final draft reflection

I think I made some really good progress between the first project to creating this script and drafting it to the final piece which we shot yesterday (3/8/17). I think a lot of issues remained, but they’ve mostly been fixed or at least, less obvious and severe. One big point of improvement was definitely in my memorization of the lines, so I could focus more on the acting and how to properly portray my character, which was a persistent issue between Romeo and Juliet to this project. I think a lot of this was helped because we had to develop almost all of the script from scratch, as it was based off an idea which was briefly mentioned in the text and not extensively explored or touched on in the source. Because of this, the originality of the lines and flow of the scene itself was easier to understand and memorize, as the first project mostly had us taking lines from the text and simply rearranging it a little.

The scene itself was based on the brief passages in A Wall of Fire Rising, where Guy looks as his wife as they prepare for bed at night, and reflects on his relationship with her, how it has adapted and heavily transformed over the years. The problem was, while this was a topic or idea I wanted to explore and think about more, there just wasn’t a lot of source material to go off of. This might come with the drawback where our characters might be a little too one-dimensional, with Lili being too overbearing or caring too much for their son, or Guy too aggressive and switching between apologetic or angry and only those emotions.

Some other stuff that could use improvement would be inflection, facial expressions, and projecting my voice. I definitely had a lot of issues with projecting at certain points, and I felt like my facial expressions, and emotional tone in general, was inconsistent/didn’t flow naturally/was too neutral for most of the scene. I think I definitely was doing a lot better and made a lot of progress since the first scene. Somehow, I gained a little confidence between then and now, and having that small boost helped me get through this project, and I’m pretty proud that I didn’t flub to the point where I had to read off my script during the filmed scene like last time.