OCTOBER 13th - 17th
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR BEGINNING ACTING

MONDAY, OCTOBER 13TH:

Establishing the reality of the scene:

Journal: What does the location look like in which the scene takes place?

Create the physical reality in which the scene takes place:

Where is the scene taking place?

What does the area look like?

What are the sounds you hear in this space in which the scene takes place?

What are the smells, the aromas in this space? Does the scene take place on a busy street in a large city in the summer? If so, then the odors will probably be of diesel fuel and car exhaust. Does the scene take place in a forest in the fall? Then the air will probably be filled with pungent cedar. It’s your scene - make it up so that it’s real to you and that it means something to you.

What is the temperature of the space? Is it hot and sultry or chilly and windy?

The Entrance Game!

A character always makes an entrance coming from somewhere else. Have you ever seen a character make an entrance where s/he were suppose to have been walking in the snow but the actor makes no attempt at showing that s/he has been in cold, wet weather? In this assignment, you are playing a character who has been in a specific situation or in a particular weather condition and you are now coming home. There should be no dialogue. The assignment should last about one minute.

Here are some situations you might want to consider. Choose one or you may create your own:

Walking ten blocks in Hollywood in 100 degree heat.

Running home in the rain.

Walking home in ill-fitting shoes.

Walking home really having to use the bathroom.

Walking home in chilly, snowy weather.

Walking home after being suspended from school.

Walking home after someone you like tells you h/she likes you back.

Walking home from school on your birthday knowing that your parents have planned something nice for you.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH:

Shortened day!

The Entrance Game!

Assign rehearsal schedules and performance dates for scenes.

Work with first scene today.


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15TH:

The Entrance Game!

Journal (Substitution):

Person/Place and Thing: Go through your script and write a brief story surround every person or place that is mentioned in your script. Personalize the story so that when your character is talking about someone in her/his life you are referring to someone in your own life with whom you have a similar relationship.

Today I will work with another scene.

If I am not working with you then you must run (rehearse) your scene a minimum of five times complete with movement, lines and intention.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16TH:

SAME AS WEDNESDAY.


FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17TH:

Watch Uta Hagen’s RESPECT FOR ACTING and Johnny Depp at the Actor’s Studio.