Monologue assessment

In the morning we were given some time to rehearse our monologues and scenes.
I read my monologue through a few times (without the script) to ensure I could remember the lines and the pronunciation of the words, I also read it out to make sure that my intonation suited my character and what she was trying to say.
In the afternoon we were given individual time slots to perform our monologues to our tutors. This was our first assessment of our monologues, therefore we will be given feedback so we can improve them for the final assessment. For monologues many aspects are being analysed, these include:

• vocal skills: projection, enunciation, pitch, intonation, pronunciation, pause and inflection
• movement and posture: does your chosen posture suit your character?, do you have any nervous habits or in other words do you look wooden or awkward? do you add in appropriate gestures and facial expressions?
• Lines: how well do you know your lines? do you understand them and can your audience understand what you mean/

What layout and style have I chosen for my monologue?
I have decided to use the two chairs facing (tilted) to the audience, I talk to Mr Harpagon (the chair!). I have 2 props which are a note-book and a pen, My character uses these when she is calculating the cost of Mr Harpagon being married to Marianne, she also has the pen in her hand constantly and waves it about slightly, After experimenting i decided to do this as it gives the impression that Frosine (my character) does this sort of business all of the time, and is therefore used to carrying a notebook and pen around with her, this means that the pen might have just become a habit of hers. I know that if I was in her place I may have picked up that habit (the StanislavskI system) -http://www.kryingsky.com/Stan/Biography/bot.html----
This link contains more information about the Stanislavski system and putting yourself in a characters shoes to make the performance seem "real" and not "fake", this is what a man called Konstantin Stanislavski believed to be essential, the link will explain this :-)


My monologue performance went alright, but to be honest I don't really know how well i did. I remembered my lines correctly and I think I enunciated well. I know that my projection wasn't great and that I didn't use some of my planned gestures, I aim to improve these skills for my next performance.