October 8th - 12th Agenda for Beginning Acting

OCTOBER 8TH - OCTOBER 12TH
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
BEGINNING ACTING


Monday, October 8th:

I am not going to be here today, so please work on your scenes with your partner. If your partner is not here, then please stay inside and work on your journals and/or learn your lines.

Please be aware that when you perform your scene you must present your acting notebook. The notebook should include the “Who-What-Where-How” journals and the “Day in the Life” journals.

I have noticed that many of you are not writing the journals, so when I ask you a specific question, I still get the, “I dunno. The script doesn’t say....” Please bear in mind that the journals are a major grade and that they DO help you in the creation of your character. I DON’T want to ask you again to describe the girlfriend who just broke up with you and hear, “I dunno - the script doesn’t say.”
YOU create the reality of your character by writing and transferring the emotional memories of your life to what is applicable to your character’s life.

Tuesday, October 9th:

Shortened day!

Warm-ups!
Vocal and physical warm-ups.
Emotion and sense memory exercises.

Work on “A Day in the Life of” journal.

Today I will work with one scene. Everyone else work on your scenes with your scene partner - that means running your scene once as a warm-up, and then four more times with blocking and business, and exploring the characters.

As part of your assignment, look for photos (from magazines, the internet) that remind you of certain things in your character’s life. If you like to draw and your drawings can adequately show aspects from your character’s life, then you may draw sketches. The sketches or photos or pictures can represent such aspects of your character’s life as his/her home, family, friends, your character's home town and/or the workplace, etc.


Wednesday, October 10th:

Same


Thursday, October 11th:

Same
Friday, October 12th:

Theatre Games!

Today, the following scenes will be performed:

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE SCENES WILL BE VIDEOTAPED.

Terence and Roxanna in CONVICTS.

David and Richard in DMV

The class will participate in critiquing the scenes and then the actors will review the tape of their work and write a reflection on their scenes.

On Tuesday, October 16th:

Julius, David, Melissa and Tatevik will present RITES

On Thursday, October 18th:

Julius (you’re a busy guy!) and Luz will perform NO PLACE TO BE NOBODY.

Please be aware that when you present your scenes you must present your journals and pictures, etc. to me at the same time.