I Do Fail
Tonight we began with a circle and we discussed… something. I forget. Then I showed everyone my tattoo. It was sweeeeet.
Then we got up and just did some opening activities with our partner; stretching, vocal etc. We then gave each other a hand and arm massage. Under normal circumstances, I don’t like being touched but tonight it was nice. It felt relaxing and totally comfortable.
But let’s get down to the bulk of tonight’s work shall we?
We began work on our scenes, which makes me happy because I like to work on scenes, with an Italian Line Run. Normally I am good at Italian Line Runs, but tonight I was not on top of things. With 3 acting projects on the go, things are getting a little bit mixed up and over scheduled and I am just behind in everything. Anyway, I felt bad for having to keep looking at the script, especially when Graham and I had a big chat about patience. But we got through it and we both felt that we need to work on emotions in this scene. It is a very emotional scene, in which a man must commit a murder that he is not sure he wants to do. It’s quite touching (everyone read Othello!).
We kept messing up and stuff, but we got the rhythm eventually. It’s a very powerful scene, and there is a lot of physicality as well as important speech. It’s really important that we get across what the scene is about in our actions and emotions, because most people have trouble understanding Shakespeare. I am going to try to work on my expressions and get into a Desdemona like state of timidity and submissiveness.
When Raymon asked who wanted to show their scene, I really didn’t care. Graham volunteered us so I went with the flow.
When we began rehearsing the scene some time ago, I remember Graham timidly asking me if it was ok if he kissed me on the forehead. I am a pretty easy going actor, I mean like, this class has taught me to cross my own boundaries (not that kissing is one) and enter into another person’s. It was just something that had to be done, well, it WAS in the script. Haha.
But whenever we would practice, he would just say “… and then I kiss you…” Personally, I thought it was funny that he wouldn’t do it, but that’s why it shocked me so much when he did it in front of the class. But I knew I had to keep the scene going.
Our scene is so powerful, and we need to maintain this power throughout the entire scene. I am excited to see where the suggestions from everyone take us, hopefully to a whole other realm of intensity. I know there is going to be some slapping and grabbing, but I seriously wasn’t ready for when Graham grabbed my shoulders so close to my new tattoo. Ouch!
Tonight we began with a circle and we discussed… something. I forget. Then I showed everyone my tattoo. It was sweeeeet.
Then we got up and just did some opening activities with our partner; stretching, vocal etc. We then gave each other a hand and arm massage. Under normal circumstances, I don’t like being touched but tonight it was nice. It felt relaxing and totally comfortable.
But let’s get down to the bulk of tonight’s work shall we?
We began work on our scenes, which makes me happy because I like to work on scenes, with an Italian Line Run. Normally I am good at Italian Line Runs, but tonight I was not on top of things. With 3 acting projects on the go, things are getting a little bit mixed up and over scheduled and I am just behind in everything. Anyway, I felt bad for having to keep looking at the script, especially when Graham and I had a big chat about patience. But we got through it and we both felt that we need to work on emotions in this scene. It is a very emotional scene, in which a man must commit a murder that he is not sure he wants to do. It’s quite touching (everyone read Othello!).
We kept messing up and stuff, but we got the rhythm eventually. It’s a very powerful scene, and there is a lot of physicality as well as important speech. It’s really important that we get across what the scene is about in our actions and emotions, because most people have trouble understanding Shakespeare. I am going to try to work on my expressions and get into a Desdemona like state of timidity and submissiveness.
When Raymon asked who wanted to show their scene, I really didn’t care. Graham volunteered us so I went with the flow.
When we began rehearsing the scene some time ago, I remember Graham timidly asking me if it was ok if he kissed me on the forehead. I am a pretty easy going actor, I mean like, this class has taught me to cross my own boundaries (not that kissing is one) and enter into another person’s. It was just something that had to be done, well, it WAS in the script. Haha.
But whenever we would practice, he would just say “… and then I kiss you…” Personally, I thought it was funny that he wouldn’t do it, but that’s why it shocked me so much when he did it in front of the class. But I knew I had to keep the scene going.
Our scene is so powerful, and we need to maintain this power throughout the entire scene. I am excited to see where the suggestions from everyone take us, hopefully to a whole other realm of intensity. I know there is going to be some slapping and grabbing, but I seriously wasn’t ready for when Graham grabbed my shoulders so close to my new tattoo. Ouch!
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