Jenna's Acting Blog

This silent movie project has been lots of fun! The first thing I think we did well was working together. We worked very well collaboratively and bounced ideas constantly off each other. Also, if someone made a mistake we would just laugh it off and keep moving. We also maintained this through the editing process. For example, when adding transitions we made sure it worked for everyone before we continued on. The second thing I think we did well, is having a strong story. Our story was both funny and not confusing. I believe that the watcher can fully understand what is happening in the scene. Although, we struggled making a comprehensible story when we practiced in class, we made the real story very understandable. Finally, I think we made our silent movie very funny. We added elements that the audience would not expect. I also believe that I played my character to the best of my acting ability. The first thing I think we could do better is using our time. I know, especially for mysel...

I like this music https://youtu.be/izQsgE0L450 Ideas (in general not just to the song) - we could have someone dreaming of something - searching for a missing item - fight over something - traveling/journey - a lunch date gone wrong

Ideas for tango project Having a tourist find unintended object A love story Shopping in a cafe

   In my personal opinion this monologue went a lot better than my other one. The first reason is that I felt more comfortable as the character. My character was much more relatable to me personally. In the last monologue the character was quite a stretch for who I am as a person. For example, I would not take so many pauses when I was talking because I usually talk very fast. I felt like this monologue really played to my strengths of comedic timing and my overly energetic feeling. My character in this monologue had a very similar reaction to what I would do in the situation of having someone's face swell up. Thirdly, I was more confident in my ability to perform because I had already performed a monologue in the class. In the first one, I was a little nervous to perform in front of new people, but now it has become much easier. Finally, I felt like my staging worked better for me because I could consistently be moving and doing something, while in my other monologue I felt a...

My characters name is Samantha. She is in her early 20s and this is her first job after going to cosmetic school. She has moved to a new city and got a job as a department store makeup salesmen. Samantha wants to become a makeup artist but knows she has to start on the bottom. Today is her first day on the job and she wants to make a good impression with both her coworkers and the customers. Samantha's boss is a very mean woman, who tells her that if she does not make a sale in the first day she can no longer work there. This makes her work even harder and really shows her persistence. She is a people pleaser. Samantha wants everyone in the room to like her and if they don't she gets very upset. She also is very bubbly and happy, which makes most people like her as a person. An older woman walks into the makeup department and asks Samantha for a cream that will make her skin glow. Samantha remembers her training and suggests a brand new facial that will make her skin glow. With...

My new monologue is called "The Facial" and it was located in 111 1 minute monologues for teens. Here is the script

https://youtu.be/R56viTypk70