Blog Post 4- Silent Movie
Over the past weeks, my class has been working on a silent movie. Our movie is about Drake (played by Lexi), who cheats on his wife (played by Linsey) with his mistress (played by Sam) and what happens when they find out. I played the Flower Girl who knows that Drake is cheating on the girls after I see him take both girls on dates, and tries to help them when they fight about it. We all worked on different areas of our skills during this project, which is helpful for other areas of performing.
My friends were amazing actors and director (Jeminah), and they all were engaging and effective in different ways. Lexi is very talented at making big, exaggerated, clear facial expressions. This was effective and engaging because they were important in expressing Drake's feelings and kept the audience get to know who Drake was. Linsey was amazing at having marvelous bod movements, which made her performance worked well and keep the audience interested, because it showed her a lot about her character and built into the story. Sam had incredible pacing, as her movements and expressions were slow enough to be understood, but not unrealistically slow. This ability was important to make her performance work well and keep the audience interested because she kept the storyline moving and intriguing, since she had to show important parts in the movie, like that she was also in a relationship with Drake and had the first reaction to finding out that he was cheating on them. Jeminah did great as a director and her work made our performances be more interesting and successful. My classmates' work was terrific, engaging, and worked well.
This performance taught me the importance of exaggerating movements and body language. These techniques are important in silent movies because everything must be communicated through actions, without talking. These techniques can be used in other performances like dancing and other acting styles to make performances be more alive and vibrant. The importance of exaggerating body language and movements was shown to me in the making of the silent movie.
While I was working on the silent movie, I realized that I was good at a new skill; making large, exaggerated facial expressions. They let me convey my feelings without words. It also helped me express my feelings because for most of the movie I was sitting in a chair and I had to use only my face to portray my feelings. My skill at making facial expressions was shown during the silent movie's filming.
During the silent movie project, my skills in this class improved in several areas. I got better at creating simple storylines, because in silent movies, the audience must know what's going on without the use of words. Another area that I improved in was staying in character. At first, it was hard for me not to laugh at funny situations that occurred during filming, but over time, I learned to focus on my character, which let me stay in character during the more funny parts while making the movie. I also improved my skills regarding acting in silent comedy, which involved displaying random, unexpected actions. There were many skills I improved in while filming the silent movie.
My classmates and I learned a lot through the experience of working on our silent movie project. The link at the bottom of this post is to the movie that we made through hard work done by my friends, my teacher and myself. Well, I'll write back soon, next time about our scene work.
Link-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvUeNQ2Qve0&list=UUbCJV8mXtp0EZWEf9vqmnaQ
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