Discuss the progress with your scene.
Be sure to include the name of your scene, your partner, and the character's names.
Discuss one area you and your partner are getting good at, and also discuss at least one specific area you need to improve in, and an example of the shortcoming. Then, how will you go about making the improvement?
There should be at least 3 paragraphs in your reflection, and you should comment on someone else's post as well.
My scene is Story of Hope. My partner is Logan. Our characters are Hope and Danny. What we are good at is talking about what we need to work on and what would make our scene better. What we need to work on is the connection we have within the play. We need to try and work on on connection because we have to preform a play about relationships. So we need to work on the connection we have to make the play go smoother and seem more realistic.
ReplyDeleteI think that your scene is improving pretty rapidly, and I enjoy seeing it, but I would like to ask how you're going to improve that connection issue? I know that that seems to be somewhat of a problem for most of us, and it's easy to say that we need to improve it but the question is how?
DeleteAlmost Maine, my first high school play. When first reading the script and hearing that we, high school students, were supposed to be learning to play adults in their mid thirties, it was extremely daunting and I thought that there was no way that things would go very well at all. Luckily, a lot of connections and progressions have happened since then, and now I believe that my classmates and I can do it. My partner and I, Montel, have been doing a pretty good job at working on our scene, although there are a few things that we could work on. We're good at keeping the flow of the lines that do not include talking in the middle of the other person talking and at the lines that include cutting each other off. We need a lot of work on the lines where one person is talking and the other starts talking too, or when a character continues to "push" through a line (// and > parts) to keep the line's timing well and changing our voices to make different words give the impact that they're meant to have.
ReplyDeleteWhile we're rehearsing our scene, the normal lines come pretty easily, and after a bit of practice cutting each other off (my character, Gayle, does most of it) is pretty easy also. However, the // and > lines where we begin speaking while another character is speaking has been a big challenge with the timing. Normally, there's another line or more to the line that is supposed to be timed in a certain way so that all the lines make sense together. For example, my character Gayle's line is "Marvalyn>" then Montel's character Lendall's line is "Marvalyn?!? Marvalyn said that, like she's an expert?" And Gayle says "said-yes, Marvalyn said that...". The way it's supposed to work based on the > symbol is that Lendall begins talking after I say Marvalyn the first time, and I do not pause at all and say "said", and during that Lendall should be saying "Marvalyn," and then I continue to the other lines, while he's also talking. The timing is a little bit confusing, but I understand what's trying to be done. Gayle is trying to explain what Marvalyn said, but Lendall cuts in for a second, surprised at who it is, so then I confirm what I said and we both continue talking. We could also use work on when lines are repeated or in italics, since they're meant to be read differently and give a different impact.
To continue to improve, I am going to have someone, likely my sister, help me to rehearse on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and maybe also Sundays. I will have her read the // and > lines with me for about 5-10 minutes on those days. Also, on Tuesdays and Thursdays when we're given time to work on the play, I will make sure that Montel and I work specifically on those parts for a bit of our time. As for the voice changes, I might find one of the repeating words and try to see how many different ways I can say it (like a little competition) and then choose ways that I like. For the italicized words, I may do the same thing then see which way(s) fit for the lines.
good job for meeting the requirements and taking time out yourday to succeed
DeleteOne thing me and my partner are getting good at is we are starting to understand why our characters act the way they do and getting down the emotion of the characters. The stuff we need to improve in is our connection to each other and we need to work on taking a moment to let the audience take in what we say and take the beats. We can improve our connection by starting to get to know each other better. To improve us taking beats we just got to slow down and read each line outside of practicing.
ReplyDeleteYeah, those are great points to work on
DeleteI agree with you and sometimes talking to walls helps getting a little bit more of that emotional connection with the characters.
