LAMDA Gold Medal Exam - Creativity

I have done a few Lamda exams over the years and took drama as an Igcse subject so this year I decided to do the last level exam which was Grade 8 the gold medal. (LO1) I'm able to memorize monologues very quickly so it eliminates one of the many hard obstacles of the exam. However, what I need to develop is the range of emotions for each character as there are 3 exams so that I do not end up having the same emotion in each monologue. (LO2) Another challenge was the knowledge section of the exam where we had to choose a practitioner to learn about and be tested on. I chose Constantin Stanislavski as I remembered his acting techniques from researching about him during my Igcses. The lamda examiner questioned me about how Stanislavski turned realism to naturalism withn acting and what were his teachings. (LO3) The perseverance part was the hardest as I would struggle to split my time between homework, school work and revision that I usually do during my free periods that would be replaced with me needing to rehearse my monologue. I had to choose between my priorities, especially when I was organizing Valentine's Day that was 2 days before my exam and I would be very tired and felt like I did not want to do my exam anymore. (LO4) By working with my old drama teacher was helpful to a certain extent, he helped me choose my monologues and helped me revise about the practitioner before the exam and ran through my lines with me.