Today we performed our monologue and scenes for our final assessment. I have been rehearsing my monologue throughout the half term, working on all aspects of feedback (given by my tutor and myself) with the aim of improving it as much as possible. I used the ideas I came up with after the initial performance (see blog-monologue assessment-feedback) and added them into my monologue, I then rehearsed them to see if they suited my character (Frosine) and to make sure that they worked and made sense. I had to discard a few ideas along the way as I didn't believe them to look correct e.g. I was going to walk behind Mr Harpagon and pretend to have money in my hand, as if reminding him that she can supposedly make him money, I discarded this idea as It just didn't look natural during performance. I hope that the gestures added and the changes made have improved my monologue.
Personal interpretation of my final assessment- monologue
I am slightly happier with myself than the initial assessment, yet I am still frustrated and a bit disappointed with myself as I know I have performed it much better on other occasions, I also used my props differently as I had improved there use over the half term, yet I just completely forgot this during the performance. I believe these issues to be due to confidence and nerves (something which I am aiming to improve). Yet on a brighter note I know that it was better than the first assessment, as I projected my voice better and used more gestures. It is interesting for me to see how it has changed from my first reading of the monologue to my finished product in a way.
Personal interpretation of my final assessment-Scene
Our group scene mainly went to plan, the couple of mistakes that were made were well hidden. I still know it could of been slightly better but I suppose in a way you can never improve anything enough!. This experience taught me the importance of working together as a group and individually to create a group piece of work. It has also shown me how much the industry and the acting profession relies on everybody working together, rehearsing and putting the work in themselves as one person can affect a majority of people.
In the future I hope to be more creative with my use of gesture and perform pieces it to my best ability during assessments!. I think I also need to experiment further and be more brave with my movement choices.
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