After our first performance, I think Savannah and I were really able to take what was said by the class and apply it to our scene. Our teacher Russ, really made it a point to talk about with practically every scene the importance of listening to each other and reacting authentically. This was something that really helped Savannah and me. When we were able to listen to each other and react as opposed to reciting our lines as if we are acting we could feel the improvement. Working with Russ before we performed the second time was also very helpful. What I enjoyed about it was how he was able to give us some more specific moments to work on. He also helped us to add more detail in our scene and our characters. These are somethings that I look to improve upon as an actor in general, to notice more of the smaller specific things that can be so powerful in a performance and to be able to have them in my own performances. Russ was also able to help us find the moments where the reactions were so important in that scene. It was a blast working on the final moment of this scene with Savannah. Prior to this moment, our characters had only been talking on the phone until Brian has Beth come out to the driveway so he can ask her out in person rather than on the phone. We were really able to react to each other authentically and those moments felt so good.

When we did our final performance, I was very happy. Savannah and I had worked well to make this scene feel so much more authentic than our first performance. A note that I was very appreciative of was that it no longer felt like I was just playing the jokes but that I was playing this funny character. Savannah did wonderful! She gave me so much to work with and I hope that I was able to do the same for her. Many people talked about how our scene was cute and charming and I am convinced that it is because of the moment in the driveway that people made those comments. There were some awesome little things that emerged in our final performance that added so much to our scene. These moments came about because we were connected and acting authentically. I am very happy with how Savannah and my scene turned out.