Monologue: Perform or Perish
Congratulations! you people survived last week. I was a wee bit disappointed though as the crowd was almost non existence, very much in contrast to last year as the human traffic was heavy.
You have performed and now it is time for you to share your meanderings into monologue. Looking back, do you gain anything from this exercise? Or do you think it is one of the medieval tools I've adopted to put you in eternal misery?
looking back at last week performance, i thought it was something interesting to be carried out during this class. it is good to have us performed in such place, among the 'outsiders' I would say. having people walking in and out will actually give us some different feelings as we are not very much used to it before,even though there wasn't really crowd of people there.
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sincerely the idea of doing this monologue thingy is good and I enjoyed it:) I believe no matter where & when the thing was taking place, still we have to do it. The most important thing is that; we have the idea of doing it and how we want it to happen. sometimes, we plan it to be this way and suddenly it went different way.
again, as long as we have the idea of how to do it, we are actually preparing things towards it. well, diamond can be created:)
AMALINA AHMAD
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Narinder Kaur ( 150152 )
ReplyDeleteLast week we did monologue performance at the DKAP foyer. Thinking back again about all the performance that i have watched i feel that it is an important way to gain our self confidence. It's also a way to practice ourselves for the major performance since we need to have a loud voice projection. Besides, it is also a way for us to practice how to get into the mood of the scene and situation. All this is important in a theatre performance because this is the crucial things which makes a performance tick.
Salam and hello guys!
ReplyDeleteMy monologue is about a Standard 3 girl, who has been molested by her school bus driver. The worst part is the driver is considered very old and I think he should have kicked the bucket long time ago.
I gain a lot from this performance of course. The obvious thing is confidence, which comes only if you are well-prepared. The script that I did really helpful to me as I didn’t divert too far but stick to the gist. Actually, my monologue is quite long and there’s no enough space in my brochure. I adjust a little bit to make it short in written form, but during my performance I say my original script which is much longer. And Madam Jue thought I was improvising it and going astray on and on:(..huhu
Nevertheless, this activity really trains me to get into the mood to capture audience’s attention or else you’ll feel like talking to the wall. In fact, facial expression and voice modulation are also great contributors to enliven the performance. I’ll try my best to apply these techniques when I’m teaching my students later on. Hopefully, they enjoy my lesson and never going in one ear, and out the other!:D
Siti Hamidah Ali
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Monologue was something new to me at that point of time, and sincerely I don’t have any idea to do it. Usually monologue is something that you express within yourself but when I think about it, I really don’t have anything to say aloud. So, the idea of my monologue only came during dine in in KFC, with the long queue. I did gain many from this exercise, from the start until the end of it. First, I learnt to make a script on my own by adapting some from the internet. Then, during performance, I have learnt that I need more feelings into the character and express myself better or on the other way, put myself more into the character. It is a good exercise as it really prepared me for the major performance by helping me deal with my fear to speak out and makes me realize that we cannot rely 100 percent on memorization as if we forget one line, we will be doomed.
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Nurul Husna Bt Mohd Noor
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Initially, i though monologue will be easy as we experience it every day. it was dilemma to choose the theme, setting and the storyline..finally i decided to acted as a bossy wife who so unfortunate to has a gay husband. though i had completed the script, i confused either to insert sad or anger mood. After all, i realize monologue was not just monologue. it was compilation of all feelings.
my performance was not as good as others and i learned to improve myself. Acting was my weakness but in some way, it do help me to become a better actress later in the major performance.
Nor Farhana Bt Othman (150154)
ReplyDeleteHm…I think the task helps me to choose the character which suits my characteristic. I mean, I did learn what type of character I can act comfortably. Being a proud, desperate plus narcissist Rapunzel was a fun experience for me. I really enjoyed myself in making a script for the character. I had to put myself in her shoes and think of twist of events that leads to her desperate situation. But to act like a spoiled, cynical princess with an attitude (and hair) problem…now that’s a challenge.
Therefore, in order for me to get into the character, I had to think about things that annoyed me best.
