The Fall

I'm not entirely sure what I got out of The Fall. If anything, I got out that you can't live your life alone. Roy would have killed himself if Alexandria hadn't come along. Roy was basically telling his story and his struggles through the story he was telling Alexandria. Alexandria, being a little girl loves life unlike Roy. So when Roy wanted to kill himself off, Alexandria didn't want him to. Alexandria eventually got so attached to Roy and the story, she didn't want the character to die. She eventually figured out that the main character in the story was Roy and she didn't want Roy to die. In life, you need a friend to always be at your side to talk to about the deeper things in life. Suicide may seem like a way out but if you really think aabout you're hurting yourself and everyone that loves you a thousand times more.

Self Criticism on last week's Project

Voice

-Too fast
-cut offs are awkward because I'm the only one speaking
-Minor characters need a more distinct voice from the main characters
-Studder/Mumble-like at times
-Spanish is off

Visual

-Props are SO TERRIBLE
-Attire is inappropriate for a higher class of person
-Too hunched over at the "typewriter"
-Unclear as to where the person I'm talking to is

I'm just wondering what I'll be doing for the next week now.

Answers to Qvestions #1 and #2

Questions #1

1) I worked better alone because I was able to do what I wanted without any conflict. I'm comfortable in either situation. Although, I would rather work with other people. It makes the experience more enjoyable and I'm able to learn more communications skills as it is rare I will be preforming on my own in the future. Plus I like being able to have community at all times.
2) I learned more on how to manipulate my voice to sound like different people which was something I expected to learn.
3) I learned how to block myself which I didn't expect to learn. I had an idea of how to block myself but I never had the opportunity to do so because the director was telling me my blocking but since I was both the actor and director, I had to both. I thought I would be portraying more than one character in more of a monologue type style so that's why I didn't expect to improve my blocking skills.
4) I actually I learned everything that I expected to learn.
5) I think my project went fantastically. I knew all my lines and said them fluently. I had all the different voices down to make it seem like I was multiple people. I knew the blocking well and I hit the punch lines at the right time and with the correct attitude and got laughs out of them.

Questions #2

1) I used all the time I had to work. I doubted I would be able to memorize all 9 pages of the scene and have the voices, blocking etc, down by that Friday so I worked whenever I had the time too.
2) I didn't think too much about the work. I had a rough idea as to what I wanted it to be like from the start so as I went along I tweaked what needed to be fixed.
3) I feel as if everything I did was real work. Yes, one might say watching the Fawlty Towers scene that I was preforming was not working but I was talking along with the voices trying to mimic them and get the feel of the high class accent. So that to me is studying my roles, not goofing off.
4) I didn't socialize very much. If I was talking to other people, it was me acting as their community. Scott LaMarca and I were community for each other. I helped him fix his Italian pronunciations while he gave me feedback on my scene.
5) I used my community as a way to get feedback and to practice in front of an audience. More to practice in front of an audience so I get used to a reaction and getting the feel of my performance with people watching.
6) My performance was too fast because I was nevous, my Spanish accent needed work, I didn't have a good costume or props because I didn't have the chance or access to better ones and I didn't have sounds for the reception bell because I didn't get the chance to get a bell and find a way to use it when I was away from the reception desk.
7) Although I enjoyed this experience, I want to something different. I really want to sing Italian music. Scott LaMarca and I are already thinking of singing 'O Sole Mio together with the idea of a bass/baritone and tenor harmony. I've done acting for most of my projects in STAC and I really want to do singing. If anything, I enjoy singing more than I do acting because singing includes acting but the emotional level is much happening. The reason singing is incorporated into a musicial is because the moment rises to a point where words aren't enough to express how the character feels so he or she goes into song. So for my next step or project for the next intensive week, I would like sing Italian songs, probably more on the classical side with Scott. It will be a good learning experience for the both of us.

Last Day of the Intensive

Today I practiced my scenes with their props and coreagraphy and I feel I'm ready! I know all my lines and can switch in between voices correctly. Not going to lie, I am a little nervous, as I've never preformed as multiple characters before but I'm sure I'll be fine. If it was something I have done before, I wouldn't be nervous but since it's not, I guess that's the only reason I have to justify it. We'll see how it goes tomorrow!

Intensive Day 3

Today was productive. I got all the coreagraphy down and I know all the props I need. Now it's a matter of putting it all together. Should be interesting. I wish I could watch myself preforming it because I have no idea how this is going to turn out!

Intensive Day 2

I made great progress today. I have memorized the entire script. Line wise, I need to work on my Spanish pronunciation for the part of Manuel but besides that, I'm in good shape. I've decided when I preform, I am going to the bocking in the Point of View (POW) Basil, the main character. All lines said not by Basil will still be said by me but with a slightly different voice. I figured out I need a picture frame, a plate, a cup, papers, and a newspaper as props. These certain things are needed to understand a few punch lines. I will definitely be ready to preform on Friday!

Intensive Day One

After a first day of the intensive week, I think I am headed in a good direction. First off, I should say I am preforming a few scenes from the TV show Fawlty Towers, a British TV show from the 1970s. I will be playing as all characters to experience how it would be to portray multiple characters at one time. So far, I feel like I am getting the high class accent well. I've memorized 4 of the 9 pages I chose to preform so I think I am in great shape for the first day. I hope to memorize at least another 3 pages tomorrow and then the last 2 on Wednesday so by Thursday I can do a complete run through and have a good idea how the preformance will look on Friday.

The Creative Habit Questions

1. The first creative moment I can remember was at Disney World and want on stage to be a part of a pick up "preformance" of Beauty and the Beast. I was roughly 5 or 6 years old and coincidentally this moment sparked my interest in acting.
2. My family was there to appreciate it and to encourage me. After the production, I said that I liked the experience and my parents started explaining what acting was to me and from then on, I wanted to be an actor.
3. I'm not sure what my best idea was but I assume I could say it would be to pursue acting. It's become such a passion for me, it feels like part of my life that I can't part with. Life wouldn't be the same without acting in my life.
4. What made it great in my mind at the time was having the opportunity to be someone else. I wanted to be someone I wasn't and I still do because I find it interesting to see how other people with a different personality may act.
5/6. The dumbest idea I had (or at the dumbest I can think of) is not wanting to do a singing competition because I would get judged. My excuse was that I didn't want to get judged on something I love to do because it took the fun out of it. But no matter where or what I do, I'll be judged for it whether I like it or know it or not. So after being convinced and after I convinced myself, I sucked it up and joined the competiton.
7. To be perfectly honest, I have no idea what led me to this idea. Probably the fact that I thought all competitions are based of popularity and not who actually is most talented or qualified. I still think that but I just sucked it up and did the competition anyway.