organisations, i.e. agents and casting directors.
Does the process of self-taping eliminate 'acting in the moment'? The finished product that the organisation (in this case, the casting director) sees is a 'reflective' piece of work.
'Do self-tapes muffle the spontaneity of the audition process?'
Single-loop learning would be the actor sending a self-tape directly the casting director.
Double-loop learning is the safer option of putting my self-tape under scrutiny of my agent. This may lead to an alteration if my agent isn't happy with it.
Your question is very interesting and incredibly relevant. It always made me laugh sending my dance showreel to perspective employers and viewing other performers showreels. The moves chosen to go into the final edit, have been rehearsed repeatedly, over and over until we are satisfied. We have reflected on our performance and adapted it to suit. In some cases the employer could be in for a shock when their new recruit arrives to not really having the same skill-set that was shown.
ReplyDeleteThis inquiry would allow you to have a balanced argument, whatever your own opinion was. I look forward to hearing more about this inquiry.
This is so true - you really are displaying your 'best self' on self tapes! It might be an idea for me to interview various people in the industry on their use of self tapes ranging through the disciplines.
DeleteThankyou for sharing the link you used. It has greatly helped me understand the learning process we are applying on this course. I have a question i wondered you could help me with- the 6 phases it talks about- what phase do we get up to within our process of learning or do we complete them all?
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Hi Lauren, after recapping over the phases of learning again, I am under the impression we may go up to phase 3 or phase 4 within our line of inquiry. I'm not so sure does our learning require for us to 'correct our errors' but rather for us to discuss our errors' and accept faults within topics we !ay undertake. What are your thoughts? I'm finding it hard to wrap my head around
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