Titanic Theater: April 2016

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

scene study journal april 26, 2016

didn't do too much in class today, as kim was working on the second half of the play. I will have here on Wednesday though to work on my monologues. I also planned out some loose blocking notes with my partner

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Scene Study and realism 3/31/16

Re assembled the set, shared my sketched set design with the class (i printed extra copies). we got some rehersal done today, but not as much as i'd like.

Scene Study and realism: 3/29/16

Kim's out today. Sent instructions with leslie, who deputized faye to run class. Spent most of it prepping the set for Miss Julie, which took longer than we expected.

Scene Study and realism 4/7/16

Kim's recommitted herself and the class towards observing actor's etiquette better. I for one am relieved, as lax discipline causes problems in this kind of field. I'm really happy that things are moving forward!

Scene Study and realism 4/5/16

It took a lot of work but.... I got off book! Most of the class seems not to be at that point yet though. Ah well, At least i'm ready!

Scene study and realism. 4/14/16

We got a bit behind on our plans this semester. kim is having us focus more on miss julie than on clayborne park, which will turn into a scripted scene. My acting partner is now exclusively Cara, as Julie 3 for this scene. There is a stage kiss, and some stage combat so we talked about the saftey intimacy comfort levels and techniques for us. She knows some stage kiss tricks, that kim might have us use. She's worried about the slap, and the distance involved (i'm supposed to have her up against a table) i'm a tad nervous about my contacts with her hanchercief when something is supposed to be in my eyes. I guess we'll see where kim has us go with this on tuesday

Friday, April 8, 2016

Devised theater: 4/7/16

After some really, really cool contact improv warmups (pinkies, and noses!!) we went back to working with our "mike lee" scenes. We got some great handouts that explained how such techniques turn into a movie by mike lee, and were told to do 4 scenes total. That was 2 solo scenes for each character, then two combined scenes based on those alone.

My "Dan" went second. "Reynolds" basically was playing guitar at home guy. once again, "Dan" spent his Sunday afternoon, playing video games, trolling on FB, and looking at porn on 4chan.

Their first meeting was at a gas station. "Dan" tried to grab "Reynolds" attention, by having him look at a centerfold of Jessica Nigri, the professional cosplayer in a "game informer" magazine. "Reynolds" shied away, as "Dan" accused him of not being american, being a Canadian etc....

The final scene, was a reprise of the hospital scene with my "Dan" suffering from carpal tunnel. They had some "hey it was you" banter, and got in each other's faces a bit with verbal banter. Was a lot of fun.

Likewise, the other groups did some amazing things. There was the "bad at yoga" gal, and the "guy from high school picking up chicks" guy, and the "press button over and over on redbox" gamer geek. Really, really, nice stuff.

Devised Theater : 4/5/16

Today we focused on "mike lee" technique. We did some basic warm-ups to put us into his basic style, that is to be someone else that we know very well that's our gender, and about the same age as us. part of this was achieved by filling out some paperwork on two candidates. Our "mike lee" classmate had us do some scenes in pairs, as well as some personal "Sunday afternoon" time as our character.

My guy "Dan" spent his Sunday afternoon playing video games, looking at porn on 4 chan, and arguing with people on Fb.

He met "Reynolds" at the hospital, after getting carpal tunnel from too much time at the computer. It was a lot of fun mimicking the very distinctive "asshole" mannerisms, and phrases that my friend throws off constantly. Got some great banter in with my partner. :)