Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Poem Reflection

What was hard and what was easy for you?
It was easy for us to memorize our lines. Because of this we were able to get our performance shot in one take because we all knew our part of the poem. We also did a good job choosing the best parts of the poem and getting rid of the less important parts in order to place emphasis on the more important ideas. We struggled every once in awhile in using class time to rehearse productively. We would prefer practicing the fun parts such as the dancing and focused less on going over the words together as a group. We had a hard time with everyone understanding what our plan for the final day was going to be and all probably imagined our final performance a bit differently from one another.

What made other performances interesting to watch?
Every group chose such different music which made the mood of all the performances come across so amazingly different from one another that you could hardly believe it was the same poem. I also liked how one of the groups split up the lines in a way where instead of each member saying a passage they would say a sentence at a time and the person that was speaking would constantly be changing. Personally, this kept me much more engaged in that groups performance. 

What worked and what didn't in the class as a whole?
Cutting down the lines definitely worked because the performance did not drag for viewers being filled with unimportant lines and instead were short and to the point. I do believe the music needed to be softer for all of us because every group had at least one member that was harder to hear than the rest. I think it’s better to have music playing too soft than too loud in the event of that happening. I feel there was a great benefit in practicing the performance twice before the final. We were able to learn from trying different ideas in front of the class with and without the camera

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