This week in the lecture we had a guest speaker Andy Jordan who teaches drama at the University. He taught us how he would go about directing actors which was furthered in the workshop. Unfortunately only 3 people turned up to the workshop including myself. Luckily it was me and the others from my radio drama group, so we had gained more experience than the other groups. We had three actors come in, so we all had a one on one with each actor. I worked with Charlotte Broughton who I had met in a previous workshop to go through a script based on a diary. We first read the script together and Charlotte read it how she felt it should be read, and I gave her feedback afterwards on what I thought she should emphasise and leave out. She took on my feedback quickly, underlining words and sections that she needed to pay attention to. We quickly went through one run through before I recorded her. We worked quickly and efficiently because I knew what I wanted from her as I had prepared before the workshop.

In the feedback session Charlotte mentioned that I was very professional and was obviously prepared. Personally I really enjoyed the workshop and what I gained from it. I would really like Charlotte to take on a small role in our radio drama, possibly as the Grandmother or Nurse as she has a very maternal demeanour.

In the workshops we discussed how far we had gotten with our radio projects and how to undertake casting calls.