Overall i was very happy with my performance of Hamlet, I think I played it truthful. Something i think i did well on was the different levels of volume i had during the performance. I was constantly changing that depending on what I was saying. I entered calmly and started talking but that quickly switched to shouting then back to a calm tone again. I varied in that, at some points I was even whispering. I was given a lot of positive feedback about that. They liked that I didn't stay at one tone and volume, they said it made it much more interesting to listen to and that it helped to understand the language.
Jackie said that she believed the relationship between me and Tracy. she said she believed that she was my mother. i was so happy with that as me and Tracy did so much character relationship work. during rehearsals we would use Meisner techniques to help get into character. We spent long amount of time just doing nothing but staring into each others eyes to get that connection. During rehearsals that was something that I struggled with because I'm used to performing out to audience, but now that it was a smaller intense scene I still found my self performing it out when I'm supposed to perform it to Tracy and not the audience. So I was very happy to get that feedback.
Another thing Jackie said to me which i do agree on cause I know that's one of my let-downs but also other people gave that feedback was that i was a little tense and stiff on stage. that has been an issue for me for quite a while now and I'm just a little disappointed that i haven't cured myself of that yet. What i really need to focus on is relaxing on stage. Jackie did suggest when feeling tense to just take a deep breath. I did feel a little tense on stage.
After the performance i was quite happy with it, but it did just feel like a rehearsal. The night before the show i forgot i had a performance the next day. And the day after i completely forgotten about it. I did think that it dragged on a little, which is probably why I didn't like rehearsals so much because it felt a little repetitive. I also didn't like having to constantly rehearse such an intense scene as sometimes when i got distracted it was very difficult to get back into character.
I was so confident about the first half of the performance, I think that's where i did the best. when it came to the ghost track though, that's where I lost a bit of confidence as we only had 2 days to rehearse with that. and I didn't get the right mood when in rehearsals. I was constantly being laughed at in rehearsals because it didn't look truthful at all. I found myself pre-empting the ghosts arrival and therefore I didn't believe it and my classmates could see that I couldn't so they didn't believe it either. The only time i did get it right was in the show.
The feedback i got from the audience was great. I think they really enjoyed it, believed it and understood it. Someone did come up to me and Tracy afterwards and told us that it was so sad and truthful that it made her cry. I felt so proud of that, it gave me a lot of confidence in my performance.
When i found out i was working with Tracy i was a little relieved because there was a list of people i didnt want to worth with as i saw them as unreliable. Working with Tracy for hamlet was a lot of fun. She is one of the best in the class at emotionally connecting characters. at time i did feel a little intimidated by her level of performance because my level of emotional connection was no where as strong as hers, which did motivate me to work harder and i did.
If i was to perform this again i would slow my lines down. Something I was told was towards the end of my piece, there was a section in my final monologue which the audience didn't understand. a few students mentioned that and so did Jackie.
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