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My Solo Musical Baby!

My Solo Musical Refection!

Attempting this activity, the most difficult part to accomplish would be... to maintaian. I have trouble with memory. I get nervous because I am not serious about singing that much but acting is my passion.

 I now think the most difficult part to accomplish was...not letting my nerves get to me. It was so hard for me to rid myself of nerves. I didn’t know the lyrics and saying them.

The most surprising or interesting thing I learned from this activity is...that spending time with people that love to sing is awesome. I also find myself being a lot more comfortable with Mrs.Gitting.

The aspect of my work on this activity that I am most satisfied with is...my overall performance. I think my class Love it!

4th quarter reflection post solo musical sabrina fenelon p7

Before attempting this activity, I thought the most difficult part to accomplish would be... to maintain a good pitch. I have trouble with breathing while I sing. Also, I get nervous because I am very serious about singing.

After completing it, I now think the most difficult part to accomplish was...not letting my nerves get to me. It was so hard for me to rid myself of nerves. I think that is why I messed up. I t wasn’t because I didn’t know the lyrics it’s because I was so nervous.

The most important thing I learned from this activity is...to prepare completely before a performance. I think the more you know you have done your performance flawlessly before. The less your nerves get to you.

The most surprising or interesting thing I learned from this activity is...that spending time with people that love to sing is awesome. I had the opportunity to work with Mariana and, Nicole. They are both amazing and, great singers. I also find myself being a lot more comfortable with them.

The aspect of my work on this activity that I am most satisfied with is...my overall performance. I think my class enjoyed it. Also, I never got to perform that song in front of people. And Wicked is my favorite musical.

The aspect of my work on this activity that I am least satisfied with is...my unprofessionalism in starting the performance over. I think I could have kept on performing but at the time I was so nervous. But I learned from that mistake.

4th Quarter Project

Before attempting this activity I thought the most difficult part to accomplish would be finding a scene for two females that was actually somewhat interesting and not too long to memorize. 
After completing it I now think the most difficult part to accomplish was memorizing my lines. I always seem to have trouble memorizing speeches, lines and anything of the sort. But I can memorize lyrics without an issue. But I suppose I'll end up getting better at memorizing lines over time. 
The most important thing I learned from this activity is that no matter what I must do my part regardless if my partner is. I need to motivate myself.
The most surprising or interesting thing I learned from this activity is that the amount of effort you put into the project is represented in the grade you receive. 
The aspect of my work I am most satisfied with is the script that my partner and I agreed to perform. I find it to be well written, fun to perform, and interesting to read. 
The aspect of my work I am least satisfied with is my unpreparedness and own laziness making my project sub-par to what I would have wanted to present and perform. The performance could have been more polished,  and performance ready than it was. 

Reflection Blog: costume design, The Wiz

1. Before attempting this assignment i thought the hardest part would be incorporating my style into the characters of my play style. This would be hard because i didnt want to change them up too much.
2. After completing it, I now think the most difficult part to accomplish was actually bringing everything together and making my audience actually  see that the characters were from the wiz. I had to make sure the characters were not mine but my plays.
3. The most important thing I learned from this activity is do not try to do anything last minute.You may think its easy but it takes time.
4. The most surprising or interesting thing I learned from this activity is your presentation really matters. So make it fun not boring or your audience wont be interested.
5. The aspect of my work on this activity that I am most satisfied with is that i had fun doing it and you can very much tell. I didnt just throw anything together.
6. The aspect of my work on this activity that I am least satisfied with is I could have spent more time making my art perfection. It would have made a huge impact on the outcome and look of my display.

Playwright Project

Before attempting this activity, I thought the most difficult part to accomplish would be coming up with an idea.  It took a lot of brainstorming, but I did it.  After completing it, I now think the most difficult part to accomplish was coming up with an endingand a beginning that actually made sense.  It was hard,  butnot impossible.  The most important thing I learned from this activity is that everything takes patience, focus, and determination.  The most surprising or interesting thing I learned from this activity is that writing a play is harder than I thought.  I have to hand it to Shakespeare, he was incredibly talented.  The aspect of my work on this activity that I am most satisfied with is with the storyline.  I felt that it was strong.  The aspect of my work on this activity that I am least satisfied with is the opening scene of the play.  I felt that it was very weak.  I wish I could have done better.

4th Quarter Acting Project

Briana Wright
May 30, 2012
Period 7
Acting !


1. Before attempting this activity, I thought the most difficult part to accomplish would be choosing a monologue that would showcase my acting ability.  I thought the process of choosing a monologue that I liked would be the hardest challenge.
 2.After completing it, I now think the most difficult part to accomplish was not freezing up in class. I am not really shy when it comes to acting.  However, lately I have been shaking up and it makes me seem as if I don't know my lines.  I do better when I perform in front of a big audience instead of in front of classmates because you can't really hear audience remarks and facial expressions so it less stressful.  
3.The most important thing I learned from this activity is I have to control my nervous energy and learn to tune people out even when audience members say remarks during my performances.  
4.The most surprising or interesting thing I learned from this activity is how many personalities you get to portray with monologues.  
5.The aspect of my work on this activity that I am most satisfied with is I had great time management and I understand the concept of my monologue.
6.The aspect of my work on this activity that I am least satisfied with is I let my nerves get the best of my performance and i froze up which made me seem like I forgot all my lines. 

4th May Reflection Post

4th Quarter Acting Project

1.Before attempting this activity I though the most difficult part to accomplish would be remembering my lines. When I was choosing the monologues I wasn't focusing on length it was mostly on how interesting it was. Then when i was writing them down I noticed one of them was extremely long. So then I got worried because I was thinking how on earth could I ever memorize that. So I started by memorizing the shorter one and moved to longer one later.Too late actually.


