Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Our final project was pretty great! We get our songs down and our lines were said pretty fluently. There was a bump in the road when John forgot his words but I think it made the performance as a whole better. We kind of had to add some improve into. Props to Chrissy for taking initiative with this. I followed along after. I'm really happy we did this project. I feel like we worked together really well. I remember how scared and nervous I was in the beginning of the class. I was very intimidated by John and Micheal, and even you Ms. Guarino! But, I knew that this class was going to push me to go out of my previously set boundaries. I ended up doing a part of a play with Michael. I was able to not be afraid to hear feedback from people. I ended up not being afraid to give feedback to people. I was able to strengthen my voice. Remember how quiet I was in the beginning of the year? Look at me now! Sure there is some work to be done but it’s much better than how it used to be. I'm very proud of myself. Thank you soooo much for everything you've done for me. I really needed this class. I've looked up to everyone in this class, including you. Each person has a certain attribute I extremely love. Chrissy with her ability to speak up whine she has a thought and say what's on her mind. John with us ability to raise his voice and also stand tall, he's such a leader. Michael and how mature he is. But he's mature in a different way, I can't quite explain it. He's also independent. And you Ms. Guarino, content and very caring and heartwarming. I truly loved this class!
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Final project proposal.
We are doing Wizard of Oz. Chrissy is the Scarecrow. Michael is the lion. John is the Tim man. I am Dorthy.
We are each going to have a solo song. This is just like it is in the movie. I think I will be singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Michael is singing the If I only song, same with Chrissy and John but they’re all solos. They just happen to all have the same tune. There are different words though.
We still have to go over costumes. I was thinking we could do color themes. Michael wears yellows, oranges, and tans because he is the lion. Chrissy wears those colors too but with spots of green and navy blue, black. John wear grey, black, and white. I wear blue, white, and grey.
We just need to make sure we know our songs and any lines we make up or use. We also need to make sure that we communicate with each other because we don't, as of now, really have an organized idea. We will soon though!!
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We are doing Wizard of Oz. Chrissy is the Scarecrow. Michael is the lion. John is the Tim man. I am Dorthy.
We are each going to have a solo song. This is just like it is in the movie. I think I will be singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Michael is singing the If I only song, same with Chrissy and John but they’re all solos. They just happen to all have the same tune. There are different words though.
We still have to go over costumes. I was thinking we could do color themes. Michael wears yellows, oranges, and tans because he is the lion. Chrissy wears those colors too but with spots of green and navy blue, black. John wear grey, black, and white. I wear blue, white, and grey.
We just need to make sure we know our songs and any lines we make up or use. We also need to make sure that we communicate with each other because we don't, as of now, really have an organized idea. We will soon though!!
End of Blog Post.
Monday, May 8, 2017
My Scene with Michael for the Glass Menagerie
Today Michael and I performed our scene for the Glass Menagerie. I think we did pretty well! It seemed as though we really built off of each other's emotions. The falling into the table (done by Michael) looked very natural. Although, these things, and more, did take a couple of tries.
I think practicing a bit more before our final could have benefited us. Of course sometimes we can't get to class, even going the next step meaning we meet after school to go over it a couple times would’ve helped. The reason I say this is because we had to practice a couple times before we got our final scene filmed because we kept messing up. For example:
I kept mumbling - no one can hear you if you mumble, especially when performing on stage.
Michael couldn't fall- well it wasn't fall, more like couldn't NATURALLY fall into the table. It looked too fake ya know?
Our dancing! - we were really trying, but…. it just didn't look right. I mean for starters we wouldn't hold hands! We got the hang of it though. We decided (Michaels’ great idea) to spin in a circle. Then (my idea) I would twirl and he would get all excited and bump into the table. Crash! Goes the glass unicorn.
Michael and I finally got our final performance filmed and were pretty happy with it. I mean, we skipped like 4 lines in the end but it’s not noticeable. I'm glad I got to work with him because it pushed me out of my comfort zone and was very fun hanging out with him!
Overall, this was a great experience! This class is helping me so much with going outside my comfort zone. I’m so happy I decided to take this class. :)
See ya next blog!!
Olivia Williamson
Today Michael and I performed our scene for the Glass Menagerie. I think we did pretty well! It seemed as though we really built off of each other's emotions. The falling into the table (done by Michael) looked very natural. Although, these things, and more, did take a couple of tries.
I think practicing a bit more before our final could have benefited us. Of course sometimes we can't get to class, even going the next step meaning we meet after school to go over it a couple times would’ve helped. The reason I say this is because we had to practice a couple times before we got our final scene filmed because we kept messing up. For example:
I kept mumbling - no one can hear you if you mumble, especially when performing on stage.
Michael couldn't fall- well it wasn't fall, more like couldn't NATURALLY fall into the table. It looked too fake ya know?
Our dancing! - we were really trying, but…. it just didn't look right. I mean for starters we wouldn't hold hands! We got the hang of it though. We decided (Michaels’ great idea) to spin in a circle. Then (my idea) I would twirl and he would get all excited and bump into the table. Crash! Goes the glass unicorn.
Michael and I finally got our final performance filmed and were pretty happy with it. I mean, we skipped like 4 lines in the end but it’s not noticeable. I'm glad I got to work with him because it pushed me out of my comfort zone and was very fun hanging out with him!
Overall, this was a great experience! This class is helping me so much with going outside my comfort zone. I’m so happy I decided to take this class. :)
See ya next blog!!
Olivia Williamson
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