The task also helped to boost up my confidence in acting out in front of the crowd. Though I think I didn’t really give my best on the day (I forgot one to two lines of the script), the task did help me to ignore the surrounding and focused on the acting. I also learned to control my voice projection. Since the place it too spacious, I had to increase my volume and at the same time, controlled it as not to sound like I was shouting instead of talking out loud. I also learned that if I couldn’t remember my line, I should try to remain calm, and act casually. Changing the line is not highly recommended as I might go astray from my actual script.
In short, the task did help me in preparing myself for the major performance.
When first to this monologue assignment, I already can imagined what kind of trouble I would go into. What script am I gonna use in the monologue, how am I gonna memorize all the words in the script, can I overcome my fear n shyness performing alone in public and getting into the mood of my monologue. At first I was thinking of doing lines from famous movies for my monologue but then i got a better idea. As my Rainbow group always practiced at the DKAP foyer in front of the "pekerja am" office, I sometimes noticed how people always mistreated the "pekerja am" - ignoring them and treating them badly as they don't deserve the respect. So it gives me an idea, what if I do the monologue of these "pekerja am"?
ReplyDeleteThen i started working on my script and tried to memorize most of them. On the performance day, I went to see of the "pekerja am" to borrow his blue worker uniform. But unlucky me, he don't have any extra shirt that day so he lend me his black UPM staff's jacket instead. A big thanks to Mr. Santhiaboo for his jacket! =)
At the beginning of my performance, I was kinda lost, nervous and didn't get into the mood of my character because I'm a bit nervous. But then I slowly took my time and then the mood started to kick in. I can feel the anger, frustration and sadness of a mistreated worker so towards the end, I had said my lines better. I think if i could get to borrow the staff's blue shirt, it would've helped me a lot because the audience would immediately know what character I'm playing.
If this monologue's purpose is to prepare me for the coming theater, then it sure has reached it's target. Because I think I'm more comfortable now to speak and act in front of audiences.
FARIZ REZZA BIN AHMAD SUBKI
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When I first get the monologue assignment, the very first thing that glances through my mind is trouble—is a whole lot of trouble. I never write a whole script on my own. I never have the idea that can really put in a story which can perform in even 3 to 5 minutes. So, I start google up how am I going to do with this title of the assignment.
ReplyDeleteAfter a long time of searching and reconsidering the idea that I can get, I decided to do monologue which is about a desperate Prince Charming. A Prince Charming who burdens himself with a lot of disaster like other Prince did in Disney story. A Prince who really needs a space to voice out his frustration. So, my script is base on that idea and I start constructing it. The script really is a successful piece of work that I proud of. Yet, now the problem comes to the process of memorizing it.
When I went through the process of memorizing it, I found it very difficult. I think is the problem of my head rather than the script. So, I start cutting down some sentence that are not memorizeable and rephrase them. Yet, the time becomes very limited when there are lots of other assignments and works need to be done. I even memorize it until morning 6am the day need to be perform.
For me, the moment I perform the monologue is a lost track and I totally forgot the first half of the script. This all start with the afraid of forgetting line and also anxious about how people around will look at me when I perform it. Trust me, I ruin the whole thing and feel quite ashamed of myself.
Yet, despite the outcome of the performance, I think this monologue assignment do help me to improve my skills of memorizing script and also the way to perform it to the audience. Monologue is something about ones’ thought; everything is in the mind and spontaneously being develop in the minds. Yet, this assignment need us to voice it out, it does increase the difficulty. The higher level of the challenge, the more we can improve.
TAN JIAN XIONG
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Monologue is such a strange thing to me because I never done anything about it. So, when we got the task, I decided to do on the topic that I familiar with. I found it easier to memorize rather than to take any ready script to be memorized.
ReplyDeleteFor me, monologue is always done by crazy people.Actually, monologue is something to do with someone's thought. The topic that ones discusses in mainly about their interest or own experiences. Many people would not say something that are not related to them.
For this task, we need to have a good voice projection in order to make people understand and hear clearly what we say. It's rather contrasting compared to the kind of monologue that I have in my mind. Before this, I thought that monologue is carried out softly and only the speaker would hear.Overall, I think a good voice projection is really needed in monologue because we are talking alone without other people's help in conveying the message.
