weeks lesson

This week we focused on how we can show emotions in different ways. In our first few weeks we did the basic story telling techniques. We focused on how to tell a story or show emotion through our body's. On Tuesdays lesson we focused on showing emotion through eyes. At first I didn't quite grasp the concept. I didn't understand how you can show emotion without changing anything on your face. We were asked to stand in a position and keep our face emotionless. We were then told an emotion for example "Scared". We were then told to show that emotion through our eyes. Almost instantly everyone's face changed. At first I found it hard to keep my face still, I rely on my facial expressions heavily when trying to portray an emotion. We were then told to think of a time when we were scared, and try to 're-live that moment. This is what helped me enhance my eyes. My problem was I was trying too change who I was, I was pretending to be some one else and I was thinking of completely unrealistic scare moments. But when I related it to my past experiences, it was easier to show emotion because I was actually able to 're-live the situation, remembering exactly how I felt. Without realizing my eyes changed and I was able to capture that feeling and skill. On Fridays lesson we focused on articulation in story telling. We were told to get into a line and sound out our vowels. We were told to really over pronotunciate each vowel. We then took it in turns to sound out a vowel. At first I got embarrassed and felt I looked stupid. I have a big problem with letting loose in lessons, I feel as though I look stupid if I do. But after seeing everyone else do it I felt better. I learnt that articulating your words make the audience more interested, forcing them to listen because you 're able to cature their attention.