Last Thursday was our run through
performance. On a whole, our performance was not as good as it should have
been. Our content was good and we were quite confident but there were many
problems and errors in our scenes. The main goal of the whole production was to
act out the Internet. Most of us did not do justice to this as it seemed
memorized. We had most of our lines done and we were quite confident. Our
transition bits did not work too well as they weren’t really transitioning into
the next scene. We did not know the other person’s content well enough to be a
part of their scenes. Even though we had our parts in our ensemble members
scenes memorized, we had a hard time acting it out, as we didn’t practice well
enough. We have very talented ensemble members who are really good actors. In
order to do a better performance, we need to understand everyone’s script and
also the running order. We need to memorize all our lines well and help each
other’s performances.
My performance did not
meet my expectations and it could have been performed better. The feedback I
got from my teacher was: I looked offstage a couple of times as I waited for my
ensemble members to play their parts. Since they did not understand/know my scene
well enough, they did not know which part they needed to act in. I was too
concentrated on the fact that my group members did not know their lines, rather
than articulating my lines properly during my scene. My eye contact with the
audience was good and it held the audiences attention. The transition bit for
my piece did not work well as the lines were not memorized enough. We did look
quite confident when we were on stage and tried to improvise the lines. My
physical acting was minimal, as I had to stand and rant, even though I could
have done more with my hand gestures to show anger and frustration. In terms of
my communication, I speak very fast but I tried to slow down as much as
possible. Also, I am terrible at doing accents therefore I could not fully get
into my character. I also thought my scene felt quite memorized rather than an
actual “19 year old Chinese kid”. I did not give enough time for the audience
to connect with my character and feel the emotions I was trying to show. I was
personally engaged throughout the rehearsal and I tried to keep my ensemble
members as on track as possible. We figured out our blogs very early which
helped us out a lot while editing the scenes.
There are major improvements I would like to make to my rough performance in
order to make it better for my final performance. Firstly, I would like to
speak slowly and articulate my words properly in order to give the audience
enough time to connect with my performance. I need to make more physical
movements and use the stage better. I don’t want to stand in one place 24/7 as
it looks really boring. I want to make better eye contact with the audience. If
my ensemble members mess up during the performance, I want to move on and make
sure my lines are perfect. This would hold the performance in place. I will
make sure I don’t look offstage to see what’s going on and if the projections
are all right. I will keep moving forward. I want to do justice to the person
who wrote the blog and show how annoyed he was at the time of writing.In terms
of helping my other ensemble members with their scenes, I will memorize their
lines and their staging perfectly and help if anyone forgets their lines. In
terms of the transition bits, none of them worked well as it did not transition
from one scene to another. It was quite a mess. I forgot to do the transition
bit for Saniya’s scene and due to that we had to quickly move on. We did stick
to the theme of our performances but there was not a good flow in the scenes.
We definitely need to change that and make sure they are actual transition
bits.
The member of my group who I chose to critique was Saniya. She worked really
hard throughout the rehearsal stages and the initial staged of our group work.
She chose the perfect piece for the first scene of our performance. In the run
through, Saniya was quite confident. She had most of her lines memorized and
she remembered them well. The problems with her performance were the fact that
she spoke to fast and it felt too memorized rather than an acting scene. Due to
this the audience members had a hard time connecting with the performance.
Secondly, she speaks quite softly thus it’s hard for the audience to hear her
but that problem is easily solvable using a microphone. Saniya’s Blogologues
requires the ensemble members to act a lot as she has scenes in between. This
is quite hard for the group members as we tend to forget the sequence but
knowing her script well would fix this problem. Other than that, Saniya was
much more confident than before with her performance and it was good as a
whole.
On a whole our group works well together. There is a good combination of people
who don’t get distracted by one another and we listen to each other’s opinion
and ideas. Everyone gives input on what he or she wishes to do and we
incorporate it in. Sometimes there is a bit of slacking but on a whole it’s the
best combination of people I have worked with. Ryan Saniya and I were committed
with the whole performance throughout and we were engaged all the time. Vanessa
and Hamza were a little lazy sometimes but they came around. Other than that,
the group works hard and we have very good content. If everything
goes accordingly, the final performance will be great.
