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For this final project, our group chose to direct a theater version of the Little Prince. So far we’ve been pretty productive. Though our group is really united and efficient, we still have some problems. 

In the past week, we worked on the scripts and staging, and we finished our first draft. Our group is like a car. Everything was on the right track, and the car moved forward fast. Firstly, we all like the theme of the play, and everyone is playing the most suitable character. Base on interests, everybody worked hard. Also, after a-year-training, everyone has improved a lot, so this final project will highly condense how we learned in this year. For our group, I really think we made a big progress, especially our acting. To be honest, I was not a good actor. Sometimes I even could not control myself not laugh. However, in this project, I feel freer when I am on stage. Moreover, in the last project, I did not have many brilliant ideas, however for this one, it seems that the ideas are already in my mind. When I need them, they just jump out. I think everybody in my group feels the same way as I feel. 

However, to be honest, we still have some problems. Firstly, we still have trouble with memorizing lines. Though the scripts were written by ourselves, especially my part was mostly by me, I still had a hard time. We actually only spent two classes on writing scripts; we used the rest of time to memorize the lines and practice. However, when we were filming the first draft, I forgot one line. At first, I felt I was really in a good emotion, but then my brain was blank! I could not think of anything, even the lines after! That was so awkward that I could even hear my breath. (The emoji with a sad face can literally describe my feeling. ) Then after 10 seconds, I finally thought of my lines. This was because I was not familiar with my lines. Sometimes I feel I already memorize the lines, but actually I am not familiar with the lines enough. To solve this, I will practice more. Instead of just reading the lines, the more important thing is to practice on stage more. Also, after I watched the video of our first draft, I feel the music and dancing parts need to be improved. Firstly, we need to unite our dance, the two people have to do the same thing. Otherwise, it looks messy. Secondly, we need more practice. Without much practice, we do not have that much tacit agreement with movements on stage. Consequently, practice will become the most important part in the next week. 

Also, I think Julie and James’ production was pretty interesting. It was a short story, but there are many scenes. I think the flashback was really creative. The flashback scenes just emphasize that they do not know they are both buying gifts for each other. This can show how much they love each other. Though at first it was a little confusing, they can solve the problem by simply changing costumes. In short, I have a feeling that this one will be a very interesting one. 

In conclusion, the whole class is putting as much effort as we could in this final project. I believe that if my group can fix some little flaws, we can make it perfect. Also, this project shows our progress, so I’m looking forward seeing all of the productions.