What were you thinking when you had to make choices on how to portray your character? Did you think about: What is my character’s voice? How do I walk? How do I speak? What words do I choose? What costume does my character wear? Elaborate on your acting process in this exercise and the challenges you had to face in this performance.
It was not difficult for me to choose the Goth chic since I went through a "Goth" stage during high school (a very short stage). In my head I felt that the angry/argumentative teen who doesn't associate well with others is how my character should sound. My walk is angry or rushed, my speech should be insulting and my word mean. My character should wear a lot of black: make-up, boots, leather, fishnet, and many piercings. I tried to keep true to my character and I hope that is how I was portrayed.
ReplyDeleteIn making choices to portray my character the chonga cheerleader, I rehearsed what the voice should sound like, body language, outfit etc. It was not difficult to act out my character as I seen such characters on T.V. and hence it was easy to portray. The challanges I faced was memorizing the skit properly as I can be absent minded at times especially in front of an audience but I definitly believe that getting into character helped once I changed into the cheerleader costume. I enjoyed our commedia de arte, everyone did a great job!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking back onto my high school days where I always spent a lot of time either reading or paying attention in class. Always getting annoyed when people got to loud when I was trying to read. My character's voice would be small until something made her mad. I'd walk like I had a purpose. I would speak in a way that most wouldn't understand. My character would wear something comfortable and easy to move around in, so she wouldn't have to fuss with it much. A challenge I faced was being loud enough that others can hear me, I've never been to loud. I loved my group, we all collaborated and made all the different ideas work into the skit, it was great!
ReplyDeleteIt was a little bit hard for me because I didn’t go the High School in the United States. In my country we don’t have this type of characters. But I am so grateful to each of the girls from my group. They really help me to feel comfortable to portray the social butterfly in this performance. My character’s voice should be sweet. Walking confidence and speak clearly and making a conversation with just about anyone it doesn’t matter what are we talking about. My custom was easy to choose and wear, sport, a little bit fancy cloth and accesories. Thanks Kiara, Yesenia, Maia, Sekema and Jocelyn, it was fun to work with you and I did really enjoy!!!
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