 Okay, hello, my name is Steve Snead and I am an acting teacher I'm located at Southlake High School in Seattle, Washington If you saw the first Video, you know that I talked about warming up and that's a lot of preparation as well for presentation of any material so today we're going to talk about presentation and I've got a couple pieces. I'm going to present to you and And I'm going to talk I'm going to use the skills and drills that we were referring to in the earlier video Okay, so I'm going to present the poem. It's a piece written by James Lollie a good friend of mine I went to college with and it's from a musical we did a while ago called Street life, but I will read it and demonstrate some of the things that You should be concerned with as you're presenting or reading or reciting Or a monologue all of those things. Okay All right It shouldn't be like this it just ain't fair That some reach the stars and I can go nowhere I'm just as able as anyone else. Why must my capabilities be put on a shelf? It shouldn't be like this. They just ain't right that before you listen. I got the fuss and fight I Want to reach some goals things. I've never tried Why must all my dreams be tossed aside? We all have dreams. We want to reach the sky all God's children got wings. Why won't you let me fly? It shouldn't be like this It's just all wrong That some seem to fit and I don't belong. Why can't I live? Why can't I be me? When will you understand? Okay? so the piece is I mean, I like the piece. That's why I selected it and it can be done as an individual or you can do it with groups The way I do it with my class is I have each class members say a portion of it But I'm gonna play around with some lines to help you listen because acting is listening and observing as much as it is Presenting and talking. It's just as much. Okay It shouldn't be like this it shouldn't be like this it shouldn't be like this Okay, did you hear the different phrasing? Let's take another line another thing about that is Directors like it when they can give you a direction and you change a lot of times in auditions. You'll see that happen right the Person auditioning you will say I like that now Read it with less anger and The testing you to see if you can actually take that direction and make that change it shouldn't be like this It's just All wrong It should be like this It's just all wrong Shouldn't be like this. It's just all wrong But that I'm demonstrating I make myself laugh, but I'm just demonstrating The way in which you can read a line and present it differently So I want you to listen really listen to that because it's hard to do we get focused on how we say something so again look in the mirror say it and then See if you believe yourself Okay, now I'm gonna do this other piece this one. I've got memorized And this is actually written by a Rico Bimbri for a play called peer pressure that we did years ago Peace is called. Let's make a statement Let's make a statement about drugs and crime all the things on our mind Brother sister dies before their time killed by the violence and the crime Let's make a statement about the dropout rate the schools and our fate Let's make a plan make a plan to have a better land before it's much too late Let's make a statement about the boy that you just met and having babies when you're not educated to support it Let's make a statement about drugs and crime all the things on our mind a brother and sister dies before their time killed by the violence and the crime Let's make a statement about going high getting high your friends know but you try to lie Why deny get straight you dream a dope pie in the sky the only truth is that you soon die Let's make a statement. Let's make a statement. Let's make a statement okay, so those are two pieces and You can try to capture the lines if you'd like or you can have your own piece But the next video we'll do we'll talk about Preparing for your own okay Steve Snead acting instructor at South Lake High School shout out for them Seattle, Washington. Thank you