Hanisah Bt Zainal Bahrin
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Ahmad Zahri Bin Asbani
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Monologue.. Expressing your opinion aloud. My monologue is about a “Mat Rempit” who feels guilty for making her younger brother involve in an accident. It was a good experience for me. The monologue session really taught me to become in someone else’s shoe. It was hard to express the emotion of someone who is not ourself. I am very excited to see other people monologue. So much fun and excitement. However, I am disappointed as my session of monologue was in evening, so there were almost no audiences. It didn’t test my confidence in front of crowd. Well, it was still a good preparation for my upcoming theatre.
Ahmad Tajuddin Sulaiman
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for me, monologue is one way to express ones thought and express their emotion. My monologue is about a man who is a teacher and also a father. for me, this monologue session was good because it teach me to become confident when we are in front of other people. but during the monologue session, there are almost no audience at all and the only audience were my friends.
one of the thing that i like during the monologue session was that i can see other people monologue. it was so good. this activity was good for me and my friends in preparation for the big event.
salam and hello to all!
ReplyDeletefor the monologue performance, i think it is one of the most unique performance i have ever made. seriously, i never expected that one day i would do it. nevertheless, i enjoyed the show and it gave me new experience. for that, i am very grateful to madam for teaching us this new experience =)
seeing the pedestrians and my friends nearby does affect my performance. it was pure luck that not many people were there. if the number of people over there were twice or thrice than the original number, i think that most of us would have a greater anxiety and it will cause the performance either top class or below average level. this is because sometimes people do need pressure as an extra energy in giving them strength. to avoid such stress, i tried my best to not look at the eyes surrounding me. i imagined that i was at the top of the mountain or in the bathroom or something like that. that is why my eye contact was not very good at that time, hehe...
as the conclusion, it was a fun activity indeed. i wish that we could have more activities like this performed on stage. wait a minute, some of our seniors did have monologue during their final performances. wish me luck! =)
Hanan bin Mohd Nor
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Mohd Fikri Fahami bin Kamarudin
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Hi there! Talking about monologue, it is all about expressing your thought and opinion with your own creativity, style and action. It is a great opportunity to have this actually and in addition, it is also a great method that can be use in the classroom. For my monologue, I have come out with a topic 'Facebook Community'. Though the topic is a last minute that came across into my mind and I also have trouble to memorize but it is worth that I have learnt something that is prepare yourself for the unpredictable moment. Besides that, I found that this monologue has totally boost up my confidence in front of the crowd and this is my first time actually. One thing from this monologue, I can others performance and it is a very fun and interesting. In conclusion, I hope that I can improve my performance next time and makes my acting becomes original in the eyes of the audience.
MUHAMMAD IKRAM B MUSTAFA
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it is really interesting part for last week minor perfomance, truthfully i am very glad to watch my friends performing because by doing this activities we can see their hidden talents.
after all my monologue was about a dying man who is sick in a ward with his families visiting him. he is questioning the fate why he is the one sick, but why not other peole who is supposed to be in his place.he is hoping to get better to be with his family.
Adani Maizan binti Mohamad
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When talking about monologue, the thing that comes across my mind is I have to play with emotion. To me, yes, it's true because without emotion we are not able to carry out the task. My monologue is about a housewife thinking of preparation for upcoming Hari Raya and searching for ideas on how to persuade her husband to celebrate Hari Raya at her hometown. After I have performed my monologue I feel like I want to redo the performance. It is because I'm not really into the mood during the performance and my voice is not loud enough. Voice projection always a problem for me. However, I always looking for ways on how to improve it. Even though the crowd which refers to passers-by is almost non-existence, the existence of my friends is helpful enough to give me nervous feeling. Yes, I gain something from this performance, which is confidence and I learn that we need to freely move our body so that the acting looks original.
