My Growth As An Artist
My Growth As an Artist
Since the beginning of my drama class I have grown tremendously in a variety of ways as not only an actor but an artists as well. I have gained the confidence to express myself however I see fit. I have also learned a few techniques and styles from each of my classmates.
Coming into the school year I knew I wanted to become more open minded as an individual. To achieve this goal, I volunteered as a major role in the scene from the play that my group recently titled “Oedipus the King” written by sophocles. Typically, my preference is to go for smaller roles but I decided to take on a bigger role. I am glad that I challenged myself because it has taught me a lot about myself. Once assigned the role, I looked for ways to personalizing the role while still mirroring Oedipus. One of my strengths when presenting is my oral techniques. I have no problem with memorizing the line and speaking clearly, loudly and slowly. I was very fortunate to have an encouraging group of classmates who gave me suggestions about my character I portrayed. Staging was another strength of mine. I was very careful not to upstage myself or put my fellow group mates in a position where their back would face the audience. A couple of times during the scene, I had to force characters to move positions by moving to a certain area on stage. Even though, I was not upstaging myself, I wanted to help them fix their staging problems. Part of growing as actor entitles not only improving individual performance but group performance as well.
While I did many things that I was proud of during my performance, if I were to have a performance do over I would make some improvements. First off, I think I could have made more powerful eye contact with not only the other characters in the scene but also the audience. A few times, I caught myself looking at the floor and promptly adjusted my line of focus. I also believe that in the future, I need to work on my
Since the beginning of my drama class I have grown tremendously in a variety of ways as not only an actor but an artists as well. I have gained the confidence to express myself however I see fit. I have also learned a few techniques and styles from each of my classmates.
Coming into the school year I knew I wanted to become more open minded as an individual. To achieve this goal, I volunteered as a major role in the scene from the play that my group recently titled “Oedipus the King” written by sophocles. Typically, my preference is to go for smaller roles but I decided to take on a bigger role. I am glad that I challenged myself because it has taught me a lot about myself. Once assigned the role, I looked for ways to personalizing the role while still mirroring Oedipus. One of my strengths when presenting is my oral techniques. I have no problem with memorizing the line and speaking clearly, loudly and slowly. I was very fortunate to have an encouraging group of classmates who gave me suggestions about my character I portrayed. Staging was another strength of mine. I was very careful not to upstage myself or put my fellow group mates in a position where their back would face the audience. A couple of times during the scene, I had to force characters to move positions by moving to a certain area on stage. Even though, I was not upstaging myself, I wanted to help them fix their staging problems. Part of growing as actor entitles not only improving individual performance but group performance as well.
While I did many things that I was proud of during my performance, if I were to have a performance do over I would make some improvements. First off, I think I could have made more powerful eye contact with not only the other characters in the scene but also the audience. A few times, I caught myself looking at the floor and promptly adjusted my line of focus. I also believe that in the future, I need to work on my