Scene Reflection
In the past three weeks, I and Yichen worked on performance Act 4 Scene 2 from Romeo And Juliet. It is the first time for us to know about being actors. We analyze the lines of our character, design our scene, and act it out. It is a very precious experience. Yesterday, we finished our final scene performance. When I watched our video at night, I am very glad that both me and yichen have many improvements between our first draft and final draft.
For the final draft, we recorded two videos. Like the fall play, even though we act the same scene, these two videos are different. When I watch the first video, I see I am still nervous during the acting. I was not completely sure what I supposed to do on stage as Lord Capulet. So my acting was not very nature. Also, it is easy for me to remember the lines, but it is hard to say the lines out clearly. Even though I kept telling myself to slow down my talking, I got nervous and I speed up my talking during the middle. Then I did not pronounce some words, such as “harlotry” and “knot, knit up”. On the other hand, my interaction with Yichen was much better than last time. We decided to let Lord Capulet touch Juliet head when he says “This is as it should be”. This shows Lord Capulet is dominating in the scene. Also, my tone is very loud that the voice from video turns out very clear. The lard voice also shows Capulet’s anger at the beginning and his dominant part, too.
We went back to the theater and did another video after school. This time, I knew what I should do on stage and I got more comfortable on the stage. There is less awkward moment in the second video. I used my body language, such as did a little walk, across my arm, and hold my fist while Yichen was speaking. When I watch the second video, I see those small movements help to connect our dialogue. Also, I paid attention to my pronunciation during the acting. I told myself to speak out every word clearly. It was not about speed, but about how my audiences could understand my lines. This worked well for me, especially for the word “Harlotry”, I slowly speak out every sound of the work. In the video, I find out the “Harlotry” turns out perfectly, it is at the right speed that I wanted. Also, my speed is still a little fast in the video, but consider how Capulet was anger at that time, I think it is fine. The second video is better than the first one mostly, but I felt less energy of me in the second video. I think the tone I used in the first video is much stronger than the second one, which showed more anger of Lord Capulet.
Both two of the video has their highlights, and show our work in the past three weeks. There are many things I still need to improve. For example, the body language and facial experiences are my weakness. I know where and when to do, but my facial experience is not Obviously to see. I think I should expand my acting in the future and give a more clear image of my character in the future. Also, those body languages between dialogue can be more nature. For example, throwing out the list of the guest might express more anger to the audiences. On the other hand, these two videos are much better than my first performance. I remember my lines, speak lines clearly and naturally, and make more interaction with Yichen. The whole scene is much better than the beginning.
In conclusion, I think this is a very good experience for me to learn as an actor. It is good to have improvement in my acting. I learn how to think as an actor since I will work with many great actors in the winter musical, I believe I will learn more acting techniques in the winter. I am so excited for the winter musical.
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