MOHD LUQMAN HAKIEM BIN MOHD SUHAIMI 150160
ReplyDeleteIt is hell funny when i was thinking about i was doing the monologue....how and why i suppose to do that???what will i get from it???for days i was in haze thinking about monologue.more than that,i need to do it alone.i was out of clue to chose a suitable topic for it.Thingking of it was me alone that i suppose to do it,what are the best idea for that???is it about love or about me to be my own self????i was pretty sure it will be awkward if i talk on something about love and people will get boring if i talk about my own self.So i choose about me being the death itself.Likely fit enough for me.
While i was doing it,i don't think i have a big problem in presenting it only my script flew away from it place however i still manage to handle it because everything was on my mind.More, i learn a lot from this activity,i know how to get myself in mood or in character,thus it help me get rid of the sense of not belonging to the character.....anyway it is so much fun..hahaha....now i know how to express feeling eventhough we are just alone...hahaha
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Honestly, i was so GLAD that human traffic were non-existence during I performed my monologue! Hahaha. That's so lucky for a low self-esteem like me XD
But, it was a good idea to have monologue in our list of performance. Even though i have not memorized the script well, pepandai lah berlakon yek. Haha.
So much for last-minutes preparation.
Mohd Fahmi bin Azizullah
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Monologue was actually a very good activity to measure our anxiety in front of people. i personally still have the fear of talking in front of people...i tried to overcome it..however it did not work during the monologue...my script, my plan..all thing did not happen as planned...it was my luck maybe...
then after i reflected my monologue, i realised that my voice projection is really not clear. i have to work on my voice projection to make sure my pronunciation is as clear as English people..
this activity is really a good tool to educate people like me...so this activity should be continued...
Wan Mohd Najat Bin Wan Nawang
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what i gained from monologue?...experience of course...one thing that i have learned from my own monologue was i supposed not to be tied by the script...with the script in front of me...i could not resist to look at it every single time...afraid of i might go beyond the script which i had plan carefully...but in the end, i'm not satisfied with my own monologue...well, at least there is something that i learned before i'm doing my major performance...
for me, monologue is challenging since you have to express yourself with no one supporting you in the performance...in other words, it just me myself alone performing...depending on myself how i'm going to do it...indirectly, i had learn about myself as well
Nurulnatasha Basok
ReplyDeleteHye mdm Juridah! I hope u r in the best condition no matter where u r now!
Monologue sounds easy though hey, it's not as easy i thought.
Frankly I gained a lot through this exercise especially I never carried out any monologue in public. Interesting it was because to me standing in front of public, but try to dispose them in our sight is such a God-knows-what. regarding the poor human traffic, I might say it helped us to calm ourselves and flirt with the sooth atmosphere. But yes, more people watching us would definitely creates a tenseful surrounding and challenge us more.
No doubt monologue requires us, me in particular to be in a character that has been chosen. My character for instance was a daughter of a problematic parents. The daughter witnessed herself how the marriage sinking and she voices out her opinion as well as bitter confession. This character which I named as Natalie requires me to play with my emotions and feelings. I created the script thus it somehow rather reflects me true self. I did not want to come out with a story which related to me but coincidentally the story somehow reminds me of some buried memories long time ago. Thus, I think it explains why I cried at the end of the monologue.
Besides that, the monologue taught me to seek appropriate memorizing skills. Memorizing script is not my cup of tea. I often encountered difficulties whenever I have to memorize lines in any play or drama. However, since monologue involves only me and no other fellow, therefore I tried so hard to memorize the lines.
Monologue also build my confidence projecting my voice in public because I do think I face problem in projecting my voice. Last but not least, monologue is an interesting activity and surely many of us gained something through this task.
From this exercise which is monologue, i gain more confident in delivering speech. Before this i am a shy person but after this activity i feels more fun and brave to appear in front of many audience plus i also can know more about my self which is what i am capable to do and what i am not capable to do.
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ReplyDeleteHonestly, I enjoyed monologue and dialogue performances very much! It's like my thing - talking to public and talk, talk and talk.
However, you are correct Madam Juridah, the crowd was almost non existence. I would love more if there are people who would stop and look at our performance. After all, this is the time when we should be loud and express ourselves!
Monologue is something unusual, for people who are not familiar with. Imagine, you are talking to yourself; you laugh, you cry and you scold people all by yourselves. It's not easy to carry such a character.
