Blog(Reflection on the final performance of TGM)

After the first performance, I received feedbacks like the voice should be a bit louder, then I do that. When I watched the video, I could clearly hear my voice. But there is a problem when I quarreled with Amanda, my voice is loud enough but I did not have much of the emotion. In the play, Tom should be furious about Amanda keeps questioning him, and also thinks that he did not do anything for this family. It should show the anger in my voice.

Then, talking about the movements. During the fight with Amanda, I think I did it great. I tried to have a drink and looked around to find Jim. When Amanda was complaining about me, I stood up, took my coats and tried to leave. But what needs to be improved is the movements in the ending monologue. After the first performance, I realized  that I need to organize the movements in my ending monologue. Then, I came up an idea and I think it would work; when I am talking about fathers, travelling, and walking alone I would standing on the bridge; the later part I will seat at the center of the stage and talk about Laura slowly. My idea, in my opinion, is fantastic, but it did not work out when I am on the stage. On the stage, I became nervous; I paid attention to every movement I did rather than the sentences, everything just looked awkward. Then I kind of messed up. Next time, I think I should not have too many movements, and I should focus on my words more, because too many movements will distract me.

Talking about our group, I think we did it pretty well. Nan's monologue was really good; she showed how sad Jim will be when he talks with Laura. During the conversation between Jim and Amanda, I think both of them did it pretty well. When they were talking, they put some emotions into their words, and they had some movements. But the weakness for our group is also pretty obvious. First, we are not that familiar with our scripts, so that in the conversation between Amanda and Jim, they messed up once and in my monologue I messed up. Then, it is the laughing. During the conversation between Amanda and Jim, they laughed. Probably because audiences were giggling, probably because they think they are embarrassing, but they are not. I think if we are more confident, we can definitely nail it.

Talking about myself, I think I did well on my voice and my facial expression. My voice is loud enough this time, because last time I was too quiet and audiences could not even hear me. Also, I was having a lot of facial expression in the play. Like in the ending monologue I frowned as I turned around and saw Laura. What I need to work on are putting emotion into the character, having some movements but at the same time I would not disturbed by the movements, and trying not to be nervous. Because when I am getting nervous, I will forget my words; after forgetting my words, I will become more nervous. Once I do all of them, my acting will improve a lot.