Drama

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Thursday 13th October, 2011

Response of reading the script: Attempting to learn the script was quite difficult for me, because my mind seems to get so distracted. Also, when presenting I find that I perform one way when I’m on my own because I’m not afraid of being judged by anyone other than myself, whereas performing in front of my classmates I find quite nerve-racking. I agree entirely with the wishes given to me by my classmates because I do feel like I could have learnt my script a little better.

Choosing my character was rather difficult as my poem, ‘The Paradise Flick’ was more open-ended character wise. In the end, I decided that my character was a woman of 23. Her name was Lucy and she was simply, a poet. On the weekends she would go to a coffee shop and recite her poems for a generally unresponsive crowd. Regardless of this fact she continued to go to this coffee shop and kept her dreams and passions alive.
 * __CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT__**

I tried the best I could to remember the tips given however, because of how anxious I manage to get my nerves get the better of me and everything just slips right out of my head. I did try to pause more, adding to the inquisitive nature of the text and push on regardless if I forgot a line. I tried to remember to project my voice as best I could and focus my attention in to the room only and nowhere else.
 * __APPLICATION OF SKILLS__**

My poem didn’t require a group therefore I was working on my own. I found this tough because my poem was a lot to remember. In addition to this, having another person to work with would have given me someone else’s energy to feed off of, for lack of a better phrase. That person would have been feeling relatively the same as I was, therefore somewhat making me feel more comfortable in my settings knowing I wasn’t alone. On the other hand, working alone did have its upsides meaning that I didn’t have conflicts of interest with anyone beside myself, meaning that whatever mental argument I had, I won anyway. I'm generally a rather nervous person and performing my poem in front of my peers was extremely nerve wracking but I tried my best to focus my nervous energy.
 * __GROUP EXPERIENCES__**

When it came to the performance, originally I wasn’t nervous, I felt rather calm and collected. However, I can be quite shy in front of people that I don’t know and so when it came time to perform I began to feel extremely nervous that I was going to forget my lines. I tried my best to remember to walk in with an air of confidence and my head up. I feel like I could’ve recited my poem a little slower, but in the fear that I would forget a line, I just got it over with as fast as possible which wasn’t the best thing to do. If I had the chance to do it again I would slow down and pause longer where appropriate and put myself into character a little better.
 * __PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE__**