Drama formative speech reflection
My topic for this formative speech was “soccer shoes”. I used a pice of paper as a palm card with about four or five bullet point on the card, to remind myself the most important points to emphasize in the speech. From my practices at home (without palm cards), I seemed to be able to keep going and was able to structure my speech well. I felt more confortable with palm cards since I was able to talk without hesitating. After watching myself talking on the clip, I recognized that I kept saying “ummm” and was in fact a little slow at talking. The volume of my voice was reasonably loud and was also well projected, and so i don;t think my audience had troubles understanding my words. To be honest I did not have any pitches to my speech and I talked a little bit like an emotionless robot. But on the other hand, my voice was clear and was understandable. I paused at some parts, to let my audience keep up and also for myself to take deep breaths. Surprisingly I have not noticed myself doing this in the actual speech but as shown in the video I kept looking down at my palm card, even in situation where I did not have to look at my palm card. But I was still able to look up and keep eye contact with the audience and the camera. I have realized that I smile while I talk, which I believe is a positive sign. I was able to focus and keep talking well, but in some occasions I kept fiddling with my hood and also my palm card. As I expected, I was unable to stand/ keep still and my legs were constantly moving. I used some hand gestures during the speech to emphasize my thoughts whenever I needed to. Over all i think I was able to present my speech successfully and I have found a few things to improve in my talking for my up coming summative speech.speech vimeo
