Caroline's Acting Blog

Made of stiffened and painted linen The actor could play more than one part with the use of different masks Men could play female roles, and vise versa Mouth hole allowed for projection of the voice Greek theatre had a lot of plays that involved gods Many masks of different gods (Dionysus) http://www.teachinghistory100.org/objects/about_the_object/greek_theatre_mask Masks were also used in celebrations and ceremonies Masks covered most of head, with eye holes, mouth hole The Greek thought that the masks should “melt” onto the actor's face;the mask was to become an actual part of the face to the audience Greek mask makers were called skeuopoios, “maker of the properties” Over exaggerated facial features https://greektheatre.wordpress.com/home/

During this Silent Movie process, I learned a lot of things. Not only about how to act on screen, but also how to put the movie together and how to add things into the movie to add character and clarity for the viewing audience. One of the most interesting things I learned was how big your movements have to be. Since the characters don't speak, you have to make it really clear and obvious what your character is feeling and is trying to communicate to the viewers. During the beginning, my movements weren't big enough or clear enough, and the points I was trying to make were not portrayed in what I was doing. Throughout the process, I tried to find a good balance between showing emotions through movement, but also keeping it semi-realistic. This was more of a challenge than I thought because, at times, it was uncomfortable and I didn't know what to do with my body. I really had to experiment more than I thought to create my mature, yet annoyed character. This also leads into...

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 ...

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Backstory: The character that's telling the monologue is a normal highschool girl, probably a junior. Her and her best friend are probably 140 pounds, yet still think they need to lose more weight. She and her best friend, who is also a junior, want to get better at running, so they started to take pills. The pills were supposed to give them energy, and allow them to lose a few pounds to make running more enjoyable for them. These girls had no problem with their hair or their facial features. But, they were not happy with their figures, so they thought if the pills allowed them to lose weight, while still giving them energy for running, they would be good for them and do no harm. The pills were fine for a little while, and they worked. Both girls lost some weight. Finally, the main character stopped taking them because she thought she didn't need them anymore and was satisfied with the results in terms of her body and weight. However, her best friend increased the drug dose, ...