I chose these topics to speak about in my video because they were important to my development as not only a writer and a student but also a person. I talk about my writing assignments in fifth grade and how they taught me to show my work to an audience and how rewarding that can be instead of just keeping it selfishly to myself. I also talk about my playwriting once I got to college and how I enjoyed that, especially with the audience watching me. Both of these situations gave me confidence in the classroom as well as outside the classroom as a person.
The process of doing this assignment was really difficult and frustrating. Rick and I recorded our videos and that wasn't very difficult but getting them onto the computer didn't work very well. We spent two and a half hours waiting for it to upload on either the MAC or PC computers but they kept saying the files were too large. Finally, after emailing Dr. Kilborn I uploaded the video onto Youtube and that made it easier. Overall, though, it wasn't tough thinking of what to say in the video and it wasn't tough to make the video long enough. I was nervous talking in front of the camera but the fact that there were only two of us in the room made it easier.
That's really neat how your writing transforms throughout the video. Where it starts out with being scared to read out loud to the class to writing for theatre.
ReplyDeleteTheatre is a pretty neat gig. I've been in a few plays, but I've never written a script myself. That'd be awesome if an originally shy person breaks out and becomes a famous playwright. At the very least, it's cool that you maintain your skill of writing with theatre.
Ever plan on directing your plays? Or even a bit more of a confidence booster, acting in your plays?
I can also relate to your story. I've always felt kind of shy, too. Writing helps tremendously because, like you've said in the video, its something to be confident in. For me, being able to express myself in writing has help me relax in face-to-face situations and be confident just being myself. Having supportive teachers who encourage trying new things was also important to my decision to pursue english/writing, so that's understandable and good to hear!
ReplyDeleteI think writing plays is a super cool hobby to have! That's great that even though you didn't win your first play competition, it inspired you to want to keep going. If you enjoy writing and watching plays, you will definately like acting too! Having first hand experience in following stage direction and creating the scene might give you more ideas when writing your own plays. I've been in tons of plays throughout high school, and it really is a confidence booster like Conrad mentioned. Acting like someone else I think is a fun way to learn about expressing yourself personally, and working with other people obviously is great for building communication/team skills.
By the way, your wrote something 200 pages long????? That really shows dedication! You will definately be a famous playwright someday!
From the way you described your experience in 5th grade, I could really picture the scene. Sounds like a fun class and good memories. Mrs. Smith made quite an impression on you.
ReplyDeleteAlso, you said you can't write in a journal or diary or anything like that anymore because there's no audience. Perhaps this blog (or other blogs) can serve as the start of much writing for you, with an undefinable potential audience waiting to read what you write.
I can definitely relate to you in your literacy experiences... all the way around. I was really shy and was absolutely terrified of reading aloud. But, I found that I got over it as well as time went on :)
ReplyDeleteIt's really interesting as well to see your experiences with writing develop- especially because you went from being timid to enjoying reading to an audience. Writing plays is a neat talent- keep with it. :)