Deletewe can improve on both of us showint up so we can pratice
ReplyDeleteour downfall is my partner never shows to reherse so we dont get to pratice
i dont know how to fix that there isnt much i can do if my partner dose do his part.
my name is tavion lancaster and my partner is hailey shepered today i will be discussing my scene in almost maine my scene in almost maine is the prolouge to start off all the plays through out the story in the prolouge my name is pete during the scene im sittting outside with genette and she and pete are sitting outside enjoying the view and i guess she started to catch feelings and she told him how she felt and she feels like shes getting closer to him but pete lets her know that shes not as close to him as she claim he told her your honestly as far away as possible from him and shes just getting closer to him. something i can work on for me and my partner is cutting each other off in the story and fit in my character more project my voice and act how i talk in the story and work on acting out the actions in the parenthesis and justt continue practicing on it other than that i think our play will be fine i think we will do a good job once we play our roles.
ReplyDeleteI play in "Sad and Glad" with Angie. I play as Jimmy in the play. I need to improve on is a better understanding of the script. One thing me and my partner are getting good at is playing the characters and not ourselves in the role.
ReplyDeleteUnderstanding the script, is the most important thing because it is a fairly serious play. It will help me play the role of an older person better if I know how to react, and how to perform each line. Also, it will help with memorizing the play because if I understand it reading the lines without a script will become easier.
I plan to do this by rehearsing in the mirror or to my walls. I also, will watch my surroundings when/if I go places other than my house, to get a better at understanding of how adults would act in certain situations. Thus, I can form the structure for my character around what I observe.
Unfortantly, my partner didn't show up to the zoom meeting, but me and Kaelani were able to practice with each other.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't my first choice, but the role stuck on me. I, Leighton Gaines, is playing the role of Steve. My partner, Tanaka Mhlaingena, plays the role Marvalyn. Both characters for the short scene of "This Hurts." On Tuesday, we were able to perform in front of the class out in the Coyote Circle. We got great feed back so, I'm gonna restate what was said to us then.
Tanaka was able to play the character like it was her own, of course it was about her third time reading it out loud. Which is why it's quite the feat for her. Though, she needs to know the rules that the author had put in there for the lines. When to cut in or cut out from speaking. For me, I was told to at least slow down on my words, to act for her so that she could do the same. Making it believable. Like towards the end. I was told that my last line "Ow." Was done better than before. But Tanaka needed to get used to the fact that she had to hit me. We could also work on that come Tuesday.
Obviously, we could learn our lines, know when to cut each other off. But we do need to do so on our time. Make time for about thirty minutes to rehears to ourselves instead of watching televison, or sit in front of our phones. I find myself doing that a lot. We can also get in contact and practice certain scenes of the scene. But that'll have to wait until we get back in touch at school.
It is good to see that you are improving, along with Tanaka. As we continue to rehearse and progress, I know we would do our best to make the play as good as we can.
DeleteI can see that you're improving just keep working hard and do the best you can to make the scene better.
DeleteScene: Seeing The Thing
ReplyDeletePartner: Jesse Dawson
Characters: Rhonda/Dave
My partner and I are getting good at cutting each other off and jumping in during lines smoothly.
Something I need to work on is emotional portrayal. Whenever there is a moment where Dave's emotions should be out at full force, I always fall short of his emotional peak. Due to that his reactions seem lackluster and devoid of any depth or real feeling to me.
An example of this is when Dave is leaving Rhonda's porch and he yells "HEY RHONDA" at the top of his lungs. Something that I am currently unable to do.
I will go about making this improvement by getting more comfortable with yelling angrily and putting more emphasis on my emotions and have it feel more natural when I use them.
Those are great ways to improve your scene!
DeleteMy scene is the Prologue with Tavion and we play Ginette and Pete.
ReplyDeleteI feel Tavion and I have improved a lot with performing it and trying to become our characters. We have a good understanding of how the characters are feeling and why they are feeling this way.
Now that we know what the character are feeling and why they are feeling this way we need to work on putting that feeling in the scene and portraying the characters and their emotions. Tavion and I do an alright job but I feel we need to specifically work on when Pete is talking about how far they are from each other. Going through and talking about this part of the scene will allow us to change the way we are performing it so that we can get it correctly.