Monologue is all about confidence and emotion. You can be yourself, but I chose to be someone else. I acted as a Judge. For me, I dared myself to be someone else. Not to say that I can't be myself, but I think I need to show the best of me by being someone else. :D
Besides memorising the script and all that, we actually build our confidence through this activity. I am very proud of myself because I did quite well eventhough the script is not follow as the original, but hey, I made it! :D
first of all i was thrilled when i was told to do monologue as one of the minor performances! the reason was i could be anyone i wanted to be, anyone under the sun! the activity was good in order to gain confidence and to apply whatever advise that given by Madam Ju all this while. how can we perform in front of greater crowd if we can't really pull this one right?
ReplyDeletemonologue is like expressing ourselves to the public but we pretend that they didn't exist which a good tool to say out loud our disappointments about the world and to anyone without having the risk of confronting anyone...because we just acting out!
shahrulnizam abu bakar
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LEE SUE YEN (150151)
ReplyDeleteLOL! Mdm Ju, I love the way you put it :
"...or do you think it is one of the medieval tools I've adopted to put you in eternal misery"
YES and NO. Yes to the 1st question on whether we did gain anything from this exercise. For me personally, Ive gained quite a lot. Although coming up with a script that's suitable was a feat. But, Im thankful I managed to come up with one. I played a crazy lady. Playing her character, (one who was once famous, then went through some pretty terrible times and ended up on the verge of going insane) wasn't easy at all. At first, I thought it would be easy to act 'crazy' I thought , "Anyone could just laugh and cry and be crazy!" But no. It wasn't as simple as that. Especially when, Mdm Ju, you came to class explaining to us about how the other course students who played crazy didnt really allow the character to develop properly before going all out -crazy. So, i decided that before playing my character, I did some research, and based on the movies that I've watched about people going insane after losing everything, I tried to imitate those characters. It was quite a challenge for me because I added some background music (which purpose was to give the mood) however, I realised that when one's not so throughly prepared, having a new script to commit to memory, and synchronizing it with background music (when should I come in between the transition of music) was really difficult. That's because, I did forget some lines midway, but covered up with other lines, however I began to lose the tempo of the performance and the music ran ahead of my lines. So, i fumbled a little there. Overall, it was a great exercise as it allows me to get into another person's character and let down my guard a little when being in front of people (not being so self-conscious).
Thanks Mdm Ju. and NO for the 2nd question. It's nothing close to 'misery' haha.
Salam and good evening….
ReplyDeleteFor me, doing the monologue teach me to be a little bit expressive since in monologue, we told other about what we really want to say deep inside our heart. During the performance, I must say that I was very nervous that I could see clearly at that time that I was shaking really hard. But clearly, this monologue thing is very interesting and very useful for our major performance because, through this monologue, we can teach ourselves to speak louder without fear and anxiety. And beside, this monologue helps us especially me to build my confident in front of others!
Siti Zubaidah Mohd Nor
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Mohd Faiz Bin Mohd Noor
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Hi madam and my fellow colleagues.
Monologue is simple, even crazy people can do it. Yeah they always talking, about their past, about what ever come to their mind and they do it at any place they want. Sometime they talk with their gestures, actions etc. Last year I saw one a crazy man along the busy street in Kuala Terengganu. Wow, he was talking loud, and while talking, he did some ‘silat’ style, so I thought monologue is not that hard.
Damn I was wrong...
I knew I performed poorly last week. I can see many weaknesses in many aspects. The most obvious one was how I failed to express my emotion into the performance. I am not a good actor I am, and having theater course this semester just making the thing worst. But hey, I am not going to disappoint my group mate of my weaknesses! As a member of Show Time group, I need to learn how to overcome this problem. Yes, monologue went pretty bad, but there are plenty of rooms to recover right? Brace yourself pais, and you will throw a good show when the major performance comes…
MOHD FAIZ BIN YUSOF 150180
ReplyDeleteThis is what I called a theater class, full of fun and experience. It is a totally new experience for me to perform in front of a crowd talking to myself. The crowd can be considered as a distraction, the distraction that every each of us needs to face with.
