i am in 8th grade drama and i need to memoize a 87 lined monologe (single person acting) skit!. ive only memorized the first 7 lines! any help please!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hey! I'm in 8th grade too (:!. I do a lot of acting!. One technique I use is to create a movie in my head of what I'm saying!. And you imagine yourself saying it in your head in like movie form!. It really helps! also, take it line by line!. Memorize 10 lines a day, or a section or a paragraph or something!. Before you know it, the whole thing will be memorized! And work with your mom or dad or sibling on it!. They can hold the script and you can recite the lines to them!. They can correct you! It really helps because parents are always picky lol!. Good luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com Here's how I memorize lines: I start at the first line, say it!. Then I say the first then second line!. Then the first, second, and third,, and so on!. But I only move on to the next line if I have all of the previous ones memorized!. I also repeated my monologue OVER and OVER and over!. If I didn't say it out loud, I was usually reciting it in my head!. I was in the shower saying it out loud to myself (x Oh yeah, and movements can help you memorize lines!. At first, I didn't think it would, but I realized that when I was used to moving a certain way, I remembered the line and emotion that went with the movement!. Even the smallest thing, like moving my head the slightest bit, raising my voice, moving my hand!.!.!. etc etc etc!. Hope I helped (:Www@QuestionHome@Com repeat over and over in front of objective audiance helpful friends and family get a cam corder to see how your look and are doing it'll relax you word association with apicture thought!. A line you need to repeat think of a picture and associate or a little rhyme!. Your an 8th grader just getting up there and attempting it is a big deal in itself, give your self a break you'll do greatWww@QuestionHome@Com the best thing to do is learn some lines each day!.!. your brain remember up to 7 lines a day!.!. each day get a section and read it over and over in the morning and night is best!. because that's when ur mind is best fresh!.Www@QuestionHome@Com i memorize one section at a time, then the next section, then i put them together!.and only do a little at a time!. it's easier!. good luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com |