Write a 2-page (double-spaced,12 pt. font) paper addressing the voice and speech work, physicality, and storytelling in the production you attended. Use the questions below as a springboard for expressing what you heard, saw, and how it affected you, both positively and negatively. You want to focus on how successfully the actors used their voices and bodies to create character and story.
If you take notes during the performance, please be discreet about it: theres nothing so disconcerting to an actor as audience members taking notes (or texting on their cellphones, for that matter. Please silence them and put them away for the performance). Thank you.
- Were there any voices in the production that grabbed you and held your attention? If so, what was it about their voices that seemed to draw you in?
- Were there any voices that repulsed or annoyed you? If so, what was it about their voices that seemed to produce that result?
- Were there any voices that didnt seem to match the character telling the story? In what way?
- Consider the different instruments played in an orchestra if there was one. Some have low, deep tones, and others sing above the others. Talk about the orchestra of voices and whether or not they varied in the production. Were there a variety of sounds, or were they similar?
- Pay attention to the Pitch, Power (volume), Placement (where the voice seemed to resonate), and Pace (the tempo and rhythm of the speaker) of one actor in the performance. Did this actor use full range of these qualities? If not, did the choices they make work for their character in the story?
- Could you hear everything that was said? Did vocal energy stay strong or tend to die in energy at the ends of thoughts? Were thoughts connected with breath? Were the thoughts expressive?
- How was the articulation in the production? Sloppy? Over-precise? Were there dialects/accents used, and were they effective and consistent? Did they aid in the story-telling or distract?
- Did the actors use the language in the play to help tell an evoking story? Did you believe them? Was it honest?
- Did you notice the breathing of the actors or yourself breathing along with them? Any distracting high-chest pumping breath? Any gasping or audible inhalation? Did the breathing seem specific to the character and emotional state being played?
- Did the actors use the space well and skillfully? If not, what was missing?
- How did posture, gestures, and movement influence the storytelling?
- If you closed your eyes and just listened to the story, would you still understand what was happening and the intention? If you plugged your ears and just watched the story, could you still understand the relationship dynamics and what was going on?
- Were there any moments that took you out of the performance? If so, can you articulate why?
Please research about the broadway show Moulin Rouge and write me a reflection as if you were there at the play and watched it and were able to reflect on it. Please keep the writing style simple and not too advanced and make it sound realistic.
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