Monologue Reflection

Practicing and performing these mini-monologues was definitely a new experience for me. I learned how to memorize, not be scared to act in front of people, and most importantly for me, to not just blandly read off the paper.
As I watched through my first draft recording, I think it’s obvious I'm not doing much acting. Basically, I just read off the paper in varying tones. I needed to fix that, and so I did. When I went home that first day, I tried practicing in a mirror. Using the feed-back I received, my monologue evolved. It was much better than before; I was showing emotion not only with my voice, but with my face. Lucky for me, I had already memorized the words I had to say, because it was a little shorter than everybody else’s. And when I watched back the Final draft, I thought I did pretty well, which I am proud of.
Another major thing I learned about performing is that it takes many, many tries to get it right. When I came back to class on the day before we had to perform, I thought I was good with what I already had. But, I learned from my partner that I needed to improve a couple things. We worked on our blocking, and the dominant emotions we wanted to portray. Thanks to all the practicing, I felt pretty confident to perform.
One thing I thought I did well for the Final Draft was showing and giving off vibes of emotion. My monologue was more serious and sad, and that’s something I tried hard to let be apparent on my face and posture. I tried to speak as if I was exhausted, and didn’t really have to heart to speak about the matter anymore. One thing that helped me was to really embrace the story, and to think about how I myself would be like if the monologue happened to me.
Even though I think I did a good job acting sad and all that, I feel like I could use some more varying emotions brought out in different parts of the piece. I also think I could use a little more blocking, though, granted, my monologue didn’t call for much movement.
Overall, for my first time acting, I had a fun time, and would gladly do it again.

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