Unit 2: Commedia dell'Arte Final Performance Task Rough Draft Reflection

Once you have performed your rough draft in class, you will need to write a blog post including the following:

Part 1: Evaluate your own performance using the language found on the performance rubric and Crit B descriptors. 

• What did you do well? 

- We had good partner interactions and the audience understood the relationship between me and Harlequino and understood what the scene was about. They also understood the miming even though it was bit messed up in some places. Our actions and exaggerated gestures were also good. 

• What did feedback did you receive? What do you need to improve? 

- We needed to work on our expressions because we let our character slip sometimes and snicker or sow pain but it was good. We need to structure our scene better because people understood the plot but were confused about the set-up of the space so we need to work on staging. We also need to work on sound effects and add Gromalot. We also need to add some more audience interactions. I think we would get a 3-4 on the grading criterion. 

• What specific things will you do to improve before performance?

- We need to mime for one door because at the moment we have three doors leading to the same room and I also have to mime the crown more exaggeratedly. We also need to improve our falls because I have to fall and I have to slow down my movements because of Pantalone's original back condition. Harlequino needs to be more jumpy as well.

Part 2: Evaluate another group's rough draft (someone who didn't do as well as you) using the language found on the performance rubric and Crit. B descriptors. 

• What did they do well? 

- Jawwad and Shopnil gave great performance. They had sound effects and very entertaining exaggerated expressions and a amusing and budding partner relationship. I think that they're miming was good and character personality of Jawwad's character, Pantalone, had good personality with the bitterness and mocking tone to teasing Shopnil, the doctor. 

• What feedback would you give them? 

- I think that their character personality was good and their partner relationship was good as well because they're personalities were portrayed in their actions, Pantalone had good exaggerated movements and gestures since he was mocking the Doctor. They'd get 4-5 on the grading criterion.

• What specific things could they do to improve before performance?

- They could work on different levels and staging because they need to mime more properly and Shopnil needs to do other things rather than eat all the time to show more character.

Part 3: Evaluate another group's rough draft (someone who you think performed better than you) using the language found on the performance rubric and Crit. B descriptors. 

• What did they do well? 

-  (Samrin and Arafat) They're character relationship was good and they made good use of space and a prop and they had good expression but they need to clean up their performance. 

• What feedback would you give them? 

- I think they needed to improve their actions and develop more character and just overall expression because they needed to clean up the whole scene. So they would get a 2-3 on the grading criterion.

• What specific things could they do to improve before performance?

- They needed to use more audience interaction and they also needed to clean up their scene it was all over the place and it needed to be more exaggerated. I think they should change the scene because their 'story' was bit bland because the only thing the story line was about was serving Magnifico.