CONTEMPORARY
SHAKESPEARE
DUOLOGUE
LAUGHING WILD
WEEK 1
I found my monolgue - Laughing Wild, in the book 'Contemporary Monologues for Women' . It caught my eye as soon as I read it because I liked the idea of being a crazy woman, it was something different for me. I read some out to my class mates and they told me how I was great with it and that I should do it. I thought the length of it was good enough to show what I've got and I thought it was a good monolgue to boost my confidence with showing emotion without being embarassed.
I began to learn it the same day I got it, because I enjoyed it; I tend to leave the things I don't like till the very last minute, although the word 'tuna fish' was kind of irritating me already.
I went home and researched the play 'laughing wild' and I though that it was very interesting. I enjoyed having to act as if i hate everyone because it was different to who i really am, so having to really get into character and really believing that im the women is interesting to me.
WEEK 2
Beginning to learn the script is quite easy for me, as i find it easier to learn scripts i enjoy.I watched clips of other females performing this monologue. To get a better feel of how they perform it and to see they were performing it the way i imagines it would look like. I am happy with how i've been rehersing it and watched the clips have given me a boost of confidence as it showed me i understand the monologue and my character. I did dislike the fact that the females performing on tfew of the clips i watched had more aggresion and was shouting more because i do feel embarresed to do the same but this is something i am going to work on during the next week.
At home i have been performing in front of the mirror to focus on my body langauge and facial expressions. I have got off my scirpt although i do have to check at times as i get muddled up with the lines becaue the way the women speaks is very untidy and unformal. I decided that im going to use a chair to sit down when the woomen is more calmer at the beginning and get up and walk around as the women gets more irratated and angry. To me this shows the build up of the womens emotions.
Right now i like the way its quite simple but effective. For the last few days i need to make sure my monologue is fully known.
WEEK 3
I'm still struggling with me monologue and getting the flow of saying it. I performed infront of my sister and she had to promt me quite a few times,I've been fustrated and very nurves. While rehersing it to my sister,i was holding a pen and thought this gave a good effect on my piece. By tapping it around my sister the feel of how angry the women is. She gave me the feedback and told me that my facial expressions helped notice the feelings of the women.
I performed it to a few of my friends and they were really surprised to how well it turned out to be as they didn't think a story about tuna fish could have such an effect. Hearing good feed back from both my sister and friends gave me a massive boost and i know im near too being ready, i really hope that i do not mess up my lines.