The Last Blog Post

IB Literature and Performance has been a great experience for me.  Coming into my junior year of high school I really did not know what to expect in this class.  I told myself that in life, you are always going to have to try new things even if you have no experience.  My two years in this class I have learned so much about writing, plays, acting, staging, novels, and actors.  When I read the course description I was most scared of the acting.  I never thought I could perform or act in front of classmates in friends because I wasn't that confident in myself.  By the end of this year I look back and see how much I grew with my performances and how I messed up multiple times but from that it has only made me stronger not only as an actor but also a person.  This class gave me that opportunity to be free and if I messed up everything would be okay because that is part of acting.  This class helped me with public speaking in front of groups.  For my whole life until now, I was always nervous to act or perform skits in front of many people.  I have gotten so much better memorizing and not getting nervous when I do perform.  This class has made me think outside of the box.  In all my other classes IB Literature and performance has made me the most creative person thinking of ideas for a performance or blocking.  I really enjoyed when we acted out parts and Ivan would conduct the class and choosing which person acts out as which character. I never realized how much time and effort it takes to perform a scene or play.  I give kudos to all the actors out their who put the time and effort to put on a great show like broadway.  I have also enjoyed going to broadway shows and learning about the staging and blocking has made me realize more about theater productions.  I felt like the blog posts not only helped me become a better writer but it has also made me think back about the performance or the book and what emotion there was or what could have been better.  I thought the class discussions about what we did good and bad on helped a lot especially when we were preparing for the final performance.  The performance we performed really brought out different emotions I never thought I could do.  My first performance I still remember how dull I was speaking my lines just like a normal conversation when in reality I should have been shouting and screaming and moving around to show frustration.  When performing I noticed that you have to believe in yourself and put yourself in the characters shoes even if you have to improvise.  If you do not think that way you will never be successful in the acting world.  These past two years have gone by so fast and I have seen so many improvements that I have made.  For example, my blog post detail I tried harder in, acting I tried to show more emotion, spending more time on memorizing the lines, and most importantly being creative.  I noticed that I am good at coming up with ideas especially when writing skits.  Memorizing was one of my weaknesses at first but if you have a partner to practice the lines with you you will be okay as long as you work hard.