My first ever monologue was both a fun and anxious expirence. I never peformed a skit in my life and it was a very fun experience. I think monologue is one of the harder projects that I will do in this acting class, because you are on stage by yourself and you have no hint at your next lines coming from another characters dialogue. My monologue was difficult because I was never truly able to find my characters place in the reenactment... I could not relate to the boy portrayed in my monologue because I never as a kid wanted to be a hero. I was always quite as a kid, and I only became more outgoing recently. I think once time took its course and I became more mature I broke out of my shyness, but that still didn't help when I was trying to act as a confident younger boy around age eleven.
From watching the other students act, I pulled things out that I liked and incorporated it into my own piece. I think it was good that I received emails on how to make it better and took that to my advantage. My classmates were very helpful and it made me look at my character from another angle. At first I thought my character was around age six or seven, but then I realized after reading the emails my peers sent me, the monologue I was trying to grasp my knowledge around seemed more mature than what a six year old may say. The problems faced in my monologue would occur more in junior high or late elementary school. The emails were both positive and negative, but the negative was put in words where it did not hurt my feelings and made me take it into consideration other than blocks it out.
What I could of done better was practice more in front of the mirror. I read my monologue only about ten times. By then, I had memorized it and started practicing in front of a mirror. My projection was always solid and confident, but my movments could of been better with more practice. I also did not practice in front of a crowd other than my time in class. Practicing in front of people could of better prepared me for when I actually needed to present in class. Therefore with the lack of practice in front of people I got a little nervous in front of the students and teachers while performing my monologue. I knew my lines before the presentation and rehearsed them every night but when I got up in front of everyone I got nervous. Causing me to forget a couple of limes during the presentation. That will go away once I get more practice, I'm sure. Acting has been very fun, and challenging up to this point. I have a passion for acting and I am not going to let one flunder hold me back.
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