"Lights, Camera, Action!" - Dramatic Monologue Performances

Although I have not preformed the final draft of my dramatic monologue just yet,  I think I am getting better at expressing my emotions when I rehersed the monologue.  However,  I think there is still some room for blocking in my preformance.  I am still trying to figure out where to add the handmotions, or what actions would be appropriate at certain parts of the dramatic monologue.  During my dramatic monologue, I plan to be sitting in a chair pretending to talk on the phone.  A good way into the scene, I will get out of my set and start pacing around, like I would do if I was on the phone with a friend in my own home.  Once I get out of the chair,  I feel like there will be more room for blocking and hand gestures.  Sittin the the chair, with a phone in one hand, it is very hard to have any hand movement while preforming my dramatic monologue.

After preforming my dramatic monologue in class, I believe one aspect that I thought could use some work was making more eye contact with the audience and talk louder.  When I preform my dramatic monologue, I hope to make sure to talk loudly like I did in my first monoloue and maybe even make eye contact during the scene (while talking on the phone-- basically looking around to room). 

When watching other stdents in our public speaking class preform their persoanal dramatic monologues, I realized even more than while preforming our regular monologues that it is very important to pronounciate and pace the words you say well.  This allows the audience to have a clear understanding of what you are saying.  With no clear pronunciation of words, it is very difficult to comprehend what exactly the speaker is talking about.  Similarly, with too slow or too fast of pacing of words, it is hard to hear what is being said by the person talking.

One dramatic monologue I particulary liked was Baron's.  Baron was preforming a dramatic monologue from "Fight Club."  I enjoyed watching him preform his monologue because right at the beginning when he slams the door after he walks into the room/into the fight club, he has everyones attention- all eyes are on him.  I like this opening when he shuts the door becuase it sets the tone for the rest of the dramatic monologue.  Also, I never knew that Baron could be loud and get mad, but he sure did when preforming this monologue.  I was shocked at how well his emotion showed when he was simply reciting lines from a movie.  I wasn't expecting his dramatic monologue to be so intense! 

Another students dramatic monologue that I enjoyed watching was Hannah's from the movie "Mean Girls."  I liked listening to her preformance because I have watched the movie Mean Girls multiple times before and was wondering if she would talk like the stereotypical white girl "Regina George." I never saw her preform the final draft of her monologue but every time she rehearsed it in class, she talked loudly and it was easy to uderstand what exactly she was saying.  Even the rehersals were well preformed and executed.