1. This semester, you worked on two scenes and created a monologue. What surprised you? This could be something you thought would be challenging but found yourself comfortable doing OR it can be something you found challenging but made it through.
To be honest I never thought I would be comfortable doing these scenes. I surprised myself with going out of my comfort zone and creating this character and making myself seem like I'm in the life of this person. I didn't realize how much given the circumstances of your character, but they help create knowledge of exactly what the character wants and what they are doing to get it.
2. What advice would you give to a student who is just starting their work on an acting scene?
The biggest piece of advice I would give is to be confident and keep in mind what your character wants. From there it comes naturally. Your job is to get your audience to give you want you want by using those important verbs.
3. Did you complete your Student Evaluation sent via email from Banner? Please do so.
Yes
Monologue:
Hi youtube. It's emi. I hope you're all having an amazing day. I just wanted to make this video to talk to you guys a little bit. As you all know I recently moved out to LA to further my career. My family was super supportive about it but I know they have their doubts in me. I also lost most of my friends from back home once I started gaining a following because I realized I was being used for fame and people didn't want to be my friend for the right reasons. I've been super lonely since I got to LA and made the big move from home. I know this is seriously what's best for me but I've been having my doubts lately. The amount of hate I get from social media every day is insane. Everyday someone is pointing out a new insecurity of mine. They tell me I'll never be good enough, call me ugly, and say no wonder I have no friends. It's really started getting to me. Especially being a model, everything about myself is always being critiqued. I just want my viewers to realize that just because someone has a platform and a lot of followers doesn't mean they aren't a person. I have feelings too and so do all the other people in the social media community. I just want to be successful in my career and prove to everyone that social media and modeling isn't a fake job. It's very time consuming and I work hard to earn the money and platform that I have right now. I ask all of you to just think before leaving a comment on a video. All these haters show is that they have insecurities within themselves. After a lot of time to myself thinking of what to do about this, I've come to the realization that I'm not going to let the hate hurt my career. I know that I am successful and that's truly all that matters. I may never be able to end social media hate because there's also going to be rotten people in the world who feel the need to make a negative assumption or comment on a video, but at least I won't let the hate bother me anymore because that's giving the haters exactly what they want. I am going to continue to post and be confident in my modeling career and share my experiences with you all. If you like my content then you can simply click the unfollow button. I'm glad I realized that these people cat bring me down and I hope I helped you all as well.
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