Caroline's Acting Blog

Ideas for Second Silent Movie: -love story, sad someone has to leave and other gets left heartbroken, or someone gets cheated on, so drama unfolds -funny, date/shopping, go to eat, food/drink gets spilled all over one of the characters and causes a big scene -getting chased around for something -store, wants to purchase an item and doesn't have enough money, starts an argument and causes a scene -party and there is a game/"duel" for entertainment, dancing to music and someone dances bad,but everyone starts to join in

Silent Movie Plot Ideas: -thief steals a very valueable and unique object, tourist finds it not knowing significance -protagonist/antagonist -love story--someone does something bad, and gets caught -revenge- a person wants to get revenge on someone -murder, something gets stolen, person finds out, hunts them down and kills them -funny? Funny arguement, chasing people, "fighting" -bullying story, someone gets bullied then rallies againsts them

During this unit, I decided to perform two very different monologues, the first being a comedy, and the second being a more dramatic scene. When I first started working on this most recent monologue, I knew I would have a lot of different ways of interpreting it. I think this monologue and the other monologue were equally different and challenging in their own ways. At first, in the most recent monologue, I didn't really have a clear idea as to who I was talking to or where to look. But, as I kept performing it, it became more natural to imply that there was a therapist sitting in front of me. But I also felt it was important to give the scene dimension by looking around as well as incorporating looking down to show sadness. In comparison from the first time I did this monologue, I really think it was an improvement. I had a clear focus (therapist), I felt comfortable using my hands, and I think it was a lot more believable since I used many different tones of voice, and built in ...