Reflection

So far we've learned a variety of things from memorizing monologues to completing resumes. I've gained so much knowledge and I am so grateful. As we began learning our monologues, we learned the audition process which included slating, what to wear, showing your personality, filling out an audition form and resume, and creating head shots. When auditioning for our current one acts, we put these skills to work as well as the concept of cold reading. While rehearsing, we begin working on staging and movement. With movement, we had to determine whether our characters movements were big, small, deep, shallow, direct, indirect, tense, loose, heavy, or relaxed. We also dealt with colors in how they describe our characters mood. For instance, red represented anger and yellow represented happiness. Also we did this activity where we experimented with what animal and element(such as, fire, water, wind) our character would be. By doing these activities we were able to connect more with our characters. Through this process, we had to discover the objectives of our characters. This included their obstacles, tactics, goals, and stakes. All these components have helped us to become better actors and actresses. I'm looking forward to continuing this journey!