Oral Reflection

I think I did very well on my oral presentation. At the beginning I was very nervous so my voice wasn't very loud and didn't sound very confident, but as I got into it more and became more comfortable I kind of got into a flow. I liked the way I wrote my notes and they were very clear and easy for me to understand. I had a lot of analyzation of the text and how we transferred that/adapted that into our script and scene. I also had a lot of backstory as to why and how I portrayed my character and why it was accurate to me. I should have had more specific examples from the text and from our scene to back up my opinions and points. I also should have had more information as to why we chose to stage the scenes the way we did and how we used the space.

Oral Presentation

Setting

• Book/Story
• A young couple (girl- 18 boy- 20ish)
• Writing to each other
• Boy is at sea (escaping bc. He was rebel radio host)
• Girl is in Haiti (living with father and can’t leave bc. Father’s controling)

• Scene
• Takes place before The Children of the Sea
• Keeps three main characters from story
• daughter, father, boyfriend/radio host
• Shows/Tells how the situation escalated and where the perspectives of the characters came from
• Very minimal staging (little to no props)
• Used very little lighting and sounds
• Only used lighting and sounds during important scenes
• ei sounds of ocean in between transitions to show that the next scene was on a beach
• ei used different colored lights while he was broadcasting to show we were in different places

Theme

• young love
• ei daughter and radio host
• Defiance
• ei daughter and father

Character

• The character I played was the daughter
• I observed the character and found common interests
• made it easier to connect with the character
• She had no name
• kept this way so it would not be confusing
• we thought it would help the audience connect better because it could be anyone
• Didn't move much at the beginning
• tried to show that I was shy
• stayed to myself and was quiet around the radio host
• Opened up more around the boyfriend during the dates
• In the book she seems very open
• States her opinions
• Doesn’t back down from her opinions
• I tried to keep that as a main feature of her
• From begining was standing up for herself
• Ei argument with father
• Stood up for her and boyfriend when father came found them
• We imagined she was around 18
• Tried to portray her as mature
• Thought out argument as to why I wanted to go/made valid points
• Walked slowly (accept when excited) and at a calm pace

Symbolism

• We used a flower as a symbol of our love
• he called me 'his daffodil'
• he had to leave and he told me not to wilt (not to be sad)
• We used a letter for foreshadowing
• Foreshadowed the letters we would write back and forth
• He also asked me directly to write to him in the letter

Style

• Style of writing in story was letters
• To and from boyfriend and girlfriend
• Tried to show how the style came to be
• Took information in book to adapt characters correctly
• Boyfriend: neat, correct grammar/punctuation
• Showed that he was literate/had some form of education
• Girlfriend: messy, no caps letters, little to no punctuation
• Showed that she didn’t have proper education if any.
• Adapted/interpreted that style as she didn’t need education because her job didn’t require it.
• Used that info for setting
• ei I never worked in the scene
• ei only showed my boyfriend at his workplace

Relationship

• Keep relationships in story same in adaptation
• ei daughter is defiant to father
• ei father doesn’t like the boyfriend
• Names never used in book
• Never used names for characters but made sure the audience would know who they are
• ei I called my father Papa
• ei called my boyfriend ‘my love’ and he called me his daffodil

Overall

• What I think I did well
• Learn my lines and improvise where I needed
• Some of the lines were not said by another actor or were said too early
• I did a good job filling in the lines when needed
• Portrayed the character accurately
• Changed mannerisms and tone of voice to what I believed she would sound like
• What I didn’t do as well
• Wish I worked more on staging
• Maybe used more props or was more accurate with them
• Ran through the scene more and timing
• Should have kept up with other actors/partners
• Should have made sure they knew their lines more
• Should have gone through the scene with them more
• Made sure we were all on the same page