Monologues

This week have been working on creating stories, and we came up with a bunch of funny group stories. Now, in class, we will be working on creating stories as individuals instead. These will be short (30 seconds to 1 minute ideally) stories that have been inspired in some way by what you wrote in Blog Post #1. You will choose something from that post that interests you and turn it into a story -- and be creative! 

As we saw this week, stories need to have a clear beginning (set the scene and catch your audience's attention), a middle section where you say what happened (the plot) and include all the interesting details that build up to the climax, and and ending that ties things up and can also sometimes comment on the story itself.

Here is an example --

I am someone who is crazy about cats! I have owned four cats in my life and all of them have been very special. One day, I was sitting on my bed reading when my cat jumped up................ here's where I would put in all the details, and tell an interesting story. Then I might end the story saying something like "I learned never to get a cat wet" or "My cats are too special to me, so I will never make that mistake again" or "And that's why you should never give your cat peanut butter."

Here is an example of a performed monologue that tells a story. This one is directed to an unseen listener (probably a parent?), so she speaks out to the audience as if speaking to the parent:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WIiFWTBsK4

Here is one that is not directed toward a speaker. It doesn't tell a single story but is more of an exploration of a theme or an aspect of her personality:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFU3ac9fysk

And one final one tells a story and incorporates a little movement (because you don't have to just stand there when delivering a monologue -- remember that it is still acting although it feels like a speech:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHnkZUAJfW8