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What did you discover through this process, and what can you do to improve your status next time?
In other words, How are you going to get to STATE?
In other words, How are you going to get to STATE?
The last competition I attended ended was much better than my first competition. I went to the Dickson County competition, and it was only my second, but it was my first time performing solo. I did a dramatic interpretation of A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. I finished 5th twice and 3rd once. I finished 24/30 overall.
ReplyDeleteA huge discovery I had was that it's pretty impossible to add 3 minutes in two days to a piece you've had memorized for months, at least in my head. It's also pretty impossible to stretch 6 minutes into 10 minutes. If I am to keep the piece I have, I have to add more to it. If I add more, I'll have to add to Alex's downfall as a person, because that seems to please the judges in DI.
In order to get to state, it may do to change my piece to something less abrupt and...insane. A Clockwork Orange is quite insane, and has the possiblity to just confuse the judges into oblivion. If I do use the same piece, i will definitely have to add about another page to it. I have to at least break before I can got to State.
This past competition at Henry county was my first competition and I don't think I did the worst, but I definitely didn't do all that well. I did storytelling of a Rainbow Fish. I finished 5th twice and 6th once. Not sure what the overall finish was.
ReplyDeleteWhat I discovered is that I am not so great at characterization (which I already knew), and I cannot make a four and a half minute story to be any over five minutes long. I think next time, I shouldn't procrastinate so much and think that I can just pull it all together the day of.
In order to get to state I need to work for thirty minutes to an hour each day for a longer amount of time than I did and I don't think I should go back with storytelling.
The last competition I attended was at Dickson County High School. I competed in the category Storytelling. I did the piece "The Story of the Teacher from the Black Lagoon" by Mike Thaler. My first round I got a 2, second round a 5, and last round a 1. Overall I believe I was in 7th place.
ReplyDeleteOverall, I did better than I expected. I went in kind of not wanting to do it and just doing it to get through it. I really wish I hadn't done that. I feel like if I was more energetic and actually acted as if I was confident that I'd place, then I could have. I went in not really that invested in my piece. I was very close to breaking and my main downfall according to the round 2 judge was my energy level.
I think that now in the future I need to be more confident in my work and myself. I wasn't really nervous while preforming, because I just automatically assumed I wouldn't break. Now I know that confidence is key and I could add more movement and sound affects as well.
The last competition I attended was at Dickson County. I competed in the category Humorous Interpretation performing the piece "Appropriate Audience Behavior" by Ian McWethy. Within my first three rounds I placed 1st, 2nd, and 1st, I ended up breaking and advancing to the finals. In the final round I placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, overall I took 2nd place in Humorous Interp.
ReplyDeleteOverall I thought I did well during all four of my performances. I was actually a little nervous because that morning I decided to add an ad-lib phone call to one of my characters. I was nervous because I never rehearsed it or timed it, so I ran the possibility of going over time. Ultimately it worked out and I think it helped my piece in being even more relatable and connecting with the audience. I was actually shocked with how high I placed, there was a lot of talent in that room and I thought at least I would place 3rd or 4th.
I believe I'm on the right track towards making it to state. I look forward to taking the critiques from the judges and incorporating them into my piece. They're little things to adjust such as smiling before I perform and not being so serious since it is a humorous interpretation. Also I need to work on blocking and making my character changes crisp and smooth where you can tell I'm a different character not just by my voice but also my body language. Lastly I need to boost my confidence, walking into finals I was very nervous and lacked the confidence that I could win. Overall I am happy with the results from Dickson County, at this competition I was sort of an underdog. I believe I have what it takes to make it to state and I'm ready to put in the work to get there. Next competition I'm gunning for 1st place.
The last competition that I attended was at Dickson County. I was in the prose category.The peice that I entered was titled "Dear John". My first rounds I placed 4th then 2nd then 5th. Unfortunately I did not break, but with both the competitions together I think I have a really good peice.
ReplyDeleteI think I could have some things better because no matter what there is always room for improvement. I could have some a better job with my intro and tying it in better and I think I am going to use a different quote for my inbeded introduction. I am very grateful for the scores I have gotten and the reason for the 5th place is because the judge kinda didn't know what prose rules were and she like the people the acted and treated it as a dramatic interpretation.
I need to go in there head strong and be proud of my peice because I know I have worked hard and it's something special to me. I think woth more practice I could have a good chance of taking it to districts and state. I'm looking into some Dramatic interpretations for another peice I can possibly do but I am very ready to put in the work and make it to state. That would make me extremely happy.
The last THSSDL competition I attended was at Dickson County high school . I competed in the story telling category the piece I did was Hansel and Gredel by the Grim brothers I got a 4, 5,&6 for all 3 of my rounds .
ReplyDeleteWhen I first arrived at the competition I wasn't to worried about breaking , I really was ready to get the competition over . My first round I was really confident in my performance because the person before me didn't do so well , but once I started seeing how other people performed in my room my confidence level in my peice went down but my competitiveness went up I was ready to do whatever it took to break .
It was very aparent to me that I underestimated what story was really about . You could tell that people that broke really spent time going over there pieces and that's is something that I didn't do . I feel like if I took the time to develope my characterization and actions I could've broke . Watching the finalists perform made me realize what I needed to do to not only improve my piece, but break in my catergory .
I plan on taking my story telling peice to the next competition and adding new changes to it and hopefully breaking.
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ReplyDeleteThe last competition I attended was at Dickson County. I participated in Storytelling and for it being my first time in this category, I did fairly well. I was ranked third, fourth, and fourth. The piece I performed was Rumpelstiltskin. I did not break but my final place was in the mid teens (15th place and so forth).
ReplyDeleteMy approach for this tournament started off bad. I wasn't putting a lot of time or energy into the story outside of class. I didn't even memorize the piece until the week of. After memorizing I realized it had a lot of potential when I was two days from competition. One thing I learned while being at Dickson was how animated Storytelling really is. Dontavis, LaBrea, Kaia, and I were all shocked by how much movement is actually involved. The judges all said my voice is naturally made for this but I need to increase my energy level. I also learned I am my worst enemy and I shouldn't doubt my talent.
For me to get to state I need to be more invested. I need to search for better kid stories. I need to spend time on my piece and perform it over and over until I know it backwards and forwards. The quicker I memorize it, the more time I'll have to get feedback and correct whatever I need to before competition. I need to find a piece I'm confident in and enjoy performing. I can be just as good as the rest of them if I put in the work.
The competition I went to was Dickson County, I did dramatic interpretation, and I did a piece from the "Color Purple", by Alice Walker. I didn't break, I placed 3rd, 4th, and 3rd again in my round.
ReplyDeleteOverall, I'm very proud of myself. I did something that I would never think of doing, singing. I know for a act that I am not a good singer, but I took a risk and I actually enjoyed my piece. I did have my piece memorized, but I guess by my facial expression I wasn't very confident in my piece. However, I know for a fact that I am a talented person, but maybe that piece just wasn't for me.
In order for me to get to state, I have to prepare myself better, instead of doing a piece I had since last year, I should do more research. Look into books and actually find something that fits me. I'm a very dramatic person, but I think I want to give humorous interpretation, and poetry and chance. And when I get my pieces, I'm going to do what I did my previous competition, I'm going to take risks.