Greek theater reflection

I believe that the skills I have developed have changed a lot as I have manipulated a variety of all these different skills to make a well-organized performance, I personally have grown a deep understanding of chorus work through time and have begun to understand all of the histories.  The skills which have mostly improved for me is my vocal projection, I have grown louder and deeper into the voice sometimes I also tend to exaggerate my vocabulary to create an even deeper understanding of the character. Personally, I tend to firstly understand the character and then slowly but surely find the characteristics I look for. I have also improved my confidence since sometimes I become shy but when I go on stage now I feel all the pressure lead away. 

My favorite scene from my three scenes was the first scene which was when the shepherd gave the baby to the king and queen, within the scene we showed we were nervous and frightened when we said continuously "It's a shepherd".  I also liked the particular part in the oracle scene where we made tension by creating more and more frightening gestures and there in specific was where I think I changed my voice the most and I am proud of what I have accomplished. When I performed the character I used my voice and blocked my throat  and pushed air to pass it and somehow made a creaky and scary noise which I used as my voice. I changed the pitch and motion of my voice all the time to create stronger emotional responses. On the final scene, I believe that it was also effective because we made all sorts of motion using body gestures showing wind and rain, we also showed the clothes in which we held and used them as motion signals of darkness, once we covered ourselves with the cloth at the end, Maia was then brought out of sight and you could hear tears in the background. 

We as a group should have improved on facing our backs to the audience because our backs were facing them a lot for example when Maia was sitting down in the Oral scene her back was facing the audience the whole time which worried me a lot. During the performance, it is considered an error if ones back face the audience because then they can't see what is going on in the play and suddenly lose track on the story. Greek theater was a most interesting unit which really improved all the class together, it was fun and enthusiastic for everyone to experience a brand new style of theater.