baseline performance evaluation

Baseline performance evaluation

 My baseline performance was based on a newspaper article which are teacher found. We then as a class created a character from the subtext within the article. The character we created was named hope harper. Each of us got to play hope at a separate stage of her life I myself played hope age five. I wrote a monologue to perform as my version of the hope character which consisted of 4 short paragraphs and spend around a hour each evening at home rehearsing. I also rehearsed my monologue in class as well as practiced techniques which should of helped my performance be more successful. When it came down to performing my scene I was incredibly nervous, I felt prepared but I allowed my nerves to affect the quality of my performance. I started out my performance with two false starts and would not allow my full class to watch me.

Watching my performance back on video I can see I need to work on portraying my characters age better by using body language and gestures, I also need to work on my projection and diction to be better understood while on stage. I also need to take the time to rehearse  my line and practice the scene at the same time because there are many moments where I seem confused or as if I had forgotten but that’s not the case, id simply just got overwhelmed by my inability to multitask. I was genuinely surprised by the audiences positive response to my monologue as I didn’t believe it was my best work and believed I could have wrote a much stronger piece. I was very much happy with the feedback I received which was things such as to work on my projection , confidence and to use my body language more effectively. Which were things I was already aware I needed to alter.

I think for a baseline performance I was fairly successful as I had built up a good character profile and performed using the correct tone of voice a five year old would which may be difficult for some people, the tone had to have the bright enthusiasm of a young child but also show hurt in her voice from her home life where she suffers abuse.

Although I have many things to improve upon such as my vocal projection , body language and gestures, audience awareness and my confidence I am very proud of the performance I put on.