Respond to the first draft

After checking the feedbacks about the first draft performance from my classmates, I noticed several things that I need to work on. Firstly, some people mentioned that my voice was too quiet for the most parts. That made my character very flat and emotionless. I should have more rise and falls with my voice so that people can feel the emotional change of the character when he says his lines. Secondly, I swang a lot when I was doing my monologue, as always. I tried to think of the reason why I always do that. And I figured it might be because I concentrated too much on the words and forget to pay attention to the actual meanings of the words. I swing my body when I’m nervous. I want to add some body movements to my acting but forget to move my feet around. It might get better after I have memorized all my lines. Moreover, I should think more about what I should do to make the performance more natural and realistic. It also might be that because we put too much attention on the words and look at the books too oftenly, the group members didn’t fully represent the characters and their emotions. During the practice, I used the acting strategy of Stanislavski, the system of acting. I imagined what would I feel if I was to tell people something that might hurt their feelings. I would be struggled and even feeling guilty. I put that emotion into my acting. I also used this strategy for the part that Jim explains who Betty is. In my opinion, telling some jokes was a great way to resolve the embarrassment. Therefore, when I say the lines of that part, I was trying to talk casually and make it seems relaxing.