Tim Miller Preformance

For my first required preformance, I went to see Rooted by Tim Miller. His preformance was basically a monologue onstage, which he gave a theatrical preformance to by using light and voice transitions. His role in the preformance was to tell us his story of his life, all while keeping us entertained and interested in it all. And I must say, he did an excellent job of it.

One of the dominating aesthetic choices in this preformance was lighting. Since it was a one-man show, there was little room for various special effects. But I noticed how the lighting would change whenever Tim would move on to a different story, or when it would become more suspenseful. For instance, the more emotionally-heavy stories Tim would tell would be eclipsed by a darker, more gloomy type of lighting. The change in lighting definitely made me pay more attention.
I thought of a large cast involving costume changes, intricate special effects, and dramatc endings. But Tim Millers monologue was more than just that, it was a preformance that displayed emotion and told a story, by his movements and speech. The way he told his stories, there was a rhytmic aspect to it all. He would yell out a certain word when he would transition to the next story, and his fast paced talking made you pay attention to them. Also, I never thought about how lighting could play such a huge part in a preformance. One thing I noticed was that when the stories got more suspenseful, the lighting changed accordingly, sort of creating the mood inside of the