2.After completing it, I now think the most difficult part to accomplish was  trying to do the scene within the time length. I timed my scene when I was practicing and it was long enough. But when I got up to preform I was very, very nervous, and that made me talk faster. So as I was doing the scene I was trying my hardest to slow my words down so that the scene would be long enough. Eventually I got myself together enough to do it correctly. Performing is scary and that threw me off.


3.The most important thing I learned from this activity was that even though most of the time I'm not good at it, I NEED to stop procrastinating with my assignments.Over the weekend i went to something called F.A.B.A.I.C. And when I got home I told myself I was too exhausted to do anything. So I had a ton of homework and ended up not doing any of it. So Monday was when I started actually working on all my assignments. Which was horrible. I'll learn... I hope. But thanks to the lord I'm lucky enough to have such an amazing teacher like Mrs.Gittings.


4.The most surprising or interesting thing I learned from this activity is a better way to remember my lines. When we did the class scenes project i remembered my lines just by reading the same thing over and over again but with this assignment i did it differently which was really great idea and a much better way for me to do it.


5.The aspect of my work on this activity that i am most satisfied with is how i performed. I feel like I did really good compared to how I've done on previous assignments. Before when i forgot my lines I kinda just froze and let everyone notice, but this time a piece of one  of my lines slipped my mind and instead of freezing up I just said something sort of like what the actual line was. I am really proud of myself for that.


6.The aspect of my work on this activity that i am most satisfied with is the fact that I wasn't ready to do both the scenes. In my own defense I didn't know we had to do both the scenes when we got up there so when Mrs.Gittings said we had 10 minutes to study I focused on studying the fist one because I thought I'd have more time. But I know it was wrong I knew I had to the scenes anyways so I should have been more prepared. That was bad.

4th quarter project reflection blog post

The Star-Spangled Girl by Neil Simon & Saint Joan by Bernard Shaw

1.) Before attempting this activity, I thought the most difficult part to accomplish would be how to block during my performance. I knew I had a habit of crossing my legs or twisting my hair, I didn't want to look weird just standing there and reciting my monologues. Once i tried to figure some blocks out, it was actually harder than i thought, I couldn't figure out where to put my hands or do with my legs either.

2.) After completing it, I now think the most difficult part to accomplish was memorizing the monologues. At first, I didn't think it'd be a big deal just reciting it but it was considering the fact that it had to be at least 5 minutes with a bunch of people staring straight at you. I'm not afraid to mess up, because it happens, but I didn't want to be one of those people that freak out in the middle of their performance and just stop. Even though I forgot my lines a couple of times, I just picked myself back up and kept going, which I think is the important part.

3.)The most important thing I learned from this activity is that I should never underestimate how difficult of easy an assignment is. It was harder than I thought to memorize and perform two monologues. I was proud of myself for at least getting up in front of the class and trying my hardest, considering the fact that i learned both monologues in two days. I learned that it is also important to not show that you messed up. Once you make it noticeable that you messed up at something, people become bored and frustrated and I didn't want to be that person. I noticed this when other people in my class messed up. They announced it to the whole class and I immediately got frustrated and bored.

4.)The most surprising or interesting thing i learned from this activity is how well i do something when i really try. If it were up to me, I never would of got in front of my classmates for any reason at all. Even though i forgot some of my lines performing my monologues, I think I acted pretty well. I think my projection was pretty good and I believe I stayed in character the whole time. I knew that I wouldn't of even dared to do that in front of anyone and I was proud I finally had the guts to do it.

5.)The aspect of my work on this activity that I am most satisfied with is my courage to stand in front of an audience and perform. I know I wouldn't of done it before I took acting class. I am also most satisfied with how I almost got all my lines correct, besides that I believe I stayed in character the whole time and I made my performance seem believable. 

6.)The aspect of my work that I am least satisfied with is my blocking. I know the lack of blocking took away from my performance because it didn't make it seem 100% believable without it. I am also least satisfied with how I forgot my lines in the middle of my monologue and I made it noticeable. Even though I mentioned earlier how important it is not to show you messed up, I admit I did and that it was a mistake I shouldn't of done. I know it would of got me the "A" I was looking for, but I'm fine with the grade I received. 

Marlynn D.

Pd. 6

1. Before attempting this activity, I thought the most difficult part to accomplish would be to memorize all my lines and execute the performance with energy without stumbling, or coming off as fake. I wanted to make sure the audience was engaged in my performance and not just watching a performance. I was very self conscious of it because of my previous critic of being to bland.

2. After completing it, I now think the most difficult part to accomplish was to not freeze up and panic in front of the audience out of nervousness. Before the performance I was a little scared something might go wrong and I started to worry a little but then I realized my group members and I practiced a lot and also because of the fact that I’ve preformed in front of all my class members before.

3. The most important thing I learned from this activity is choosing the right scene so you’re self and partners. I choose a comedy skit because that best suited the personalities of Edson and Jason so they were able to get into character better rather than choosing something they were uncomfortable with.

4.  The most surprising or interesting thing I learned from this activity is how easy it was for Edson, Jason and I to learn our lines. After going through a run through reading the next reading we were able to remember the majority of are lines and establish a voice and personality for the characters.

5.  The aspect of my work on this activity that I am most satisfied with is the delivery of the performance it was better than I thought and the feedback was good. I was worth all the studying and nervousness because in the end we got a good grade like we deserved.

6.  The aspect of my work on this activity that I am least satisfied with is I am completely satisfied with everything and my partners because at the beginning of the year I would have never been able to go up in front of class and performance a scene so I am a happy with all that I did