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Reflection on presentation on last Thursday

Though I will do my presentation again on Friday, I write this reflection on my previous presentation for some notes for Friday and some thought on this study.

Overall, this was a long and big project for us. From the beginning of the January to the end of the March, three month in total, this was my biggest project in my life I have ever done. During this long period, I did the project in a consistent pace. For example, after I chose the tradition, I classified my work process into several steps: find the convention, look up the background knowledge of the tradition, find the my theater moment part, write my lines, do my powerpoint, and practice. I got laziness when I was going to present because of the project stretched through the spring break. Other than that, I thought this pace of doing project was fine.

I think my biggest problems in this project are all presentation problems. I blew up my try-out presentation before the break which made me really nervous so I almost blew up this one as well. Reliance on cue cards distracted and stumbled me while talking, though the fact that I can probably talk without them. So maybe I will try not to use them on Friday. Also, my mind went blank when I started my performance on my monologue. It was hard to perform when I had the fat suit on while I did have them when practicing.

Something I did well on the presentation was that when I found that I over-cut my lines, I still finished my talking without too many hesitations. Additionally, my timing was good which was exactly my ideal time 14:10.

Another take-home in this project was the time management. To do well in this project, the time management will be the top factor. You need to arrange enough time to do it everyday so you won’t be left behind though it looks endless at first. You need to manage the time amount on every step or separate parts of the presentation. I cut a lot of lines for prolix introduction. So time management is really the core of this project; only steady and persistent pace will win.

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