During the last few days of Literature and Performance class, our class has been working on shorter versions of scenes from "Romeo and Juliet" in groups. My group chose to do Act 3 Scene 1 and I am playing Romeo. Our work on the scene has taught me a lot about acting and working on scenes.
There were several hard parts that I faced when working on the scene. One of the hardest parts about working on the scene was making all the characters have equal amounts of dialogue in the scene, as Tybalt, on of the characters, says very little in the scene and dies in the middle of it. This was partly fixed by adding more lines of Tybalt's from other scenes, which also was a challenge, because the lines and where they were placed needed to make sense with the rest of the scene. Another challenge was cutting lines to shorten the scene, as the scene still needed to make sense, keep the lines that each character have close to equal, and include the crucial events in the scene, which my group dealt with by having Mrs.G look over it after we finished.
I also noticed I had some strengths when it came to doing the scene. One of these was being able to be a good leader, as I somewhat lead my group in our work. My familiarity with the Black Box, the props, and the set pieces helped my group, which my fellow group members did not have. This helped us pick what props and set pieces would benefit our scenes, such as the sticks we used for swords. Good understanding of the scene also benefited, as it helped me edit the scene successfully. These were some of the things that I was good at while I worked on the scene.
After working on my scene, I released that there are many important qualities a scene must have in order to be considered good. One important trait all good scenes must have is that it must make sense and be easy to follow, as this benefits the audiences experience of viewing the scene. It also must be able to stand on its own and tell a relatively complete story, as it frees the scene to be performed in many different ways, such as with or without other scenes accompanying it. It also should be somewhat short, as a scene that is too long can become boring and can be somewhat harder to perform. A scene usually needs to include multiple characters, as more characters make the scene more interesting to watch and gives more creative freedom for the people performing the scene, as monologues are usually somewhat constricted versus scenes. These are only som of the characteristics that scenes need to have to be considered excellent.
There are a few different ways I could make my next scene better than the one I am working on now from "Romeo and Juliet." One way is to make it a little shorter than this one, as it could be considered unnecessarily long, especially since many important events happen during our scene that can not be cut out. Our scene could also could be considered hard to follow, as it has a mix of chaotic fighting and old English as the dialogue. It could also be seen as beg somewhat restricting, because of the many different monologues characters have during it. These are only some of the ways that I could improve my work on my next scene.
I am excited to finish acting out my scene in class on Monday. After reflecting on my work and thinking of ways to improve it, I am even more excited for when I get to perform my next scene in class. The idea of practice making perfect is extremely true in this respect and only encourages my drive to improve my acting abilities.
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