Keep It Up!

"I have three main goals for this class. The first is that I will put all my effort in this class. I will try to understand every materials. I am not good at memorizing things, so I will try harder to understand them and remember them. The second one is that I will try my best to help my classmates. I am not the best student; however I still will help others. If they need me for homework or any assignments I will be with them. Last one is that I will try my best to learn, and I want to join into the theater at Cheshire Academy. I will learn harder, and my goal is that I want to join in the show." This was three goals that I made at the beginning of the semester, and I have done over 70% of them. I hope that I can complete all of them next year when I join in the show. This was a fast and slow semester. It was fast, because I don't want to leave yet; it is slow because we have so many memories that I won't forget. 

My first goal is also the goal I put my most effort in. To be honest, memorizing lines gives me so many troubles in this class because I am not a native speaker. When I was trying to remember lines, I cannot really understand all of them, so I have to spend more time to understand them better to make my acting better. My second goal is the one that I did best because I had helped so many things in class. For example, I helped others to post and make scenes. The last goal is the biggest and it is also the one that I want to do most. I told myself so many times that I should join the theater before. However, I wil definitely join the theater next fall to achieve my final goal, so I can tell myself that I finally use what I learned in the class. 

I thought that I was a good actor, but I found out that I still need to learn more things. At the start, I was having a hard time to act. For example, I could not make a blocking in my first silent movie, but after I learned and practiced more, I finally learned how to do my blocking and other movements. Another big thing I learned is that how to set our scenes and videos which also help so much with my other classes. For example, I made a video to introduce my topic in writing class. 

Finally, I want to thank Ms. Guarino for teaching me so many useful skills and helping to improve my acting. I also want to thank my classmate Amanda and Jacob for helping me to set every scenes and giving me a good learning experience. I will study in acting class next year, so I will see you next year.

Surprise

The only word that I want say is surprise. I went to the black about three times a week before the show, but when I came into the black box on Thursday afternoon it looked like a extremely different place which I never been. When the music was on and the light was working, it gave me a feeling that bad things are going on. Thus show is a great show because it has so many talented actors and people who set the stage like Jack Jack. As a comic mystery, it is so successful because it ont only make the audience think and worried, but also make the audience laugh aloud.

The first thing that  make this a great show is that all the actors are working hard, and they are talented. I am taking acting class, so I know how hard it is to do a over two hours show especially the one have so many dialogue in a complicated logical order. They did the best job to deliver all the lines. Another important thing is blocking in the scene. There was 13 people on the stage, and I can saw every single one of them and their movements. I still remember the first time I did three people scene and I covered a person completely. The last thing is that all the lights and music were so good. When any one said that you are the killer the music have a weird sound and makes everyone to think about who really the killer is. I also want to give a special thank to my roommate Jack for helping the show to built the mystery. When I saw a hand killing the light, I recognized that it is Jack’s hand.

The second important thing that makes it a great show is the story line. At the start, I thought Andrew is the killer, but then I thought the lawyer because she always pushed everyone to say what they know, and she never leaves her position much. The truth is that she is the killer, but what police officer did scared me. I thought he is the good man at the start and I believe he will save them. However, the truth is so different the police officer actually helped the lawyer to kill people. Also the cook's reviviscence is the biggest surprise because I saw her were hung up. At the almost the end of the show, the cook came out and beat the police officer down. The only thing I can say is that this is a amazing show.

I suggest everyone go and see the show, and you will be as amazed as me. I wan to thank for all the actors hardworking and performance crew members' hard working. Because of them we enjoyed a great show, and I have learned from them. I hope that I can join the next show and I can make it a show that everyone like.

What Was Burned?

We had made so many hypotheses in class, and we also had some part that is correct. For example, we all considered that Johnny, Mirren and Gat was died at summer 15, so the ending did not make me surprised, but it did make me to think. To think what is the right to do and how money changed the way people consider things. 

This book is most about how Cadence realized that what her grand dad did is not correct, and she was trying to change the way of how the family live. They are the one of the richest family in the world, but all those good resource did not make this family a happy family. Everyone in this family is being unhappy, worried and nervous. They consider that the only happy thing is the money, and their biggest goal is grandad's all money. However, after the fire, all the people in the family started to be nice to each other, and they starts to realize that there are so many thing could make them feel happy. I am keep asking my self. Did the fire really changed the family that much? I still don't have a clear answer, but there is one thing I believe. It is that all of the family members find out the relationships between people and love is much more important than money. We cannot say that this family is not a good family because no one can be completely calm and peaceful in front of a huge amount of money; however, we should always remember that people are not living for money, they are living to enjoy their time with people, every little touchable moments and love. 