My monologue is the voice of my heart, it is a piece of my heart that I expressed it in a correct manner. I really felt it deep inside my heart as it was my feeling of loving someone. Through this exercise I realize that I reflect myself with the voice of my heart, I considered it as self-reflecting and it really help me to know myself better. This exercise is really a point of testing my level of confidence. My level of confidence seems to reach a different level as I can perform it with my best in front of other people. The most important thing that I gain from this activity is my confidence.
“Or do you think it is one of the medieval tools I've adopted to put you in eternal misery?” hahaha! I like that :D
ReplyDeleteAnyway, monologue. Here goes: imagine a situation where 2 persons are engaged in a conversation where one is listening to another telling his/her story. Then, the one listening falls asleep leaving only the other, still rambling away. Well, that, is exactly how I had pictured a monologue before encountering this exercise. Unfortunately for me, I tend to be the one falling asleep more often than not.
So, anyway, when given this task, I had expected it to be quite a tough nut to crack. And it really was. I’m not expressive by nature, therefore expressing myself without the help of others has always imposed quite a difficulty on me. It might have been easy to just play myself doing a monologue on myself. But that would have defeated the whole purpose of this exercise. I believe this task aims to challenge us to venture our own feelings to learn to express it as much and as accurately as possible; or in other words, to be comfortable with ourselves and our emotions; which is crucial when we start teaching. For as teachers, it is important how we carry ourselves in school, both physically and emotionally. So there I was, figuring hard the kind of character I should carry. I chose not to play myself as mentioned earlier for I think I’m pretty much plain Jane that way and perhaps it’s time to change. Amongst all other emotions, I decided upon anger; depressing anger, the kind that evokes from sadness and regret. Hence, the woman ‘ah-long’ character. Anger has always been one of my weakness and I was curious at to what extent I could release such an emotion. Ultimately, this monologue exercise gave me a chance to glimpse into my emotions and having it released showed me how far I could go with it; and perhaps to stop it if it really does happen in future. (sure hope not! :P)
CHIN YU HUI
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ReplyDeleteMonologue- Expresses your thought alone, aloud and full of expression. My monologue was about a man with a bad past. His enjoyment of voyeur and peeping as a hobby had changed his life. The story is about a man’s past, where he had changed from a good boy to a man who hunting for beautiful girls, not as a lover or partner, but as hobby to gaze them, snapped their pictures in indecent action and outfit. The monologue session have given me a chance to feel a act someone’s character. It was difficult to be someone else, moreover if we don’t ever had the experience or having the same experience. It was an enjoyment to behold others monologues. Some did really good and it was a very fortunate to see them entertain the audience with their powerful expressions. I was so lucky my session start earlier, where everyone’s concentration is still in a high level. In a nutshell, it was a good preparation for us to practice and the first step to be on the stage. Memorizing a few line s already given me a burden, hopefully I can do it for the upcoming theater, through drilling and practice a lot.
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ReplyDeleteGreetings Mdm Ju!
The monologue was a very interesting yet challenging activity for us! But i bet most of us had fun looking at our friends bringing out the best of them n also realizing how we personally performed during the recital
As for me,the activity was very good and we are able to bring ourself more into the theatre mood as there is Soliloquy.With this classic way of speech,we were able to bring in the character to ourselves and challenge the idea that we are talking to ourselves n no one to respond to it.
I've also gain more confidence in myself during the recital where i was given a chance to be bold enough to act all by myself on my own stage.Though challenging,it was worth the try. I just love the way i could bring myself to the character n its mood.
Definitely,it was not a misery to do the monologue,i would call it a challenge in an exciting manner for literature student like me :)
Thank you a bundle,Mdm Juridah
GUHANESWWARI S.SIVASHAREN (150150)
MOHD ISHAN BIN MOHD SHARIN
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Hello and good evening to all,
Well, the thing that I have learnt in monologue is to be more confident and brave in front of audience. I never say that I am coward person but a little bit anxious and nervous. Of course people do have that kind feelings but they have to fight it to overcome the problem. Besides, when I memorize the monologue script, I expect that I will remember every line in the script but unfortunately, it does not happen in my performance because everything in my mind feels like an empty box. In order to make my performance works well, I just say whatever comes in my mind and it really works though. It is quite disappointed of me for not performing well in this kind of activity because I am pretty sure that I can do better than that. The reason why I do not perform well is I am not prepared well and there is no confidence within myself.
