- The difference I saw between the monologue and the personal speech was that I could play a lot more with the emotions of the monologue, making the character sound like anything I wanted to. In the personal speech, I lived through the event so there was no point in pretending to be anyone but me. I also found myself approaching the two speeches differently, for the monologue, making sure I had everything memorized so it sounded good, while for my personal speech I could rearrange the words and change how I wanted them delivered because, I came up with them.
- I have terrible stage fright so watching myself give my speech was a whole new level of nerve-wracking. At first I could only pinpoint the bad things in my speech like the fact that my voice sounds so much weirder on camera. I realized later, that it’s not as bad as I thought it would be. There are things I need to work on, but it wasn’t tragic. It really does help a great deal to see oneself and pick apart the speech to work on the mistakes.
- I think that a lot of the classmates are too self-deprecating when it comes to their performances. We’re not professionals, but I think it’s an easy group to be comfortable around so a great quality of many is that their deliveries have great eye contact and gestures. What I think that many of us have to work on is the speech fluidity, so if we forget something or make a mistake, we don’t let the audience know of the error, and just continue.
- The picture below, pretty much explains what is going through my head as I am presenting. I want to come off confident and sure of myself, but on the inside I am just hoping I don’t make a mistake or pass out. “What I think I do” is a good example of how silly I feel going up with the audience looking at me, waiting for me to start. The reality isn’t really that scary, as represented in the picture, and it’s a good thing to remember when the nerves kick in.
