Filmed monologue notes

Greg:

Wavering focus make it a more definite choice.

Other people thought that my focus didn’t wander and that I was dead set on who I was talking too.

Try to reign in Greg hands as can be distracting from what I need to say, try to make them more characterised.

On the other hand some people thought that my hands suited the character especially with when I decided to use them.

The character suits him quite well but possibly too much. Probably a better idea to pick a character that fits me than characters who doesn’t.

Chris certified.

James:

Can see thought process of next line due to nerves.

Dropped energy when looking at the script.

Eyes big on screen but makes it easier to see when he’s forgotten lines.

Move around less try to keep still and have more defined movements.

Did well on sightlines for when he was in a big group.

Choose a character who fits him more although the status of the character fits the way James portrays it.

Paige:

Really good at showing cold corporate bitchyness but needs to show little bits of emotion come through now and again.

Sightlines were perfect.

Diction was delivered to the camera very well.

Never lost energy in either piece.

Can sustain an accent very well.

Georgia:

Very good gestures but got in the way of her face.

Good choice as it suited her emotionally.

Eyelines sometimes dropped but probably would have been improved if the lines were known properly.

Couldn’t see enough of your face.

Due to positioning the audience were disconnected, putting a wall up between her and the audience.

The way she was sitting worked well with her character.

Chris certified.

Harry:

Stop being Robin Williams start being Harry as you’ve mapped his performance so well that it’s just an imitation.

Character did not suit you.

Need to see more of your face, dodgy eyelines.

It’s very clear that you were talking to a character and when you let the energy drop.

Don’t think too much about where you’re focussing.

Thinking about lines was noticeable especially when showing emotion.

You had problems with grinning during emotional scenes.

Character didn’t suit you as he was too old and had been through too much for you.

Needs to work on cutting out impressions from your accent

Chris:

The way that you were speaking sounded quite catlike as if every word was done with a purr.

His voice was too creepy and it kept along the same line for the whole time.

Some of the stuff that he did was a bit too much like stage acting, which made it quite melodramatic.

The characterisation was very interesting and suited the character perfectly but at some points the pace of the speech needed to be fastened.

Really drawn in by his acting made him serial killer like.

The character suited him.

G:

The slow pace and quiet voice worked really well with the characterisation.

The characterisation worked really well and the way he talked made him very seductive.

Greg certified.

Possibly sped up the pace a little bit.

Would work very well as a sweet innocent character.

When audible performance was believable, the camera loves you, you love the camera, needs to keep up the consistency of performance take after take.

Sam:

The tone of voice was engrossing to listen too as you never knew if he was going to explode at any moment.

Need to combine speech with the use of sightlines.

Work on when and where to use the intensity of your eyes as it dehumanises the character.

Spot on with the eye blinking technique used in close ups.

Follows same tonal patterns with his sentences and needs to pull away from it.

Jonathon:

Best performance of this monologue that we’ve seen so far, The angle of the camera suited your monologue exactly and your eyes didn’t wander.

At one point your eyes looked from the camera to Paula.

Very beautiful.

Chris certified.

BSL as a performance on camera is very interesting to watch but it must be truthful when you’re looking at something we can’t see so that we can actually see what you’re trying to show.

Paula has a wonderful voice for voice overs.

Everyone needs to look into castabilty, age range and working text.

Think about what kind of media that we might like to use in future shows as we are ordering tech soon.