The way we can improve our scene is going through and talking about each scene and how we feel we are portraying it. Talking each part out and explaining how we see and feel about this scene will help us on performing and understanding the characters deeper and relating ourselves to them.
Playing as adults in their thirties. When I heard that that was how we were supposed to act, it was intimidating. The play that had caused that to be is Almost Maine. Almost Maine is my first High School play and it seems interesting giving it being specifically played as if we 15-16-year-olds are to play as if they are in their thirties. The thought of the whole play seemed daunting that I had negative thoughts that it wouldn't go well. Though of course, being a Theatre 2 with help and advice from peers and my Theatre teacher, allowed me to feel reassured that I would be able to get on with the play with fewer worries. We each are assigned with a partner, and I had the honor of getting Jeremiah. We both are good at allowing ourselves to be in the shoes of our characters, connecting with them. The progress is quite interesting one might say.
ReplyDeleteJeremiah and I are quite familiar with our lines and as previously mentioned, we are both good at putting ourselves into the shoes of our characters. Our scene is about two ex’s meeting in a bar, a local bar, and they are awkward with each other. One wants to hang out and talk but the other wants to get back to “girl’s night.” Jeremiah’s character is Jimmy and mine is Sandrine. I personally feel that I need to ameliorate on understanding Jimmy. To not only know my character but to know Jimmy. Another improvement I would like to make is understand the relationship between them. To go past the awkwardness and dig deeper.
I would read the script and ponder on the story itself. Get behind the general message and get into the story itself. Do as I do, put myself in her shoes and just try to understand more as to how she feels. Feel the slight pain and the impatience that she is feeling. Attempt to see into the eyes of her and “experience” what she is experiencing. Seek deeper understanding as to how Jimmy is feeling, seeing his ex and hearing the news. Ponder.
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ReplyDeleteMy scene is called "Seeing The Thing" and I play as Rhonda. While my partner Jason plays as Dave.
ReplyDeleteI feel like me and Jason have really gotten a feel for our character and have grown a lot while playing our characters. We have really gotten the hang of now being able to cut each other off and being able to still keeping going with the scene without stopping , which is good.
Something I think I need to work on is being more out there with my character , because she's one of those characters that's really out there and it'll take a lot of work, time , and effort , but I know that if I give it my all at the end of the day I'll be able to do it.
I think being able to cut each other off and very well Shows how much potential you have and how well you can do with this play. I think you'll be able to play your character very well with all the effort and time you're putting into It, I have no doubts about that. Good luck and you got this
DeleteMy scene in Almost, Maine is “Her Heart”. My partner is Macy. The characters are East and Glory. This Scene is very important in the multistory play about love. The two characters find themselves in a surprise Scenario where glory is not exactly ready to start loving, but East is ready to start loving Glory. The challenge of this play comes from the emotion we’ll have to display and sell it to the audience. Another challenge will be figuring out the actual physical motions that we'll have to do for the play, I believe this part will be the most time consuming.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest challenge for me will be the displaying of the emotions of East as he talks to Glory, I believe I will struggle with this a lot due to me not accurately displaying his emotions. I know how East feels toward Glory and this helps with the performance. On the positive side I believe I present East’s attitude very well, when he meets Glory he is very confused and doesn't quite understand what she's doing there. how to play continues on he grows closer to Glory. I think the way I can improve my performance of East is by watching more romance media as that may help me get a greater understanding of how to go about East’s character.
I think Macy plays Glory very well as she has the energy to match with the character. The issue she's been running it to is every time she goes over the play it's like a new Glory, but that's due to her figuring out how she wants to play Glory. I think something she could improve on is near the ending of the scene as I believe it's more somber and slower versus how macy plays it which is more high energy. All in all, her performance of Glory is very well and I believe she would improve as Glory if she was to watch any performances of glory and combine them with her own thoughts of how to play Glory to somewhat form her own.