Final Reflection

As the Dramatic Arts class ended I reflected on how I did this past semester. From the first project to the final performance I think that I have improved within this course. Although I wouldn't call myself a top notch actor (yet) I do think that I am better at performing then I was back at the start of the semester back in the fall. My first project was a monologue about a kid who was upset that his dad is working so much that he isn't spending enough time with the family. My first draft of that didn't go so well as it was hard to take it seriously and I ended up laughing about it (looking back the lines seemed kinda stupid being said out loud). However I was able to work on it and get it through the skit again without laughing. Afterwards i did a songologue to "Wake Me Up" by Avicii which I personally thought was much better than the original project because it was serious and I was able to take it seriously and apply emotion to it. After wards I had a group project with Jess, Jeff and Jordan which was about a kid and his friend fighting over whether or not they wanted to play video games or ride skateboards. I directed instead of acted. It was a little harder directing people as you have to take control and make sure everything gets done, but it worked in the end. My favorite project in this class was the parody of the office that we did when we replicated a clip famous scene from the show entitled "The Quiet Game" with Kylie, Jess (as the director), Jeff, Jordan, Lili and Brooklyn. I portrayed the character Dwight. There was little to no lines however in this skit so in order to carry the scene along we had to use facial expressions and body language for the scene to make sense. It was hard because we had to make sure to use our faces and our bodies correctly. But in the end it was very fun (and helped for the next project) and was funny to watch after it was done. After thanksgiving break we had a silent film project. My project was with Jeff, Mao and Lili. It was meant to be a mystery about a detective who killed three people in his way from getting a box of pearls. It was challenging because all sound was taken out so we had to use a lot of facial expressions and body language to make the story flow easily. The final project was anything we wanted to do. I partnered up with Brooklyn and Kylie to create a dance scene composed of three solos and one big dance all together. My solo or variation was the dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy which is very light and happy. Each dance showed an emotion, Brooklyn was sadness and Kylie was anger. So we had to keep of facial expressions and the choreography matching the emotion of our dance.

Overall I think that I saw improvements in my self when it came to showing emotion and using body language and overall performance quality. I think that this class was very fun and helpful and I'm definitely going to miss it and the people of the class. It was a very interesting course and I think it helped me a lot.

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