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.
The name of our scene in "Love Sick" is "The Answer." My partner is Van and he plays as Keith in this scene. And I play as Celia.
ReplyDeleteNoe thing that me and him are getting good at is cutting each other off and also trying to put our emotion in our characters. An area that we can improve on is putting even more emotion into our characters , because in our scene especially we just both told each other we don't want to get married and that needs as much emotion as we can to make this scene not "perfect" , presentable enough where you can tell what character we're both trying to portray.
An example of how we will get better is actually watch lovesick that isn't just teenagers trying to remember their lines . Watch a version where they are young adults , but they're trying to act older than they actually are. Or we could practice talking to walls until we are satisfied with our work. I think our scene has so much potential if we put in the time, energy , and effort into it to make it great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CESUc7S9FUc
DeleteHere's a link to a Youtube video of two adults playing this scene. It doesn't start until the blindfolding part, but any help is better than none. You can watch their actions and how they show emotions rather than just saying their lines. I hope this helps you improve your piece with Van.
I also think talking to walls is a good way to help bring in that extra emotion you two might need in case looking directly at a person helps pull you away from experimenting with your character.
My scene is with Kamil and we would be preforming Uh-Oh from lovesick. My characters name is Bill and what I will be doing in this scene is trying to watch my show while Sarah (Kamil) tries to get my attention because of how bored she is. Eventually the whole situation goes left and Sarah is talking about how she did this survey and it says she could kill the people she loves which make me more concerned on whether or not marrying this woman was a good idea or not. At the end she points a fake gun at me and pretends she's gonna shoot me. I'm scared for my life and then try to convince her that she really shouldn't do what she's doing. Then she shoots the water gun at me and laughs at me while am traumatized on the floor. That's basically a summary of will be happening in my scene, Uh-Oh.
ReplyDeleteIn this scene I feel like I have to do a lot more than what I'm using doing such as putting more emotion into it so its not me just doing me regular reactions for this situation. Then I feel like me and Kamil should practice more with each other outside of school so we can get this down. Memorizing lines is not much of a problem for me and Kamil. Its more about us getting our characterization down so we don't sound like we are not a couple.
These improvements will not only help us as partners but it'll make this scene as perfect as it can be by Kamil and I. I'm positive that my partner will put as much effort into this as I am. That's one of the reasons why I'm confident that we will improve as partners and in getting out of our comfort zone. I hope everyone else does the same so we can make all the seniors have an amazing last performance.
I think you're very talented and able to play the role of Bill very well. I'm not sure if the memorizing lines part was your "area you and your partner are getting good at" or not though since it seems more like the second paragraph is about what needs to be improved on and the third is how it would improve the production. Do you have more ways you'll try to improve other than just rehearsing outside of school?
DeleteI know you and Kamil are a perfect fit for this scene with the chemistry you two have and I know you will be able to express this in you acting. I feel that if you are able to rely on each other and how you know you can improve that you will get it done and put on an amazing piece.
DeleteI feel like if you and Kamil work longer there will be more improvements in your guys scene.
DeleteI know you and Kamil are talented together work just as best you can to improve the scene.
DeleteI play as Abbie from "Where Was I" with my partner Jay Jay who plays as Liz. My character is annoyed having to do the same old routine everyday: Wake up, take care of the kids without any help all day, put the kids to bed, repeat. In the beginning of the scene, she is digging around for something in the garage. Liz enters talking about how their daughter's toys have been found - all except for Dolly. Abbie hands Dolly to Liz but admits she's still looking for something else. Abbie finally admits it Liz it's herself that she can't find. The reasoning for why she can't find herself is what starts an argument between the two.
ReplyDeleteSomething my partner and I are good at would be our emotions. We are both very capable of putting the right tones and emotions into our lines to make it sound like we're genuinely angry or hurt by the other. Of course we aren't just going to stop and stick with what's good though. We will continue to try new tones and facial expressions until it gets the point we feel it would be nationals worthy.
Something that needs to be improved upon would be my timing on the loud silences. The seconds feel long to me and I start feeling awkward in real life instead of sticking to the emptions of my character. I also don't like pausing too long since I feel like it makes it look like I've forgotten my line - so I naturally end up saying my line too early. I will improve on this by finding actions I can do to make myself seem busy just to make it look less like I'm thinking of my next line and more like contemplating if I really want to ask my wife that question.
I think your scene is great maybe just try talking to walls to help the timing as much as possible
DeleteI play Liz in "Where was I" with Julianna as the character Abbie. In this scene a Liz who is a hard working mom is finally home to try and help with the kids. Her wife Abbie is tired of the lonely repetition of being the only one caring for them all day and is trying to find herself. Liz doesn't have it easy always working away from her family and so the scene is their discussion over how they decided "to do things". Although, they don't like it too much.
ReplyDeleteAn area that we are good in is definitely the ability to feed off of each others emotions and have a good energy in the scenes. The scene is incredibly heart felt and there are a lot of strong emotions that we need to be able to get across using tone fluctuation and facial expressions, as well as body movement. We are able to engage in different points of the scene to raise or drop the energy where it is needed.
There are moments of silence in the scene that speak, dare I say, louder than some of the conversation. In the silence is thought, contemplation and questioning that I think we need to work on. The pauses that we give ourselves aren't profound enough. I also think we can work on the timing of cutting each other off and not stopping so it sounds like it would be a mid-sentence interruption. I think in order to solve this we need to be confident in our ability to get this across. If we give the audience the same amount of emotion to feed off of then I think it won't make us feel as awkward.
I play Jill in 'Forgot' with David as Kevin. Jill has wanted a baby for a while. She tries to tell Kevin that it would make their life better. Kevin however, does not want to talk about it at all. He tries to steer her away from the conversation. In reality, he doesn't want a baby.
ReplyDeleteAn area we are improving in is reading the script as intended. At first I wasn't accustomed to reading this script but after repeatedly doing it and watching others perform it got easier to read and connect with the piece. We have also improved with emotion. He is giving emotion little by little.
I have no connection with my partner. I am not sure how I can have a connection if he isn't here. I have done this piece with three different people. I feel like if my partner isn't connected with the piece as much as I am, then it cant be the best it can be. On the flip side, if he isn't connected with me then it can't be the best.
I play Kelly in "Lunch and Dinner" along with Dylan as mark. This scene is about a couple who realizes they have both been hiding affairs from one another. The couple is very nonchalant in their talk about fixing their relationship and coming clean.
ReplyDeleteWe have improved on building our characters. Doing little things such as focusing on annunciation has helped us give our characters unique personalities and help us engage in the piece. We create somewhat opposite personalities to emphasize the contrast happening between them.
W need to improve on rehearsing. the only way to get better is to practice practice practice which can be done by attending all rehearsals. Although I am proud of Dylan for taking an active roll in this play considering it is his first time.
I play Lendall in "Getting It Back" along with kaeloni. The scene is about a couple who thinks their relationship will end and it turns out into them getting married. The couple ends up wanting to take their gifts and do what they do.
ReplyDeleteWe have both improved on our pausing through our sentences. We have also improved with emotion. We are able to engage in different points of the scene and then react accordingly to it.
We could work on our tones a little bit and getting more into character. We need to improve on working just a little bit longer on our plays. Some of it is my fault though so something I can improve on is managing time