Victoria Winn

Here we are. End of the semester and the end of Acting I. We're done with class and almost done with our final scenes. Our scene has come a long way from the beginning and it has been great to watch it grow and to see the characters really develop into fully fledged people. As with most things there still feels like there is a lot of work that can be done to perfect the scene but perfection isn't really the point here. Art is rarely perfect and it is always subjective. Personally I've had to keep that last bit in mind while working our scene in particular because I have a horrible habit of comparing myself and my work to others. While this was a major stressor in the beginning it has since become a joy to see the different takes on this scene and these characters and I'm so excited to see what everyone does for the final performance! For rehearsal this week we worked on activating each other in the scene and keeping the tension going towards the end. We found the keeping that a connection between the characters also helps to keep tensions high and we were able to add a little more motion to the scene to help with emphasizing emotions and keeping the scene from becoming too stagnant which has been a bit of a struggle. We're still working on playing our objectives and not deflecting when things get too tense but over all I am happy with where we're at.