blog 10-1-18

I really enjoyed the song-a-log project alot. I chose a song that meant alot to me. When I was in middle school I was constantly bullied for everything I did and this song and music in general helped me get through everything. I always tried to change myself to fit other peoples labels they would put on me and it would always end up with me being so upset. I did my project on the song Paper Doll because it is one of my all time favorites because it's about a girl who stands up for herself. My strengths in this project were definitely memorization because of the fact that this song has alot of meaning for me. My weakness for this presentation was definitely blocking. Blocking was challenging for this monologue because you wanna get your point across but you don't want to be over dramatic. When I get nervous i tend to shift around a lot which I have to work on as one of my goals this semester. I am happy with everything it turned out to be. I know that I messed up on the final draft but I am still happy with how it turned out. For this project I learned that emotion paired with blocking helps sell your story to the audience the best. Showing just major emotion helps connect with the audience but does not interact with them as much or make them feel that they are part of the scene. Just having blocking may make the audience feel as if you are interacting with them but in reality you are not fully connecting with them. Although props can make the scene feel more real, having the audience imagine what they think, let's just say, a hat or something would look like. Overall I think our performances have gotten so much better from the first presentation amd people look much more relaxed. I really liked how Jordan merged two songs together. I thought that was really creative and fun. The way he used his hat to make the story more real was really interesting to me.