Gesture.

Whilst reviewing our monologues, we all decided that our group as a whole was lacking movements. All of our performances were static and lacked gesture. Because of this we decided to do a lesson on gesture and movement:

To begin with, we took one line from our monologue. I chose the line "Would you kindly move, asshole?!". Travelling around the room, we began to speak our chosen line aloud. Next, we changed the way we said this line. For example, we spoke in a whisper and then in an angry shout. This helped to explore the potential range of emotions in the particular line. Also, it helped as a warm up and prepared us for the next task.

Afterwards, we had to add a particular gesture to our line. It could be  a very simple movement like a twitch of the hands or feet, or more complex, like a shrug or a pace. Primarily, we combined the particular line with this chosen gesture. We continued to pace the room, this time focusing on both movement and voice. Next, we began to largely exaggerate our movements. A twitch of the feet became a skip and hand movements became arm and shoulder movements. Finally, we reviewed the process and decided on how exaggerated we should make our movements according to how it fit our character.

My movement became a large motion of my hands as I gestured in the air. Overall, I decided to use my movement at its most exaggerated. I decided this as I believed that it fully portrayed how emotional and angry my character felt.

Overall, I believe that this technique was successful as it made me think about each and every gesture I did in my monologue. Also, it allowed me to create a wider range of movements and helped me to focus on my gesture as well as my voice.