Silent "Lines"

Even though we didn’t have a lot of time, but our final production was actually much better than I thought. I have to confess that this is the most educational silent movie I have done so far because following after the movement project, this silent movie gave me a strong sense of feeling about the silent lines that we have in the silent move with our body languages and blockings. For a long time I have been focusing on lines on the script, but I just realised that it was wrong because lines make the character work, but movements make the character alive.

There are two most important things in a production; the first is lines, and the second is movements. These two come together can make the best performance, and I have been losing movement side since my first monologue. I checked three monologues I did when I was uploading the silent movie last night. I found that many of my body movements have no purpose which makes it a huge distraction for audiences. Starting now, I will have to plan out not only my way to say lines, but also the movements and body languages that work for the character.

Another thing I noticed when I was watching Linda, Chris and Michael performing, I realised that the stage movements and body languages need to be big enough, so the audience can receive the emotion and passage. For example, in the really life we wouldn’t use our hands a lot in a argument, but if we are on stage we have to make it big and obvious. Same with the lines, we have to project and enunciate more. With this silent movie, I have once again seen the magic of silent lines can do. I will use this more in the fall production and future performance.