Everything happens for a purpose.
Everyday is a new discovery.
Voice modulation is the thing where we have to act like animals and do their sounds, plus a story line. My partner and I spent two days on the costumes, basically sitting in our room sewing. So, as we were acting as the rhinoceros, we spent hours searching for the exact shades of grey that could match our clothes. We managed to get the same shades of grey for the shirts and pants, but then the vest was of a different shade... And then I realised why the movie was named "Fifty Shades of Grey". Well, it could be applied literally. hahaha (not funny) To our surprise, the costumes turned out to be quite nice.
After acting the scene and reviewing back what we had acted, I found that I am really no good actor after all. The scene that I had imagined in my mind turned out differently when I acted it out. That makes me realise why professional actors and actresses have to act out the same scene over and over again. My partner and I practised the scene before, and it turned out quite good. But things went different on the day of performance. I would not take stage fright as an excuse, but to me, I believed I was worn out by the same scene that I got bored myself before acting it out.
I am a spontaneous person with spices of humour. Because of the spontaneous quality in me, I tend to get bored easily when I do the same thing over and over again. I prefer a life full of adventure than a routine. I think I should get used to routine then? By the way, since practice makes perfect, I think I should practice more before the performance, and the best thing is to record them into videos so that I can got through them and improve on the weaknesses.
Voice modulation is not carried out for the sake of acting. Dr Kamarul told us he wanted us to be "abnormal" teachers, not boring, dull ones. To be a good teacher, you would have to have the ability to grab the students' attention, just like what you do when you are performing. The audience needs to be pay attention to you, and you should be the star under the lime light. Voice projection is also important, in order to convey your messages clearly. The main thing is you should not be the one who is "syiok sendiri" on the stage. Through this activity, I discovered a new facet of me. I learnt that it is easy to be an attention seeker, but it is not easy to be the one who gets the attention. Same happens when you are managing your class, if you could not get the attention, you failed to manage it.
On the way to be a better teacher.
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