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Position:Home>Theater & Acting> Stage Fright!!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!?Question: Stage Fright!!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!!? ok im in 9th grade and i have to get up in front of the whole class and do a presentation!. Im REALLY nervous!. When i get up there i get all red and hot and shaky!.!.!.!.!.!.and i have tried picturing everyone in their underwear and all that but it doesnt work!.!.!.!.!.!.idk what to do please help!Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: first off take a deep breath!. The realize that the only person that can make you look nervous or sound nervous is yourself!. Make you r presentation fun!. Not only for you but for the audience!. If need be, adopt the actor method!. Pretend that you are someone else!. Like if you were playing a character in a play!. Pretend that it really isn't you up there!. Good Luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com The "choose a different character" idea is really, good!. also!.!. remember, just by being up there, YOU are in control! You have the attention, not them!. Like the president or CEO of a company, or a football coach!.!.!.!. the default is you have their attention and therefore you have more power than they do!. You don't need to do anything to get this control, it's already there!. They will follow your lead because of the very nature of you being in front!. So half your work is done for you!. I started in musical comedy 35 years ago and have been a professional Emcee, entertainer and singer for 20 years!. I jump on tables, make corny jokes, laugh at myself and poke fun at others !.!. why!? "Cause I CAN!" I have the microphone, and therefore I have the right to do just about anything I want!. The position of being in front of a crowd is not only exciting (nervousness with a positive spin) - but it is incredibly liberating!. Embrace it, have fun with it!.!.!. if you goof up!.!.!.so what!? Everyone (including yourself) can have a good chuckle at it!. You are the boss! Good luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com Hi, I'm in 9th grade too :D I know how it feels to be nervous -- somehow I've gotten over it, but it takes a long time!. Just pretend you're having a conversation!. I'm sure no advice I give you will help; I've been in the situation before and it seems like the worst thing ever!. Just remember that you know everyone in the class, and that it'll be over really soon!. If anything goes wrong, laugh at yourself!. You might not forget, but everyone else will by the time lunch comes around!.Www@QuestionHome@Com instead of looking at people srairght in the eyes look at stuff right above their heads!. like if theres a water bottle on the counter behind them focus in on that instead of actually looking at them!. it does work just don't look at anything to low or to high!. also just block out everybod but the people that are your friends then you won't be so scared because you won't even see the people that make you nervous!. or pretend they are all stuft animals lol!. i used to do that when i was younger :]!. if you just don't think about everybody looking at you time will fly by! Good luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com Renesmee!.!.!. Cullen!? Wow, twqilight really IS a disease! %Www@QuestionHome@Com |