Melodrama - Reflection on the Unit
1) What skills do you feel you have developed in the unit?
I feel that I have greatly developed my ability to exaggerate my movements and speech as that was what Melodrama was all about. Instead of using violence and making things all depressing, I gained skills on making scenes more lighthearted and comedic. My speech was also very projected and loud.
2) What were your greatest successes in the unit?
The best thing I did in the unit is my melodrama twisted film as I got to work with people that I like to worth with as they cooperate well and I know them quite well so it was quite to easy to film everything and I feel that the outcome was great.
3) How did each group member contribute to the portrayal of your story?
I was Pocahontas and was the hero with which quite a twist in the story, I was still in love with John Smith, however I saved the day by rescuing him. John Smith in this case was the damsel in distress who gets kidnapped. Another twist was that Pocahontas's Father, Powhatan was the villain who kidnapped John Smith even though in the movies he's portrayed as a wise, kind man. Sam was the made up brother of Pocahontas, Pontiac who was the henchmen.
4) Do you think television/film can the change the way we see the world?
Yes I do. I believe this because television and film is a big aspect in our lives and is used in every day life, people spend a lot of time watching it and can teach you a lot of things. They can influence the ways we act and teach us new things even if it isn't necessarily an educational channel. Even something as childish as a kid cartoon can be far more than that when analysed. Whatever we see on the news and media can change the way we see the world even though we shouldn't always believe everything we read and see.
5) What reaction did your performance get from the audience and was it expected or planned for? (What was your original objective?
My original objective was for people to find it funny and entertaining.I got my expected reaction which would be laughter, as I think my melodrama film is exactly like a melodrama should be, lighthearted and comedic. I also got claps at the end which signified that the audience had enjoyed it. I knew that it would be comedic because the script was quite lighthearted and different accents and jokes were incorporated, I made fun of how girls would always fall in love with the man just be looking at him and greatly exaggerated that scene, which brings me to my next point which was how my group incorporated exaggeration in both their movements and speech.
6) How can you apply your newly developed skills to other performance work in the rest of this course or another subject?
I can apply my newly developed skills in different courses in drama such as my acting in any old film as those weren't quite as realistic as the films are now. I can apply it to English in my writing in exaggeration as that can be scene as a language device or type of thing to use in descriptive writing for things such as imagery and being able to paint an image in your head.
4) Do you think television/film can the change the way we see the world?
Yes I do. I believe this because television and film is a big aspect in our lives and is used in every day life, people spend a lot of time watching it and can teach you a lot of things. They can influence the ways we act and teach us new things even if it isn't necessarily an educational channel. Even something as childish as a kid cartoon can be far more than that when analysed. Whatever we see on the news and media can change the way we see the world even though we shouldn't always believe everything we read and see.
5) What reaction did your performance get from the audience and was it expected or planned for? (What was your original objective?
My original objective was for people to find it funny and entertaining.I got my expected reaction which would be laughter, as I think my melodrama film is exactly like a melodrama should be, lighthearted and comedic. I also got claps at the end which signified that the audience had enjoyed it. I knew that it would be comedic because the script was quite lighthearted and different accents and jokes were incorporated, I made fun of how girls would always fall in love with the man just be looking at him and greatly exaggerated that scene, which brings me to my next point which was how my group incorporated exaggeration in both their movements and speech.
6) How can you apply your newly developed skills to other performance work in the rest of this course or another subject?
I can apply my newly developed skills in different courses in drama such as my acting in any old film as those weren't quite as realistic as the films are now. I can apply it to English in my writing in exaggeration as that can be scene as a language device or type of thing to use in descriptive writing for things such as imagery and being able to paint an image in your head.
