I started Quarter Three with a full
cup of knowledge on acting that wasn’t necessarily very advanced or
professional. Most of my knowledge of acting is more musical theatre based and
not so much film acting or drama acting. I want knowledge of each type of
acting so I have more options open to me in the future. The more I know about
the different types of acting, the better actor I will be. At the end of
Quarter Three, I explored a film/drama type of acting and my skills have
improved greatly. I’ve learned numerous techniques and methods to act and make
it seem like real life. Acting is essentially an actual conversation but with
scripted words. I have a much better sense of what film/drama type acting is.
This journey learning how to become
a better film/drama actor was not an easy one. I've learned that one of my main
problems is that I'm too focused on being correct. I was not letting things
happen spontaneously in a scene. I was searching for a particular way for
something to be done and that simply doesn't exist. Every scene is done
differently. Everyday you will bring something different to the scene. A
different director may have a different view from another director. There are
so many variables that there can't be one set way to do something. Part of me
has always wanted to make sure I'm doing whatever I'm doing correctly and since
there is no correct way of doing a scene, it made learning this film/drama type
of acting very difficult for me. But I must say I’m proud of myself for
sticking through all the problems and moving forward. Once I was taught how
something should look, I went off and explored the lesson. I practiced a lot.
Eventually, I had a breakthrough. I started listening more
closely to my scene partner. This greatly changed the way I act as it's much
more like a real conversation. Acting and real life have one main difference;
acting has the words all planned out and most of the time in real life you do
not. The other breakthrough I felt I had is acting more like myself. I was not
trying to be someone else. I was reacting as I would in the scene and bringing
something to the scene rather than attempting to be something else. Of course
as one problem is solved and a breakthrough has been reached, another problem
opens up so the learning continues.
Going and practicing what I learned really helped.
Also, pondering on my practices and what I was learning really helped. I need
to analyze new things that I learn so I can remember the concept in the future.
I regret being so stressed over learning these new types of acting. I stress
over everything and that definitely does not change when it comes to learning
new acting methods. But my dreams to pursue a career in acting inspired me to
go further. Even though I find musical theatre the most fun for me, I know
learning an film/drama acting will greatly benefit me in the future.
For fourth quarter, I plan to continue practicing film/drama
type acting. I will most likely study another scene and analyze it for beats,
objectives and tactics as I did this quarter. As I’ve said, the more you
practice, the better you’ll get and I want to be the best I can be. I studied a
play this quarter so maybe next quarter I’ll study more film scenes than drama
scenes. I plan to make the most out of my last quarter as a high school
sophomore.
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