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Anika Cannon “Ruptured Wings” Mentor: Gerard Doyle

Anika Cannon “Ruptured Wings” Mentor: Gerard Doyle. The Beginning. Planning to make a film with other people and writing the script Finding a mentor after coming in to Ross as a senior My original idea changed to a monologue performed to a live audience. Why did I choose my senior project?.

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Anika Cannon “Ruptured Wings” Mentor: Gerard Doyle

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  1. Anika Cannon“Ruptured Wings”Mentor: Gerard Doyle

  2. The Beginning • Planning to make a film with other people and writing the script • Finding a mentor after coming in to Ross as a senior • My original idea changed to a monologue performed to a live audience

  3. Why did I choose my senior project? • My love for acting • Spreading awareness of domestic violence and drug abuse • Combining the two and creating a performance

  4. Goals • Writing monologue about a 24 year old women, Eva, who is in a turbulent relationship with her boyfriend and eventually begins to use prescription drugs to cope with the pain of being in an abusive relationship until she faces the fact that she must quit or she will die • Researching domestic violence and drug abuse • Performing my monologue

  5. Process • Choosing the content for my monologue • Researching domestic violence and drug abuse • Writing and editing my monologue • Rehearsing with my mentor

  6. Why domestic violence and drug abuse? • Personal reasons • Spread more awareness • The media and its recent portrayal of both

  7. Media

  8. Media

  9. Media

  10. Domestic Violence • Where does it happen? • Why does it happen? • Why does the abused partner stay? • How can an abused partner get help?

  11. Drug Abuse Who? Why? What?

  12. Acting aspect -Learn techniques to make my performance a success -Memorize Lines -Rehearse!

  13. Challenges • Deciding on what my senior project would be • The storyline in my monologue and editing • Time management • Emotionally connecting to the character I was portraying • Managing stress

  14. Personal Outcomes -My understanding of domestic violence and drug abuse -My future -Learning the difficulties of acting that I never saw -Time management/self-discipline

  15. Thank you! • My parents • Gerard Doyle • Dale Scott • My friends • Linda Hanrahan • The Ross School

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