What I thought:

I feel that my performance could've been better. I should have practiced more and I feel like that would help. My strengths was improving every time I practiced my sonalogue. My emotion on different lines that I say change through the sonalogue. My weaknesses are remembering my lines because sometimes I would forget what came next. I also need to work on looking up more in my performance, and my blocking because sometimes I don’t know what I should have done for my blocking in my performance.

I am satisfied with how confident I was performing in front of everyone. I usually have a tough time doing that, but I have became a lot more comfortable with performing in front of people. I liked how even though I had a short amount of time, I still performed my piece like I was saying it, and not like a song. My performance was maybe the best I could have done it in a short amount of time. If I had more time maybe it could have been better, but with having only a week think I did well for my sonalogue.

If I had more time I would think about changing my song to an easier song to act out. If I couldn’t do that I would’ve prepared myself more to perform. It was hard to act out my performance to make sense. It would’ve been better if I changed the lyrics a little bit more than I already did. What also would’ve helped is memorizing my sonalogue and not just saying words that just pop into my head. It was hard to act out a performance that have talking in the song other than just the song. I had to cut the speaking part out, and not make it as long.

My audience, of what I saw was they looked very focused. I saw that I can tell they liked my final performance the best because they all were engaged and not looking down at something, or writing down something for there performance. It was a lot of fun acting a song in front of my peers at school because it taught me to be more comfortable with everyone in the class. I felt more calm and comfortable performing with my song because it was really hard at first to act out a Beauty and the Beast song that also had talking. Overall, I think my performance went very well, and my audience interacted with me as we

Sonalogue Final Draft

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw96CsKsh8c&feature=youtu.be

Sonalogue

Little town
It's a quiet village
Every day
Like the one before
Little town
Full of little people
Waking up to say


There goes the baker with his tray, like always
The same old bread and rolls to sell
Every morning just the same
Since the morning that we came
To this poor provincial town
Good morning, Belle
Good morning, monsieur Jean
Have you lost something again?



Oh, isn't this amazing?
It's my favorite part because you'll see
Here's where she meets Prince Charming
But she won't discover that it's him 'til chapter three!


I'm nothing like the rest of them
Yes, different from the rest of them





There must be more than this provincial life!



It's a pity and a sin
I doesn't quite fit in

I really am different from the rest of them
Yes, different from the rest of them

Sonalogue

I worked on practicing my sonalogue in front of my partners for 10 minutes. I learned what I am cutting, and what I am keeping. My sonalogue is going to be a lot shorter from the original version. I need to practice on my acting and memorizing the lyrics of what is coming next because I am cutting a lot out. I know what I’m cutting, I just got to work on having it ready for Friday.I worked on practicing my sonalogue in front of my partners for 10 minutes. I learned what I am cutting, and what I am keeping. My sonalogue is going to be a lot shorter from the original version. I need to practice on my acting and memorizing the lyrics of what is coming next because I am cutting a lot out. I know what I’m cutting, I just got to work on having it ready for Friday.

Questions

1. Who am I?

My character is Belle from Beauty and the Beast. She is 18 and wants to leave the town she is from. She just has a dad who is trying to make it as an inventor. She loves to read and feels like that she isn’t respected. Her hobbies are reading, and her dislikes is Gaston. She is afraid of losing her dad.

2. What time is it?

The year is in the 1900s because there wasn’t any electronics and you had to wash your own laundry. The season was the middle of end of fall, beginning of winter. It is when Belle meets the Beast.

3. Where am I?

She lives in a little town in a village. There aren’t many houses where she lives, and the houses were very small.

4. What surrounds me?

Belle is loved my Gaston, but she doesn’t love him back. The weather is kind of cold and the people aren’t very nice. The end of the movie, the villagers want to go kill the Beast because of his looks.

5. What are the given circumstances?

Belle doesn’t have a mother, and her dad wants to be an inventor to have Belle go to college and have a good life. Belle’s dad for the inventors fair took a wrong turn and got caught by the Beast, and was captured. Belle ends up taking his spot in the castle, and they end up falling in love.

6. What are my relationships?

Belle has a great relationship with her father, and not a very good relationship with Gaston. She loves reading books as well, and she also wears the same outfit every day. So that might be special to her as well.

7. What do I want?

Belle wants to leave her village, but she also wants to stay with the Beast. She wants to break the spell because if she doesn’t, he will remain a Beast forever.

8. What is in my way?

One of the main characters Gaston is in the way of Belle loving the Beast because at the end Gaston tried to kill the Beast, and Belle just made it in time to save Beast

What are the obstacles to getting what you want?

9. What do I do to get what I want?

Belle save Beast by going back to save him. But before that, she took her father's place in the jail at Beast's castle before she really new who he was.

Song: Belle- Beauty and the Beast
Artist: Belle
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTUZswZHsWQ&t=4s
Lyrics:
 Little town
It's a quiet village
Every day
Like the one before
Little town
Full of little people
Waking up to say

Bonjour bonjour
Bonjour bonjour bonjour

There goes the baker with his tray, like always
The same old bread and rolls to sell
Every morning just the same
Since the morning that we came
To this poor provincial town
Good morning, Belle
Good morning, monsieur Jean
Have you lost something again?

Well, I believe I have
Problem is, I've, I can't remember what
Oh well, I'm sure it'll come to me
Where you off to?

To return this book to Pere Robert, it's about to lovers in fair Verona
Sound boring

Look there she goes, that girl is strange, no question
Dazed and distracted, can't you tell?

