Final Post
To be honest, when I first chose this class when I was a sophomore, all I was thinking about is that I heard this class is the most comfortable class in all the IB English class. When I get to know and really be involved in this class, I found out that this class is the most exciting and most fun class ever. I enjoyed every single moment we had as a group in these two years.
Literature and Performance is a class that allows me to interpret a novel by myself and turns the story into stage performance, in this class I learned a lot about how to interpret a passage from different angles and understand a character by using different skills and how to act out a character by having more emotion in it. The one skill that I remembered and liked the most is that think myself is the character and trying to be the character, not myself and using the similar life experiences and thinking in the way that the character would probably think of. In this way, the character that I act would be more vivid and more emotional.
Before I take this class, I basically know nothing about stage performance, I might be familiar with performing on stage but not acting or any of the setting up stages part of the show. After taking this class, I know that how hard it is to set up a whole show, even we only set up for one scene in class, but we have to think in a whole image of the entire performance. We will always think as big as the stage setting, as small as props usage and everything little details on stage should be included in our proposal. And talking about proposal, I think it is the most important part of a show, especially when you are both director and actor. In our proposal, we usually have to include all the detailed information into it, not only scripts, lines, or some vague thoughts of setting. We should include stage setting (draw pictures if needed), lighting cues as detailed as possible, music cues as specified as possible usually include seconds, costumes for each character, movements and emotional guidance, and etc.
To be honest, everyone might think I am not afraid of the stage because I have been on stage for a thousand times, but I have to say, I am not afraid of the stage if I am performing a dance, but acting is a whole other story. I have never been on stage to act out a character, and I do not know how to act. I used to read books without thinking of how this character would be if I have to act it out, what would be his or her main personality, what does this sentence means and what is the purpose the writer put it here. Before taking this class, I never thought about these questions before. Now, when I read a book, I am always thinking in the way like I am going to turn it into a performance. I feel like in this way of reading books, and I can actually understand the book much more profound than I did before. And I feel like now when I have to act a character whether it is from a book or anywhere else, I can act the character much more vivid and gives it more emotion than I first try acting, I can now understand the character from different angles and even let myself be the character that I am going to perform.
I learned a lot in this class from these two years, not only the ability to read a book and understanding it much more profound, but also the skills of acting a character thicker. The most important I want to thank this class is that teach me how not to be afraid to perform on stage in front of people.
Thank you, Ms. Guarino, for these two years of hard working and teaching us everything. And thanks to all my classmates for always being by my side and be supportive. I will miss this class so much!!! Goodbye IB Literature & Performance!!!
Literature and Performance is a class that allows me to interpret a novel by myself and turns the story into stage performance, in this class I learned a lot about how to interpret a passage from different angles and understand a character by using different skills and how to act out a character by having more emotion in it. The one skill that I remembered and liked the most is that think myself is the character and trying to be the character, not myself and using the similar life experiences and thinking in the way that the character would probably think of. In this way, the character that I act would be more vivid and more emotional.
Before I take this class, I basically know nothing about stage performance, I might be familiar with performing on stage but not acting or any of the setting up stages part of the show. After taking this class, I know that how hard it is to set up a whole show, even we only set up for one scene in class, but we have to think in a whole image of the entire performance. We will always think as big as the stage setting, as small as props usage and everything little details on stage should be included in our proposal. And talking about proposal, I think it is the most important part of a show, especially when you are both director and actor. In our proposal, we usually have to include all the detailed information into it, not only scripts, lines, or some vague thoughts of setting. We should include stage setting (draw pictures if needed), lighting cues as detailed as possible, music cues as specified as possible usually include seconds, costumes for each character, movements and emotional guidance, and etc.
To be honest, everyone might think I am not afraid of the stage because I have been on stage for a thousand times, but I have to say, I am not afraid of the stage if I am performing a dance, but acting is a whole other story. I have never been on stage to act out a character, and I do not know how to act. I used to read books without thinking of how this character would be if I have to act it out, what would be his or her main personality, what does this sentence means and what is the purpose the writer put it here. Before taking this class, I never thought about these questions before. Now, when I read a book, I am always thinking in the way like I am going to turn it into a performance. I feel like in this way of reading books, and I can actually understand the book much more profound than I did before. And I feel like now when I have to act a character whether it is from a book or anywhere else, I can act the character much more vivid and gives it more emotion than I first try acting, I can now understand the character from different angles and even let myself be the character that I am going to perform.
I learned a lot in this class from these two years, not only the ability to read a book and understanding it much more profound, but also the skills of acting a character thicker. The most important I want to thank this class is that teach me how not to be afraid to perform on stage in front of people.
Thank you, Ms. Guarino, for these two years of hard working and teaching us everything. And thanks to all my classmates for always being by my side and be supportive. I will miss this class so much!!! Goodbye IB Literature & Performance!!!
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