so this one was primarily focused on the energy, or as i like to call it "chi" of the group. To recap the experience, the group basically got into a circle and each individual person channeled their own respective energies through the circle. it really got me feeling emotionally connected to, as mr.bonne likes to call it, my inner child. What he said really holds true. That society pressures you to become more mature, and to really be a great actor you must be true to yourself and channel your inner child and let loose all of the feelings that you have.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
big project!
For my big projet i am doin a "dansicle". Which is basically a movie, that instead of having songs, has dances to convey feelings and scenes. I am doing this project with Becky, Cassie, and Mich. this project will give me chance to actually learn how to dance........as well as act a bt and learn a different style of fiming
Today (tuesday) my group and i are going to research how to properly film dance, by viewing various dance films and reading about how to film it. Thursday my group and i will most likely still be researching how to film dance, but we will also be reaserching various dance styles, and how we can incorperate them into our plot.
Today (tuesday) my group and i are going to research how to properly film dance, by viewing various dance films and reading about how to film it. Thursday my group and i will most likely still be researching how to film dance, but we will also be reaserching various dance styles, and how we can incorperate them into our plot.
today was with mr.jim bonnie
it was one of the most reliving and aweosme experiances ever. Its amazing how calming it could be to scream your lungs out and releasing raw emotions even if it does leave you with a sore throat. I was amazed at how good it felt to be able to actually let loose and belt out "no's" and "yess's" and its amazing how you are able to pull out emotions from your everyday like that atre pent up and direct them at someone doing the same. Not onlt was it fun and relieving, but in the grand scheme of things, i thihk that it actually helped my acting. It made me see that not only do i need to put the character's emotions into a piece but my own as well. I literally need to become my character in mind and body.
it was one of the most reliving and aweosme experiances ever. Its amazing how calming it could be to scream your lungs out and releasing raw emotions even if it does leave you with a sore throat. I was amazed at how good it felt to be able to actually let loose and belt out "no's" and "yess's" and its amazing how you are able to pull out emotions from your everyday like that atre pent up and direct them at someone doing the same. Not onlt was it fun and relieving, but in the grand scheme of things, i thihk that it actually helped my acting. It made me see that not only do i need to put the character's emotions into a piece but my own as well. I literally need to become my character in mind and body.
What i got out of that second session with Mr. jim bonnie was that an line can be said in many different ways. It was really all about the subtext of a line that really gives it its meaning.For example the like "you have such pretty eyes" can be said angrily, gleefully, sadly, or fearfully. It really doesnt matter how you say it al long as your point gets put across and the character that you are trying to portray is protrayed correctly. If you say that line with fear, the subtext anger the subtext may be jealousy. If you say it with glee the subtext may be sincerity. If the line is said with fear, the subtext may be that the person is afraid of fejection. If the line is said with sadnessm the subtext may be that the person remembers somoene that they miss.....with lovely eyes....
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
pandora's box
To be frank, i did not enjoy Pandora's box. Here are the reasons why
- I am not a huge fan of scilent movies. I get extremely annoyed that i cant hear sound other then that darn piano ( alothough i do give props to the pianist for his/her improv of the score). After about thirty minutes i have this burning desire to hear something, anything, other then that piano. I also was not pleased by the fact that the movie only gave you minimal diologue. I understand why they did it- to make people not focus on what is being said but why and how it is being said- but i found it frustrating to know that people are taking but not see what they are saying. In that entrie two and a half hour movie there was probabily about 30 lines of diologue that was shown.
- Another thing that i did not like about this movie was the fact that it dragged along at some points. For example, in the act where they are on the boat, i felt that some aspects of the plot could have been cut out. For another example, i dont think that they needed to have the subplot of the man asking Lulu for the $20000. I beleve that it was both an excuse for that character to die, and an excuse to throw a reoccuring theme of the movie back into it (that money corrupts).
- All things aside however, i found Louise Brooks to be enthralling. Even though I dont find her to be the prettiest woman in the world, i think she is an amazing actress. She is the reason that i was able to keep up with what was happening in the movie and how other characters were related to the movie's plot. As we said in class, Louise only acts as herself because that is all she knows how to do. This is most likely why she is so good. In silent films it is common for characters to overexaggerate their movements and actions, so that the viewer may have a clearer understanding as to what is going on, since there is no dialogue. However, Louise did not need any of these gimmics because she portraid her emotions and actions so realistically that her audience could actually connect to what she was feeling or doing, and actually know what she was feeling/doing.
