12/21

We got the performance on Tuesday.  That was the first time running through with monologue and the other techs, and the experience was neither really good nor totally horrible.  There are still a lot of things that should be improved, but I am pretty happy about the scene 2.  Scene 2 asks the actors to act in a parallel mode, which means David will say his line while I am saying my words.  Each one is busy expressing his/her idea.  It shows a strong conflict.  However, it might cause chaos on the stage. The lines might be too massive to be heard, but I think we did good jobs.  David and I should speak the lines earlier so that mom David could catch the line and come back to the stage on time. 

For the weaknesses, I think I should watch out my right arm first.  I tried to not move my right arm because Caroline's one arm is a fake one in the story, so the fake arm should not be as strong as the other arm.  I found out I moved my right arm, so I should be more careful about it. The second is that I should practice my lines more.  I messed up the ending monologue, and once the lines are not proficient, the emotion cannot be shown well.  The last thing is that one time I turned my back to the audience.  I should pay more attention to that movement.  I might design a specific blocking there.

Final Draft

https://youtu.be/i4TXn_TvuJk
https://youtu.be/HCbFCtnkEz0

Uta Hagen's Nine Questions

Uta Hagen’s Nine Questions 

1. Who am I? Who is your character?

Name: Caroline
Age:  23
Physical traits:  She is thin but not skinny, tall but not strong.  She was born in one arm, but she is not bothered by her disableness.  (she might be frustrated for a while when she was young, but when she grew up, she got used and embraced her disableness.). Unlike her sister, who wear dark color all the time, pink is her color.
Relatives:  Has a sister, Grace, and her mother. 
Personality:  She is a little bit quiet, but she is also outgoing as well.  She is optimistic and innocent.  
Like:  She likes sweet. 
Dislikes:  She does not mind bone soup, but when she is asked to drink it every day, she is annoyed by bone soup.
Beliefs:  She is not religious, even though she goes to Christan church and does the religious activities with her mom.  She loves Christmas.


2. What time is it?

21 century.  2018.  The reason is that it is hard to assign the customs and 


3. Where am I?

Identify the country, the city/town, the neighborhood, the building, the room, the specific area of the room.

4. What surrounds me? What is happening in the environment around you?

Weather, landscape, people, animate/inanimate objects.

5. What are the given circumstances?

Identify events in the past, present, future. What has happened, what is happening, what is going to happen?

6. What are my relationships?

This is more than your relationship to other people. Think about your relationship to objects, characters, and events.

7. What do I want? What do you want immediately? What does the character want overall?

8. What is in my way? What are the obstacles to getting what you want?

9. What do I do to get what I want? What actions do you take (both physically and verbally)? What tactics?