Last Thursday was our run through
performance. On a whole, our performance was not as good as it should have
been. Our content was good and we were quite confident but there were many
problems and errors in our scenes. The main goal of the whole production was to
act out the Internet. Most of us did not do justice to this as it seemed
memorized. We had most of our lines done and we were quite confident. Our
transition bits did not work too well as they weren’t really transitioning into
the next scene. We did not know the other person’s content well enough to be a
part of their scenes. Even though we had our parts in our ensemble members
scenes memorized, we had a hard time acting it out, as we didn’t practice well
enough. We have very talented ensemble members who are really good actors. In
order to do a better performance, we need to understand everyone’s script and
also the running order. We need to memorize all our lines well and help each
other’s performances.
My performance did not
meet my expectations and it could have been performed better. The feedback I
got from my teacher was: I looked offstage a couple of times as I waited for my
ensemble members to play their parts. Since they did not understand/know my scene
well enough, they did not know which part they needed to act in. I was too
concentrated on the fact that my group members did not know their lines, rather
than articulating my lines properly during my scene. My eye contact with the
audience was good and it held the audiences attention. The transition bit for
my piece did not work well as the lines were not memorized enough. We did look
quite confident when we were on stage and tried to improvise the lines. My
physical acting was minimal, as I had to stand and rant, even though I could
have done more with my hand gestures to show anger and frustration. In terms of
my communication, I speak very fast but I tried to slow down as much as
possible. Also, I am terrible at doing accents therefore I could not fully get
into my character. I also thought my scene felt quite memorized rather than an
actual “19 year old Chinese kid”. I did not give enough time for the audience
to connect with my character and feel the emotions I was trying to show. I was
personally engaged throughout the rehearsal and I tried to keep my ensemble
members as on track as possible. We figured out our blogs very early which
helped us out a lot while editing the scenes.
There are major improvements I would like to make to my rough performance in order to make it better for my final performance. Firstly, I would like to speak slowly and articulate my words properly in order to give the audience enough time to connect with my performance. I need to make more physical movements and use the stage better. I don’t want to stand in one place 24/7 as it looks really boring. I want to make better eye contact with the audience. If my ensemble members mess up during the performance, I want to move on and make sure my lines are perfect. This would hold the performance in place. I will make sure I don’t look offstage to see what’s going on and if the projections are all right. I will keep moving forward. I want to do justice to the person who wrote the blog and show how annoyed he was at the time of writing.In terms of helping my other ensemble members with their scenes, I will memorize their lines and their staging perfectly and help if anyone forgets their lines. In terms of the transition bits, none of them worked well as it did not transition from one scene to another. It was quite a mess. I forgot to do the transition bit for Saniya’s scene and due to that we had to quickly move on. We did stick to the theme of our performances but there was not a good flow in the scenes. We definitely need to change that and make sure they are actual transition bits.
The member of my group who I chose to critique was Saniya. She worked really hard throughout the rehearsal stages and the initial staged of our group work. She chose the perfect piece for the first scene of our performance. In the run through, Saniya was quite confident. She had most of her lines memorized and she remembered them well. The problems with her performance were the fact that she spoke to fast and it felt too memorized rather than an acting scene. Due to this the audience members had a hard time connecting with the performance. Secondly, she speaks quite softly thus it’s hard for the audience to hear her but that problem is easily solvable using a microphone. Saniya’s Blogologues requires the ensemble members to act a lot as she has scenes in between. This is quite hard for the group members as we tend to forget the sequence but knowing her script well would fix this problem. Other than that, Saniya was much more confident than before with her performance and it was good as a whole.
On a whole our group works well together. There is a good combination of people who don’t get distracted by one another and we listen to each other’s opinion and ideas. Everyone gives input on what he or she wishes to do and we incorporate it in. Sometimes there is a bit of slacking but on a whole it’s the best combination of people I have worked with. Ryan Saniya and I were committed with the whole performance throughout and we were engaged all the time. Vanessa and Hamza were a little lazy sometimes but they came around. Other than that, the group works hard and we have very good content. If everything goes accordingly, the final performance will be great.
