27.11.14

In today’s lesson we only worked on monologues, we had to pick a character we have worked on previously and then create a monologue for them. I picked the sly man as even though he is a male, I felt I could create a more interesting and in depth monologue with the sly man than any other of my previous roles. This exercise was helpful, as it was an opportunity to work on my creative writing skills, also I have never written a monologue, so it was a new experience.  Doing the exercise made me learn a lot about the character, I feel I connected with him more and learnt about his back story. I now understand how he ended up in his situation which helps me sympathise with him more.     

This is my monologue, in black writing are the stage directions

When to monologues had all been completed, we were all given feedback, this was very helpful because I have never performed a monologue that I have written. It was nice to be told what was good about it and what I could improve upon.

My feedback was

.’ Nice use of staging, I like how you were walking around and using the space, and then sat on the chair to show the change in you character’s emotions.’

. ‘Nice control of vocals and clear voice.’

.’ Good eye contact with the audience.’