Reflection Pt2 " final draft "
Ivan Kapkov
IB Literature & Performance
Ms. Guarino
The Glass Menagerie scene project opened a new world for me as well as showed me how hard actors work to perform in theatres in front of an audience of thousands. This project introduced me to that hard work that constantly requires changes in the script and getting confused with your lines, being nerves before, after, and during the performance. Another lesson that I've learned from my unfortunately unsuccessful performance is how hard it is to be on the stage and perform in front of the audience. It was really hard to show the audience that you’re a part of the character that you are playing and that you can manage to connect to the scene. After this experience of performing in front of my class that contains only ten people and struggling with doing that, I can not imagine how a proffecional actor can be so confident and calm where you’re constantly judged, critiqued, however, you want to classify and manage to perform at the top level; this example made me judge myself for the mistakes that I did during the performance, in fact, it showed me how desperate you must be to make a successful performance that will show the true work that you put in during the rehearsals.
During this project, me and my teammates spend a lot of time reviewing the scene and adding new material to what we already had. During the rehearsals, we were practising our lines as the group as well as an individual. From the beginning of the project, I knew this will take a lot of time to memorize as well as practise facial expressions and body movements. In my opinion, the final performance did not reflect on my progress, because of the poor performance that I presented. The final outcome would've been interesting to watch for the audience and to experience for me and my team but we did not produce the final piece the way we expected. Acting as an individual gives you many opportunities that can reflect only on your performance for example: improvising during the scene if you forgot your lines, being by yourself on the stage knowing that everything is in your hands and if you mess up it’s on you. While group performance as a whole is more difficult than individual performance. Group performance requires a lot of team practice, to be able to progress and succeed.
This project played a big role on my contribution into performing and understanding the path that you have to get through to get the understanding of what it’s like to perform and to be confident on the stage.
IB Literature & Performance
Ms. Guarino
The Glass Menagerie scene project opened a new world for me as well as showed me how hard actors work to perform in theatres in front of an audience of thousands. This project introduced me to that hard work that constantly requires changes in the script and getting confused with your lines, being nerves before, after, and during the performance. Another lesson that I've learned from my unfortunately unsuccessful performance is how hard it is to be on the stage and perform in front of the audience. It was really hard to show the audience that you’re a part of the character that you are playing and that you can manage to connect to the scene. After this experience of performing in front of my class that contains only ten people and struggling with doing that, I can not imagine how a proffecional actor can be so confident and calm where you’re constantly judged, critiqued, however, you want to classify and manage to perform at the top level; this example made me judge myself for the mistakes that I did during the performance, in fact, it showed me how desperate you must be to make a successful performance that will show the true work that you put in during the rehearsals.
During this project, me and my teammates spend a lot of time reviewing the scene and adding new material to what we already had. During the rehearsals, we were practising our lines as the group as well as an individual. From the beginning of the project, I knew this will take a lot of time to memorize as well as practise facial expressions and body movements. In my opinion, the final performance did not reflect on my progress, because of the poor performance that I presented. The final outcome would've been interesting to watch for the audience and to experience for me and my team but we did not produce the final piece the way we expected. Acting as an individual gives you many opportunities that can reflect only on your performance for example: improvising during the scene if you forgot your lines, being by yourself on the stage knowing that everything is in your hands and if you mess up it’s on you. While group performance as a whole is more difficult than individual performance. Group performance requires a lot of team practice, to be able to progress and succeed.
This project played a big role on my contribution into performing and understanding the path that you have to get through to get the understanding of what it’s like to perform and to be confident on the stage.
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