monday's post

scansion
cue the dramatic music of dun DUN DUNNNN.

scansion wasn't actually too bad today. last monday i was scared out of my mind with scaning,but now im a little happier with it. because today we learned to make our own choices with it! i did not know that was, like an option...i thought there was one way to say everything and if you get it wrong you sound stupid. well lexii today proved me wrong,she said her line 2 different ways accenting and un-accenting, and both sounded fine. you could hear her choices in each one. so that gave me some hope that its not as hard as it seems.

plus today we got to not only say our lines but act them (sort of) obviously were not being 100% truthful and what not, but were shakespearian scansion babies.we can't be perfect.

my lines today were...
" i left no ring with her. what means this lady?
fortune forbid my outside have not charmed her."

my problems were...
-i couldn't make lady sound like a question. i think i was just scared to act. i get so nervous just being in class and having everyone around watching, on stage its different. but in the classroom like today, and i don't know my lines completely and im not sure how to say it, and blah blah blah, i just get really nervous. then i get my stupid nervous smile at the end...
-I couldn't stop over emphisizing MY pronouns. I left no ring with her. sounds really stupid. and it was hard to not say. I'M not sure why. I really want to focus on that now because I feel like I say it with everything!! normal speech and on stage. so I'M really going to watch for my pronouns.
-my "fortune forbid" line. i need to think of a way to say that where it doesn't come off stupid. i'm saying "oh my god! please dont let this happen!" which i say in real life, but i need to get that meaning under the shakespearian for it to sound right to me.

pg-100
so today, i came prepared in class with my lines scanned, regardless how messy they were writen. i really paid attention in class to fix my scansion because i have been struggling with it alot. and i feel alot more confident about it now. i'm starting to hear the natural flow that comes with just saying it. obviously i need to stop thinking so much (but then what else is new?) and relax about getting anything wrong sometimes. anyway, i took my notes in class and by the end i really started to get a grip on scansion. then at home i continued memorizing my monologue and reading more of the play.