Blog 8

I was happy with my performance because I was confidence and stayed in character the whole entire time. I was a little nervous before the performance, but I ignored everyone so I wouldn’t let fear interfere with my performance. Also, what I think I did well in my performance is I projected my voice toward the audience where none of my peer had a problem in hearing.  I was staying to script without improvising my performance. In class on Wednesday we discussed a famous actor named Billy Bob Thornton and he improvises all the time and changes the script, but in theatre it is not allowed. The audience looked very engaged in my performance and laughed in the parts that were supposed to be funny. I think I created a good job in my physical performance for my character I was acting like a leader and persuasive in my scene through my action. One thing I am happy about my performance is that Carlos and I remember our blocking and practicing outside of class really paid off. I remember before we practice our performance was really bad because we didn’t have our lines memorize and had no blocking, but we overcome that situation and improved a lot by getting help by some of our peers through practicing outside from class. My partner and I worked together by doing our performance without messing up and it was all about practice and persistent. Also, my partner and I were dressed as businessmen that helped in the scene and we used props like a hat and briefcases, which made the scene more authentic. I feel like our tactics were strong because I was telling my partner in the scene about robbing the bank by first persuading him, then getting understanding, and then being aggressive. Things I would improve in my performance are using my last tactic by being more realistic when I was feeling sick. The ending could have been done differently and the part where the conflict was between Goose and Tomtom where we started arguing with each other. In my opinion, I believe if my partner and I changed our position towards each other face to face would have been more effective because it would show we are in conflict and mad at each other. What I learned from this performance is that I have to learn to make the tactics more lucid. The more I perform in front of my peers it will make me a better actor for the future. I like hearing the pros and cons about my performance because there is always something I have to work on and no one is perfect. This performance was one of my favorite because I wasn’t just performing by myself like the previous physical activity, but this time I was able to perform with a partner, which seemed more like a play. I am excited about my monologue coming up because it has to do about son and father relationship and I connect to it.