It's Not Easy Being A Man

In class, we made a silent movie about a man who cheated on his main chick, with another woman. I played the man and it was quite the challenge. Being a man required less reaction and less smiling to avoid appearing too feminine. I learned that body language is more important than the words in some cases. This was the exact opposite of our monologues because we couldn’t speak. Instead we were doing extravagent movements that were way more than what I personally would have done in real life or even in a speaking performance. Facial expressions also truley show how a person really feels. When I would hug one of my girlfriends I’d show a face as though I truly didn’t care about either one of them. If I showed that I loved both of them, the fact that I’m a total player would not have shown through. For our first attempt at the silent movie, it was very difficult not to speak and to show my feelings through actions instead of words. I didn’t know what I was supposed to do, or where I was supposed to go for most of the time. As we kept working on it, our chemistry began to grow and we could inticipate each thing we would do. Lindsey would know when I was going to do a move on her and place my arm around her lovingly and Sam would know when to come in and sit down after my scene with my main chick. Soon our performances became an unwritten script and each of our parts and roles became more concrete. I would wave goodbye to Sam and then Lindsey would come in. It might as well had been an actual script we had blueprinted out and planned. We got more and more comfortable and relaxed and it showed in our final take. There were funny moments that worked well and made the show more exciting. When Maddie rolled her eyes and acted sassy while I was tried to flirt with her, it was both funny and an amazing facial expression on her part. Lindsey did a great job being in love with me and showing that to the audience. Sam also did an amazing job pretending to be in love with me and being that other girl who seemed obviously way more fun than the other. I think I did a pretty good job at portraying a man. I would totally date myself after watching the video! I think I showed the audience that I was playing all these girls and I didn’t care that they might get hurt. In the beginning I had a lot of trouble staying serious while flirting with Maddie, but I think as the process kept moving I began to get more and more skilled with it. I had trouble staying on task and staying focused at some times, but that’s just because I’m not the type to be serious and jokeless all the time. I like to have fun and I think we all did. In the end we had a great product that was funny, serious, and showed all our hard work and I’m super proud of it.