Never part of any crowd
'Cause her head's up on some cloud
No denying she's a funny girl that Belle

Bonjour, good day
How is your family?
Bonjour, good day
How is your wife?
I need six eggs
That's too expensive!
There must be more than this provincial life!

Ah, If it isn't the only bookworm in town!
So, where did you run off to this week?

Two cities in Northern Italy
I didn't want to come back
Have you got any new places to go?

I'm afraid not
But you may re-read any of the old ones that you'd like
Your library makes our small corner of the world feel big

Bon voyage

Look there she goes, that girl is so peculiar
I wonder if she's feeling well
With a dreamy, far-off look
And her nose stuck in a book
What a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle

Oh, isn't this amazing?
It's my favorite part because you'll see
Here's where she meets Prince Charming
But she won't discover that it's him 'til chapter three!

Now it's no wonder that her name means Beauty
Her looks have got no parallel

But behind that fair facade
I'm afraid she's rather odd
Very different from the rest of us

She's nothing like the rest of us
Yes, different from the rest of us is Belle!

Look at her, LeFou
My future wife
Belle is the most beautiful girl in the village
That's makes her the best

But she's so well-read
And you're so athletically-inclined

Yes, ever since the war, I felt like I've been missing something
She's the only girl that ever given me that sense of

Mmm je ne sais quoi?

I don't know what that means

Right from the moment when I met her, saw her
I said she's gorgeous and I fell
Here in town there's only she
Who is beautiful as me
So I'm making plans to woo and marry Belle

Look there he goes
Isn't he dreamy?
Monsieur Gaston
Oh, he's so cute!
Be still my heart
I'm hardly breathing
He's such a tall, dark, strong and handsome brute!

Bonjour, pardon
Good day, mais oui!
You call this bacon, what lovely flowers
Some cheese, ten yards, one pound, excuse me I'll get the knife
Please let me through!
This bread, those fish, it's stale, they smell!
Madame's mistaken Well, maybe so

There must be more than this provincial life!

Just watch, I'm going to make Belle my wife!

Look there she goes the girl is strange, but special
A most peculiar mademoiselle!

It's a pity and a sin
She doesn't quite fit in

'Cause she really is a funny girl
A beauty but a funny girl
She really is a funny girl
That Belle

Monolgue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUNHtkfwvCg&feature=youtu.be

Monologue

Kylie Riccio

Mrs. Guarino

Dramatic Arts

9/17/18

Monologue Performance

            I feel my monologue performance couldn’t been better, but I thought I did pretty well. I feel that Friday’s performance was my best performance because I used the right emotion for different lines that I said in my mini monologue. I did forget a little part in my monologue, but I improvised by pretending I was taking like a moment to myself like I was sad because my character's mother is in the hospital. I do feel that if I was more prepared I would’ve done better.

            I learned how if someone has the same monologue as you, both of you can portray the character in different ways. This taught how to be more confident about performing in front of an audience, for example, my class. Also being able to do blocking by myself, and using a small space to portray by character the way I feel is best. I’ve also learned how to use my character in the way I feel is appropriate for myself to make the character come alive, and not have a teacher how to act.

            I thought I did well getting in front of the class and performing in front of everyone without being shy or nervous. I feel like every time I performed it got better and better. I also feel that I did well memorizing my monologue, and only forgetting only a few seconds of it. But I got right back into it. It was a little hard getting up in front of the class for the first time, but I feel that I did a good job actually going up.

            I feel I need to work on for upcoming projects is my blocking. I didn’t really know what to do for my blocking, so I definitely need to work on that as well. I also need to work on using my face more, and changing my emotion on the line I have more often. I feel like I need to be more prepared, and use the whole stage, but not too much. I have learned from my performance that I stay in one area. I hope to become a better actor over the year.

video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnmEWWMKiPU&feature=youtu.be

9/7/18

I have done many shows in the past. My most recent show is High School Musical. My role was Zeke in the musical. This was the best role I have ever received. Theater is a place to learn different acting skills, and have fun while you’re doing it. I have had a lot of fun doing theater in all the productions I have done.

Participating in theater can improve your acting skills. I have definitely improved my confidence doing productions. There is always a great and fantastic cast, and everyone becomes very close. My confidence has built from being in productions so much. It is also fun watching performances because it can help with your acting. Different types of actors make their characters different than other actors. I am definitely going to enjoy seeing a broadway show for my birthday.

Other people enjoy theater because of the experience watching the performance. It can be funny, educational, sad, serious, happy, and more. There are so many musicals that you can watch and enjoy. It’s so much fun to watch and enjoy. It’s so much fun to watch live theater because if people mess up or laugh about something, the audience can laugh with them. I love to watch live performances because it’s fun to see different actors play their characters. I would definitely go see a live performance again.

I believe that some of the most important aspects for a performer to know are the types of performances they are auditioning for. They should learn as much as they can about any type of show that the actor will be performing in. Over the summer I performed in High School Musical, which I saw several times, but prior to the actual production I rewatched the movie so that I would have a better understanding about the part I was playing. The performers should also know the type of performance that’s going to be, so they know it’s something the actor would like to try.

I believe that meeting different people is one of the best parts about theater. I become very close with my cast members, and have stayed friends with all of my cast members in every production I have done since seventh grade. I love the games we play in theater, and the warm ups. One other thing I love is right before a show we do warm ups and it is so much fun. In my opinion, memorize my lines is difficult. The time commitment can also be challenging if you have other activities going on. I believe theater is one of the best experience you can get, and if someone decides not to do theater, that person is missing out on so much.

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