Tuesday, November 15, 2016

 

Throughout the play, I made remarkable improvements. At the end, I successfully read my lines and performed the play. In the grand scheme of things, I did a phenomenal job although, there are many things that I could improve upon.

The first thing I could improve would be my body language. In the beginning, I walk unconfidently and slowly. This is not the way Tybalt would have walked. Additionally, my emotion is calm at times; but, it should be angry consistently threw out the play. When Acting my voice didn't always reflect anger. I could have improved this by putting emphasis on certain words. Additionally, once again in the sword fight my footwork is off. I have never been good with my feet so, working on my walk was a challenge. During the swordfight I inched back, which isn't something Tybalt would have done. Additionally, the sword fights were in a straight line which wouldn't happen in reality. I could have made this more realistic. Additionally, when I stab Mercutio at the end it is a very slow stab. This attack could have been more diligent. Additionally, when I fall at the end, I fall like a girl. It's a very graceful fall; instead, it should be a hard fall to the death. These are some of the things I could have improved on. Besides the faults I made, I did many things exceptionally well.

My work went beyond successfully memorizing my script. I improved my facial expressions drastically. My body language showed more anger expressing Tybalt's emotions. Although their sword fights weren't perfect they were far better than they were in the beginning. Every hit was planned out. In addition to the fights, my verbal expressions improved. My voice was less monotone and showed more emotion. My fall was more dramatic than when we first performed the play. There were many things that we did well in this play, even though performing this play may not have been the easiest task to achieve.

This play was performed by three people with limited acting experience. Performing was certainly a challenge because I had never done it before. It was something unusual to me. I remember in the begging when Ms. Guarnio gave me advice. She said to yell and get angry. This seemed bazaar at the time. I imagined myself yelling in the hallway or on the stage and thinking how weird it would be. It was an alienated concept to me. Then as I continued working on the play, I began to realize she was right. With this, I began to portray my character better.

As mentioned before my acting became significantly better when I began to act like Tybalt. I began to actually get angry in the play. With the exception of a few mistakes, I did a decent job performing Tybalt.

When acting as Tybalt, I expressed many literary features. I portrayed a tone of anger, which could have g the audience an anxious mood. In the structure of the play, we had the actors at the front of the stage to emphasize the importance of the actors over the props. The skit had a theme of death and anger. I used body language to express this reoccurring anger.

Overall, this play was a success and went beyond my original expectations for the play. My acting was better than I imagined myself capable of. I am proud of my acting and think that everyone in my group did an excellent job.



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