Week 3

This week consisted of trying to make our voice and speech naturalistic as possible, however due to only studied theatre and stage acting, trying to adapt this to screen acting and to make Shakespeare contemporary for the screen is a challenge within itself. As i performed another classical monologue from another play called 'King john' and did Constances monologue. I got feedback which could also help with this project. I noticed as i was performing my Shakespearean speech far to quickly, making me loose the thought of the character and not showing my characters thought process, making her seem inhuman and very unrealistic. I however had the exact same problem with the well known Rosalind monologue based in act 3. So transferred this and added certain pauses in the speech, for example:

"Why...what means this?...why do you look so upon me? I see no more in you than in the ordinary of natures saleswork *Though process* od's my little life, i think she means to tangle my eyes too"

The slight pauses and thoughts not only show the audience the change in their mood and thoughts but also makes the scene humorous because she finally realizes that she has made a woman fall in love with her while disguised as Ganymede. Her thoughts at this time are very awkward and trying to solve this whole situation is very awkward for her especially.

As well as thought tracking, I researched further into the techniques that Shakespeare used, for example the use of iambic pentameter however, i cannot use this in her monologue to her speaking about love. As noticed while reading this play and getting the understanding of the character and her use of speech and language she actually rarely speaks in iambic pentameter but in verse instead. Most of the time she is talking about love which is always by this character specifically spoken in only blank verse. So in order to get my characters emotions and thoughts across i had to emphasise certain words to stand out for example:

"You are a thousand times a proper man than she a woman, 'tis not her glance but you that flatters her"

From that line the emphasis on 'she' 'her' and 'you' shows how determined she is to convince the shepherd to not give up on fighting for Audrey love and attention, showing how desperate Rosalind is to get away from this mess.