My Reflection In The Classroom

I have found this class to be very individual focused, which I like. It allows me to really focus on what I need to work on based on your critiques in our assignments such as our scene partner work and monologues. This class is definitely helping me see where my strengths are, and where I need improvement.

I’ve been struggling with some of the classes vocal warm-ups, because for me, I find them very uncomfortable, even though I do see the gain in doing them. I find the stretching and vocal warm-ups uncomfortable, because I’m used to warming up by myself and in my own secluded space. I realize that I shouldn’t be uncomfortable, but I just am not able to shake that feeling—which is something I really want to push for in the next semester. I

The masks and props we chose really allowed us to develop characters quickly and create a whole story based around them. I think it was the quick thinking that I liked about it and how quickly you had to become in tune with who you were trying to portray. Hiding behind a mask allows you to focus strictly on body language and gestures. Because you don’t have to worry about saying anything aloud, you direct all your attention to “talking” with your body language. I like the idea of directing your attention to one specific aspect of acting because then you are able to tie all of those things together in the

My group struggled at first with combining all of our ideas into one solid piece that actually was good. When we practiced our myth in front of others, you could tell that no one really liked it and no one in my group was into what we were doing either. When we scrapped our idea, I think that’s when we actually listened to each other and were honest with what worked and what didn’t. My group was given the umbrellas to use and in our first idea, we weren’t utilizing them to their fullest potential, so rather than focusing on when to use them, we focused on how we could use them and jotted down ideas. From those ideas we were able to connect ideas and create a scene in which we all enjoyed doing. I enjoyed doing this because it was nice to hear other people’s opinions and ideas because quite often they are completely different from your own and creating a scene that incorporates all of those ideas is really great to