I think if we all had the opportunity we would all be actors. It gives people the chance to act completely out of their character for the purpose of entertainment. I wonder though, what the disadvantages are of being a actor. I mean the serious disadvantages, not like Britney Spears, but rather the actors who remain sane throughout their acting careers.

chinatown

so tuesday night we watched Chinatown for my literature and film class and I decided to pay more attention to the action of the actors to see how authentic and believable they were. I was able to notice the little motions that Jack Nicholson did to make his character more believable. I even thought the lesser known actors did great jobs with their characters. Now if I can only be able to act in class that would be great!! See ya guys in a little bit

LOST in the Sauce

I purposely held off on posting until today because this is the day that i have been waiting for for awhile now drum role please..........LOST returns tonight and I and super stoked about it like borderline "this guy is a crazy dork" excited about this show. it's a two hour premiere and it is gonna be awesome. I like LOST because of the weird and eerie storyline however its the characters and the island itself that really make the show what it is. I can be hard to make a show work with so many lead characters but the structure of each weeks episode is a true testament to writers. This show exemplifies why we need to end the WGA strike writers are important to us their words allow us to escape it may only be for an hour but that hour you get to be somewhere else for awhile and we can all benefit from that

LOST: Season Premiere ABC 8/7 cntrl thurs JAN 31

Tuesday Feet

So it was a lot harder than I had imagined to think of something to do with my feet. I guess I take for granted how much I actually use my hands. The only thing I could think of was a soccer ball haha. Well still lovin' the beginning exercise, reminds me of scatting. well hope we do it again tomorrow...

Goofiness 101

I've pretty much decided that this is the perfect class for bringing the crazy goofy person out of all of us. I really feel that this class gives us the opprotunity to throw out all insecurities and really just enjoy throwing ourselves into new characters. This class is so much more fun if you are willing to just throw all your insecurities out the door and just get into the moment.
So who cares is you look completely ridiculous, enjoy it, because where else can you feel free enough to do this!?!?!?!?

Tuesdays class

I just have to say that i love that opening exercise we've been doing where we stomp our feet and then he talks in giberish and we repeat! I just love it! haha but class tuesday was fun "moving an object" without actually moving it is alot harder than it seems...or do i make it out harder than it really is? lol who knows! Especially when we're working in groups because all basically have to be in sync and on the same page! But im still having fun and learning more about focus and concentration with acting! See ya tomorrow!

Acting Class Object Movement

During the last acting class there were several important things I learned. The first major thing I discovered was that it is extremely difficult to move an object unless you are really able to "see" it. Although it might seem easy to move an invisible box for example there was an extreme amount of difficulty in this task since I was unable to picture the box completely. Specifics such as figuring out what was in the box, what color was the box, what kind of movements the box would make to adjust to holding it. All of these details I will have to be more conscious of in the future.

In conclusion I feel that there is a great amount of concentration that must go into acting in a way that is not only important to the audience viewing the performance but in effect also believable in your own mind. I think that these two main concepts will help me to better experience the process of acting in the future.