In a conclusion, the monologue activity is quite interesting and exciting. All I need to do is to improve my voice projection and my emotion in order to make my acting become real and natural in the eyes of audiences.
ZAINULARIFFIN BIN SHAFIE (150189)
ReplyDeletefor me..the most important thing is to feel the character inside ourselves..and that way we can remember our lines better..;p
its also important to throw away our 'inappropriate' shy so that we can perform well in front of the passer-by...in fact, the more challenging thing is the major performance that we'll see to it later...;p
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ReplyDeleteIt is truly an interesting activity or more of a practice that we all do often. if we tend to realise,monologue happens in us almost all the time.For me,personally,i do talk alone just to emind myself of certain things at certain times.Not that i'm crazy,but it is sort of self convincing most of the times. So,when we wee told to do the monologue,I was feeling happy because it is something that we are doing everyday and it should be a bonus perfomance.The only difference is that, this time, we need to show our expression and bring out the inner-us out so that others can see. It is a chance for us to show our ability and show our true self.I don't think that anyone could have acted out any role that they are not familiar with. It is within us, that's what w can reveal to others.I strictly believe in that and milions of thanks to Mdm Juridah for bringing the inner self out.Time to realise homies!!!!we are who we are!!!
ReplyDeleteG.Gogilavanan
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Monologue!! What can say about it!!
ReplyDeleteFrankly I was not ready for the performance. At first, I thought it will be an easy task, but it’s not/ I realize it one day before I present my script. Wow.. the facial reaction, body gesture, voice projection… and the list go on. The facial expression was the challenging part of it. I even tried to express my lines in front of mirror. Anyway, I tried my best to make my performance look interesting. My monologue is about a “gay” and his depression towards community. Even though, I felt uncomfortable with the character, but I took it as a challenge to express myself from a gay’s perspective. This monologue exercise indeed helped me in preparing for my major performance. Thank you mdm ju !!
PORSHOTHMAN ELENGGOVEN
150144
Monologue is something very new to me as i have never know what monologue is till Kak Shamimi show us some videos of it. I was excited to perform in one week time. However, script become a problem to me at first because i adapt a script from internet but somehow i had problem in memorising and acting it out. So, i came out with my own script which at the end gave me a good end product.
ReplyDeleteMOHANDAS NAIDU PERUMAL
150179
All our minor performances need major attention from us. Monologue is one of them. First of all, it took me a day to prepare the script of my monologue. Then, I practised it for about two or three days.
ReplyDeleteIt was indeed interesting to do it. It was fun wacthing my friends performing their monologue with different character. It was challenging as we aer required to be someone who we are not in our real life.
As a TESL students, it find very helpful as monologue needs us to be expressive. I was a troubled college girl. I was having problems with my personal relationship, family and education. I brought out some anger, sadness and fear in my monologue. It teaches me to use emotions according to the situation.
Besides that, voice projection was enhanced throughout the monologue session. We have to speak out our lines clearly. As future teachers, voice is very important for us as it wolud serve as the tool to convey our teaching.
Therefore,monologing has been very fruitful. Apart from bringing out the hidden talents of acting from within us, it helps to prepare us to become 'eligible' teachers in the future.
Thanks to the subject, Theater in ESL and the lecturer, Madam Ju:)
V.KUMUTHAMALLAR
150177
Monologue...it can be in a form of everything lyrics of a song, lines from a movie or when you're fighting with yourself infront of the mirror asking thing such as, "do I look thin or fat? Oh can't you see I'm filthy gorgeous?"
ReplyDeleteFor the monologue performance that time, I chose to be somebody else. I chose to be Rita Harrison the obnoxious kind-hearted lawyer in the movie I am Sam. I had to dive into the emotion of the character where I had to act like I was a successful career woman but indeed fail in reliving my dream family.
