Today I pushed myself harder I have done so far at college. I worked at talking to new people in order to improve my confidence. I pushed myself to the limit while jogging and sung in front of everyone.
First of all we warmed up and then we went straight into running through the Act 1 of 'The Cinderella Panto'. I made sure that I made all of my facial expressions as big as possible and put a lot of effort into reacting to the main characters. I also added movement to my character at the beginning and when reacting.
Secondly, we had to participate in long distance jogging, in order to improve our fitness (especially our stamina) in general, so we are better able to provide the intense amount of energy needed for the long hours of work in shows. I am a lot fitter than I used to be, as I did not fall all the way to the back, which is what I normally would do. I have never been that far in front before and even when I did get tired, I power walked. I feel that I could not have done any more than what I did and so I only need to work on furthering my limits by working out more at home.
Lastly we had singing lessons. We sung 'Price Tag' by Jessie J in preparation for the Pantomime. I used the technique of listening to myself through my forehead in order to hear myself sing. Afterwards we were asked to sing lines from the song solo. Although I sounded shaky at first and went out of tune, this is the first time I have managed to sing in front of people without shaking and getting very nervous in general. I need to work on controlling my voice still, which I can work on by watching more vocal coaching videos and practising at home.
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