First Personal monologue reflection

I think that I could have done better at blocking. I felt like that whenever I was trying to say my monologue it never felt natural because of the setting. When I tried it on the bed, I felt like I could not move as much, there was nothing going on, and I felt like the camera on my phone couldn’t see me. When I tried it sitting, I felt more natural, but at the same time I couldn’t picture myself doing this anywhere. When I try to act, I have to picture myself doing whatever it is, in real life. During this monologue I felt as though I could not do that. Which led to me not really knowing when to stand or sit and thus making me doing it differently every time. In my first monologue I was still trying to get a feel for talking alone on stage. I think that I improved on facial expressions and memorization. In the first monologue I felt as though nothing really “fit” for me. Meaning that as much as I tried I kind of felt like I was spitting words off of a piece of paper. For me acting is about being fully immersed in someone. Like what would this person do in their free time? Do they do any sports? Are they girly or a tomboy? (If its a girl). Answering these questions help me know how to react to problems that “I” face. I felt like that since I wrote the monologue I could really get inside this girls head.  I think that I did a really good job on facial expressions. When I did it more and more I got a better “feel” of the character. I felt like I was that person who had a bad day.