The task was not utterly difficult, because my line was blatantly short. Obviously hehe, (sorry Mdm Ju for that ;)) the only homework that I had to do was to study the snippet of the movie; the line delivered by Rita over and over again.
Honestly, the task was pretty fun for me because I got to act out infront of other people like I occasionally did in front of my closest friends just to make them laugh. :)
Monologue
ReplyDeletePerforming in front of others who seem blur of what you try to talk about. =p
"...or do you think it is one of the medieval tools I've adopted to put you in eternal misery"
Yes..it was a total misery..haha but it only last for a couple of seconds..(thats the length of my performance haha)
At first it was hard to prepare for this performance and all I can come up with, just a song lyrics that I end up forgeting during the perfomance day. Eventhough there is no distraction at all..haha
However, I did learn something..the confidence is all I need..i was so nervous and skip few lines that very important and that’s it..blew up everything haha…and one more thing…express the emotion..
All in all..it is a very good activity before the major performance,,build up the confidence in me.
That’s all..thank you.. =p
Mohd Harith Fadhullah B Mohd Said
150159
ikram muzakkir (150139)
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, my monologue was such a disaster. I suck at acting and performing. I feel very shy when performing in front of the crowd and when I feel nervous; I began to forget the lyrics as I did during the monologue. My monologue is a about a man who is frustrated of his women when she leave him to be with another man. However, I cannot express the right feeling of being a heart broken man as I am already broken. Luckily, after the monologue I think a have a little confident in myself. Lastly, as Mdm Ju said my monologue is terrible. Thank you.
Abdul Haziq Bin Karim
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As for me, I enjoy doing the monologue activity. Through this activity it helps increasing my level of confidence. But, my performance was not good enough. I'm still need lots of practices. My monologue is about how I wish to be a billionaire. I get the idea after listening to a song by Travis McCoy entitled 'Billionaire'.
NUR AQILAH AHMAD(150155)
ReplyDeleteMonologue..phew!honestly speaking,i did not prepare too much on it..so i guess my performance was not that good enough plus i did not put too much facial expression during reciting the lines..i hope i can do better after this..i need lot of practices to improve my level confidence to the highest!because i know sometimes i do not have the confident to perform in front of the public..on that day,my monologue is about my feeling of remembering someone who is so special in my life and i hope that person will remember me as well..the title is "Please Remember" which is a song from Lee Ann Rimes..
Mohd Hasif Izzat bin Abdullah Halim
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How should i start..ok..Thinking back again on the monologue performance, How terrible I was!! Somehow i know what my disadvantages are and i keep trying to improve to be better in the future. During the performance, i skipped so many lines because i can't remember the script. I admit that there was not much preparation on that. One thing that i had for sure, this performance teach me a lot about building self-confidence and how to get myself in front of the audience although the crowd who supposed to be the audience was almost non existence! haha..
mohd nakhaie
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my monologue is about this society...don,t want to mention which society...i'm tired sometimes...so i just express myself through this monologue..i sang just to make it more entertaining..thanks
Dear Pn Juridah,
ReplyDeleteJust found out that there is a blog for you. Am writing to u regarding to the assignments.
Firstly, regarding to the play review, I have been to one of the play/drama performed by one of the Teacher’s Training College. But the play/drama was performed a few years ago. I managed to get a copy of the College’s drama on VCD. Am I allowed to use it as a play review? It is written in Malay though.
Secondly, regarding to the monologue assignments, we ( there are 9 of us ) can get the monologue script on time but how about the performance? Do we have to travel to UPM to do it? Or we record it in the Handycam and submit them to you. Most of us are teaching in the interior.
Thirdly, the group drama. On the PERL recording the minimum number of people is 3 in a group. There are 9 of us taking the course. Are we allowed to do it as a group of 9? As we are quite far from each other we hope to do it that way. Is it possible for us to do it? Do we have to perform the drama in UPM?
Hope to hear for you soon.
Thanks…
Jarret Barnard
J37004