For Gary’s
lesson the class watched clips on YouTube on Shakespeare monologues. We got to
see different interpretation on the same scene of Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene
2 and by the end of it choose who we would cast if we were a drama panel out of
10. I felt that today’s lesson helped me because I got to see the different
ways I can make Shakespeare come alive as from previous I just use to stand in
front of the panel and done the smallest of movements and just regurgitated my
lines.
Going a little into each of the clips my favourite would have to be RSC and I would have casted him to be my Romeo simply because he played it very well , had good movement on stage , great sense of clarity and connection with his voice and played with the audiences imagination very well with his eye contact. He also manage to create the right tension at the right time for example when he didn’t want Juliet to know that he was there but still wanted her to somehow if he’s existence , I also can’t forget his diction made a hard to understand Shakespeare very understandable for me.
I Also liked one would have to from BBC who was played by Ashley Walters but it wasn’t my favourite , he showed a good understand of the text but I felt during his performance he could have played with it a little more to keep the audience interested and fully engaged. Ending it on a good note I felt his understanding of his text let younger viewers fully comprehend what Shakespeare was trying to tell us in a more modern version.
The guy that done his audition in his living room had to be my least favourite because I felt as he was in the comfort of his own home he never had/given himself enough space to let his imagination flow which made his performance boring to watch , he never had connection with his voice and I felt that he didn’t project loud enough but looking on this video made me realise the level that I’m performing isn’t fair from his , and I feel like this is because I’m not comfortable with Shakespeare enough so naturally I wouldn’t do much with it.
Looking at all the videos made me realise that there is not right way of doing Shakespeare but your own interpretations and imagination, clarity and diction brings the best out of a simple text , so next time in preparation for my next Shakespeare I’m going to break down each section and make sure I fully understand what Shakespeare is trying to tell us then once I’ve gotten the concept of the text I’ll play around with and find out the true identity of my character like for example how she is when she’s with her friends and how she is with her family and see if there’s any major differences and try to build a personality out of it
Going a little into each of the clips my favourite would have to be RSC and I would have casted him to be my Romeo simply because he played it very well , had good movement on stage , great sense of clarity and connection with his voice and played with the audiences imagination very well with his eye contact. He also manage to create the right tension at the right time for example when he didn’t want Juliet to know that he was there but still wanted her to somehow if he’s existence , I also can’t forget his diction made a hard to understand Shakespeare very understandable for me.
I Also liked one would have to from BBC who was played by Ashley Walters but it wasn’t my favourite , he showed a good understand of the text but I felt during his performance he could have played with it a little more to keep the audience interested and fully engaged. Ending it on a good note I felt his understanding of his text let younger viewers fully comprehend what Shakespeare was trying to tell us in a more modern version.
The guy that done his audition in his living room had to be my least favourite because I felt as he was in the comfort of his own home he never had/given himself enough space to let his imagination flow which made his performance boring to watch , he never had connection with his voice and I felt that he didn’t project loud enough but looking on this video made me realise the level that I’m performing isn’t fair from his , and I feel like this is because I’m not comfortable with Shakespeare enough so naturally I wouldn’t do much with it.
Looking at all the videos made me realise that there is not right way of doing Shakespeare but your own interpretations and imagination, clarity and diction brings the best out of a simple text , so next time in preparation for my next Shakespeare I’m going to break down each section and make sure I fully understand what Shakespeare is trying to tell us then once I’ve gotten the concept of the text I’ll play around with and find out the true identity of my character like for example how she is when she’s with her friends and how she is with her family and see if there’s any major differences and try to build a personality out of it
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