I’m somewhat unsatisfied with how I did. Obviously I’m not expecting myself to act on a level surpassing Leonardo DiCaprio or Tom Hanks or whatever, but I don’t think I did “well” either.
What went right? A few things. I think I was pretty good at projecting my voice, although it definitely came off as bland and boring sometimes. Loudness doesn’t really equate to emotion. Compared to the dry run we did last week, I think I did a little better at staying in character. I was still pretty stiff, but I fidgeted a bit less and tried to to move with the mindset of, “I’m a sagely, wise friar trying to advise an easily enraptured teenager who happens to be caught up in the middle of a very violent and bloody feud.”
Both my partner and I did get a little more physical with each other, making active attempts to physically interact. While I seriously appreciate his foresight to add some motions, I actually wasn’t ready for them to happen, so the first instance did catch me off guard, and my lack of skill in improv helped contribute to the awkward movement and unnatural positioning.
Compared to my partner, my movement was extremely stiff. While he seemed to move around with all the vigor and vitality of an overeager and lovesick teenager, I just seemed to stand around. On one hand, I could argue that this was me trying to create a contrast of calm wisdom, but realistically it was just me focusing way too much on trying to remember lines while trying to follow through a few actions.
I think if I could vocalize more emotions and just simply move more, I would do a lot better in portraying Friar Lawrence. As it currently is, I feel like all I’ve simply done was try to throw out lines and vaguely move around without any clear purpose or intent to my actions.
In terms of adapting literary devices, I feel like the scene is sorely lacking in that department, partly due to lack of our own consideration while adapting the scene.
For any future, similar projects, I think I’m definitely going to shoot a little more realistically instead of aiming too high like I did with this. Choosing a less monologue-heavy scene, and picking a more relatable character than the sagely and well-worded Friar Lawrence would probably help me get into character and memorize lines better next time. In addition to that, I really need to work on talking slower, but I think that’s just a problem that could be fixed just by speaking more in general, not just in the context of, “I’m acting out this scene, I need to speak much slower and rhythmically and audibly.”
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