- I also enjoyed various shots in the movie, like the "down to hell" shot where they assend the stairs to the gambling parlor, or the shot where the son of the editor finds his father dying and looks up at Lulu holding the pistol next to the painting,or the scene where Lulu is on her bed and the light is shining on her face and there is a kind of divinity to her.
Im one for classics but i much rather prefer them with a soundtrack and some diologue, i guess im just not a melodramatic silent movie type of guy.
- I am not a huge fan of scilent movies. I get extremely annoyed that i cant hear sound other then that darn piano ( alothough i do give props to the pianist for his/her improv of the score). After about thirty minutes i have this burning desire to hear something, anything, other then that piano. I also was not pleased by the fact that the movie only gave you minimal diologue. I understand why they did it- to make people not focus on what is being said but why and how it is being said- but i found it frustrating to know that people are taking but not see what they are saying. In that entrie two and a half hour movie there was probabily about 30 lines of diologue that was shown.
- Another thing that i did not like about this movie was the fact that it dragged along at some points. For example, in the act where they are on the boat, i felt that some aspects of the plot could have been cut out. For another example, i dont think that they needed to have the subplot of the man asking Lulu for the $20000. I beleve that it was both an excuse for that character to die, and an excuse to throw a reoccuring theme of the movie back into it (that money corrupts).
- All things aside however, i found Louise Brooks to be enthralling. Even though I dont find her to be the prettiest woman in the world, i think she is an amazing actress. She is the reason that i was able to keep up with what was happening in the movie and how other characters were related to the movie's plot. As we said in class, Louise only acts as herself because that is all she knows how to do. This is most likely why she is so good. In silent films it is common for characters to overexaggerate their movements and actions, so that the viewer may have a clearer understanding as to what is going on, since there is no dialogue. However, Louise did not need any of these gimmics because she portraid her emotions and actions so realistically that her audience could actually connect to what she was feeling or doing, and actually know what she was feeling/doing.
- I also enjoyed various shots in the movie, like the "down to hell" shot where they assend the stairs to the gambling parlor, or the shot where the son of the editor finds his father dying and looks up at Lulu holding the pistol next to the painting,or the scene where Lulu is on her bed and the light is shining on her face and there is a kind of divinity to her.
Im one for classics but i much rather prefer them with a soundtrack and some diologue, i guess im just not a melodramatic silent movie type of guy.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
josE and the paperback hooligans
Since i have already posted my core values and ennigran test and then rethought and did them i want to just add on to what my results were:
3rd core value: Destiny and the road of your life
Im a big believer in karma and that every action has a reaction...not necessairly the butterfly effect but i guess a diluted version of it.
problems:
Time:
I'm facinated by time and thus one of my core values is destiny. What i try to figure out is wheather life is according to the "Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" where everything is predetermined and you trying to stop it only makes it happen, or if like abides by the "Back to the Future" rules, that you can change your destiny.
Enigram test:
after re taking the test (as honestly as i could) i got these results:
i'm an 8 and a 3 equally with an 8 wing seven
I couldnt agree more
I have the shutoutness of an 8, but also the loyalty. I find that i have a hard outter shell and find it hard to truly trust people but if i can then im as loyal as a dog.
I also have the "get shit done" mentality of a 3 (even though that darn 8 wing 7 screws me over sometimes) once i start something it is like a freight train to get it done and once its done....im not exactly one for modesty.
8wing7: its true, when i get on stage that is. I get on the stage, or in the hot seat and i cant possibly get enough of it. I feel hyperenergetic and my mind rushes at 100000 mph. but i guess that could be the 3 in there mixing with my 8/7.
3rd core value: Destiny and the road of your life
Im a big believer in karma and that every action has a reaction...not necessairly the butterfly effect but i guess a diluted version of it.
problems:
Time:
I'm facinated by time and thus one of my core values is destiny. What i try to figure out is wheather life is according to the "Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" where everything is predetermined and you trying to stop it only makes it happen, or if like abides by the "Back to the Future" rules, that you can change your destiny.
Enigram test:
after re taking the test (as honestly as i could) i got these results:
i'm an 8 and a 3 equally with an 8 wing seven
I couldnt agree more
I have the shutoutness of an 8, but also the loyalty. I find that i have a hard outter shell and find it hard to truly trust people but if i can then im as loyal as a dog.
I also have the "get shit done" mentality of a 3 (even though that darn 8 wing 7 screws me over sometimes) once i start something it is like a freight train to get it done and once its done....im not exactly one for modesty.
8wing7: its true, when i get on stage that is. I get on the stage, or in the hot seat and i cant possibly get enough of it. I feel hyperenergetic and my mind rushes at 100000 mph. but i guess that could be the 3 in there mixing with my 8/7.
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