I like this book and this ending because it makes people to consider themselves and what they did. Sinclair family might be a story, but there are always stories like this going on. I want to say that we should be happy for what we have now, and we should always discover our own happiness from life experience but not from pieces of papers.</span>

To Achieve a Better Self

I have been working on Meet The Husband for almost two weeks. Thus is the first three people dialogue scene that we work on, and this is a new challenge for all of us. I consider that I have three things to work on. The first is that I need to improve my pronunciation. Second one is that I need to be careful when I am moving around. The last thing is that I need to find the right emotion and use it in the scene. However, I am not acting as well as I did before, so I have to put more effort in this scene.

In this scene, I am some lines with extremely strong emotion, so I cannot pronounce every words clearly. This makes the scene looks not so good, and I want to make the scene as good as I can. If I cannot say the correct words, it will make the audience confused which will be unacceptable in the theater. I will read and practice more times on the lines which needs me to pronounce more clearly. Thus, good pronounce helps to delivery the scene better.

Another problem which has been arousing me since the first rehearsal; it is my movements. To be honest, I think we are so lucky because we can always use black box setting in our own scene. However, this time we have a bar which we have to sit in a row, so it is so easy to cover others completely which is pretty bad. I had changed my movements so many times to fit the scene, and I think that I need more thinking about my movements, and I will work on it in classes and hope that I can find a best blocking. I am looking forward to see how we can solve this problem.

The last one is that i did not find the absolutely correct emotion on this scene, and I think the reason is that I don't have much experience. Ms. Guarino helped me to build the emotion in today's class, and I think that I find the right emotion to represent, so I want to thank Ms. Guarino for helping me. I will practice more and see if I can improve my skill. I hope that I can show the emotion like the last monologue. Last monologue had taught me how emotion improve the whole scene, so I will try my best to make this scene even better than the last one.

Finally, my acting class almost over, and I have been enjoying in this class and working with friends and teacher. We have improved our skills. I remembered that we can only do a three people silent movie at the beginning, and now we can do a three people dialogue scene which is a big progress. I hope that I can use what I have learned to achieve my goal next year and hope I can be a good player.

Challenging Is The Way To Build A Better Self

I have done my first serious scene in my acting class, and this is the longest monologue I ever did, so this was a challenge for me. I also learned and improved my skill in this scene. I had a hard time to set the scene at the beginning because of my memorizing and positioning. After hard working, I finally found the best position for me, and I used the way that Ms. Guarino told me to memorize the lines. I would give myself A- for this scene, because I think I still need to improve myself to a higher level.

I consider that I found the correct emotion of the scene, so I can deliver the right information to the audience which I think is the best part of my acting. Another ting that I think I did well is that I make the good time of the scene by stoping and move. However, I have more things to work on.

The first thing that I need to work on is memorizing. To be honest, I am so bad at memorizing because sometimes I am too worried to remember the line. I keep thinking how to act and control the right emotion, so I always lost the line even when I read along. I tried many ways to remember the next line, but I still cannot find one that works well for me. I will keep working on it, and it brings me some problems. For example, if I lost my line in the show, it would be a extremely bad thing, so I have to remember all my lines. Thus, remembering all the lines is one of the most important thing that I have to word on.

Anything thing that I need to practice is body language. In this scene, I do not have much movement, but I still need my body language to show the character's information. At start, I standed up all the time, but I kept looking down which make the whole scene looks not good. Then I tried to set a two chair scene; however, it is so hard to talk to a chair. To be honest, I have no clear idea of what kind of body language is the best, finally I decided that I would sit at the start, then I would stand up.  Thus, it is so hard to do the best movements in this scene, but I tried my best to work on it.

This is the first serious scene I did in this class, and I hope people would like it as my comic one. I will do my best to memorize and find the best way to act for my next scene. I will keep working hard on what I did not do well, and I will also make my good part even better. I am looking forward to get some feedback form audience.

Ending

Cassie is so nervous, because she is afraid of if Tom will find out or not. So she called the Brandon.
BRANDON: Hi, You...
Cassie: Yes, it is me. What's wrong?
BRANDON:Noting...Noting really
Cassie:Did he find out? Did he knows that it was you? Oh my god. I can't do it anymore. I love Amanda Jacob and John. They are just naive kids. They can't loss their mom, me. I have to tell Tom.....
BRANDON:Shut up, are you crazy?
Cassie:No I am not. It was all your fault, and you can't give me what tom could, never. You should find a another one, someone is better than me.
BRANDON:He is gonna kill me? Do you get my meaning?
Cassie:I don't care, I'm calling him now. Good luck and Help yourself!