Space Jump Reflection

This reflection was meant to be based on our space jump game in front of the class, but my group couldn't find our video so my reflection is on the space jump game in front of the live audience! So, I only have 2 offers, because the time limit was much shorter and we weren't focusing very much on our offers.

My offers were: 

1. Honey, this is a counseling office, we only deal with serious patients, okay?

2. Oh, my god, we're gonna get engaged tomorrow!

In my first offer, I showed relationship by showing that I was a counselor speaking to a patient. I also showed setting by saying that we were in a counseling office. In the second offer, I showed relationship because I implied that we were a couple, but I didn't show setting because I didn't name the location. 

I I think that I characterized well because I gave emotion and changed character based on the offer. For committing and selling it, I think that I did quite well because I played my character convincingly and changed my voice based on the character I played. I also believe that I listened to my partner well because I piggybacked off what they said. I think that I got pretty physical as I stood up and sat down, but I could've gotten more physical by moving across the stage more or making more physical contact.

For my second offer, I move to the front of the stage but then I look back. My back is never facing the audience though. I project loud enough for the audience to here and keep my body open. But, I am at the back of the stage for the majority of the performance which shows that I wasn't really aware of the audience.

Improvisation Performance

 Yesterday, our drama class had our improvisation performance! This performance was a summative grade but didn't feel like a test at all. Our class was divided into three groups. We had been practicing in our individual groups the games we were going to play and the skits we would be performing. Over 100 students came to watch us perform our games! We played the games: Repetition of Comments, Space Jump, Emotional Taxi, Freeze Tableau and for our tie-breaker, Lost in Translation! The top that off, in the very beginning we even had our very own skits that told the audience our group name! Our group name was, "5 Reasons Why". These tiny performances were super fun and made the audience laugh a lot! Each group got a certain color, and every person in the audience got three popsicle sticks, all different colors for the different groups. After every group played each game, the audience would vote on their favorite group by raising a popsicle stick! The costumes were a bit uncomfortable and very hot, but made the performance much funnier and much more interesting! Performing live, was initially a very scary thought. I was extremely nervous before the performance even though I knew the games. While I was performing though, I got much more comfortable and actually enjoyed it A LOT! Even though our group was losing in the start, we still all found it fun. As we began to get more comfortable, we won more points and actually won!

Improvisation will help me in my life a lot! When I give presentations, I now have the skill to come up with something on the spot when I forget a line. It has also helped me with my collaboration skills because, in improv, you have to learn how to work with your teammates to win. In improv, you also have to work with your team to come up with offers and have different emotions so you have to collaborate with each other. Which will help me in life when collaborating with others, so that I will learn to split up jobs evenly when doing projects, just like how we had to divide the emotions evenly! Overall, this performance was super fun and I can't wait for the next one!

Design a Spinner

1. How did your experimental probability compare to the theoretical probability?
In the experimental probability, the probability of blue occurring was the same in the experiment and in theoretical probability, but the red occured 10% more than expected and the yellow 10% less than expected in the experiment probability than the theoretical probability.

2. What could you do to make your experimental probability more accurate?
Do more trials because more trials will make the experiment more accurate.

Improvisation Workshop

Serena and I chose the game: Enter and Exit, because we thought that it was a game that was suitable for the level of improv. we are at. We also chose this game because it focused on a lot of skills which we worked on during class such as justifying entrances and exits and committing and selling your part. This game was played with 4 people so we thought that it was entertaining and could involve a lot of the class. After listening to the video, I found that the instructions were quite clear but we didn't really make it clear that you are supposed to tell the other's your word(we only remembered to say that once someone asked us). We also weren't very clear on justifying your entrance or exit and didn't put enough emphasis on that because when most people entered, they didn't justify their character. Overall, the game worked the way we wanted it to. People were laughing and found it funny, and it was at the right level. Next time though, I would join in the demonstration because I didn't realize until after, that Serena and I were supposed to demonstrate as well instead of just helping them and guiding them through the game as they played. I also would've had everyone just use one word and keep the word the whole time instead of changing the word when they got offstage, as that made it a bit confusing. But, in the end, I think that the game was a success! 

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