Green Valley Cafe for breakfast. Saw the grandparents midday. Did some school work on economics and got an A. Watched The Rookie, The Strangers, and Zodiac.
The rest?
Maybe read a play for work, The Birthday Party, may practice my lines.
The valley ain't so bad.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
a day makes all the difference
Yesterday I got my stage directions that I have to incorporate into my performance. Let's just say I was a little overwhelmed. 41 lines of dialogue, 25 different stage directions, in the dark, talking to an invisible interviewer, seventeen minutes long, with no cuts, performed in front of a live audience.
Rehearsal yesterday was by far my worst one yet. Trying to incorporate all the new stage directions into the lines of dialogue resulted in a robotic performance. I felt like the lowest rung in the muck and mire of mediocrity. If you could mix horse shit, dog shit, pig shit, cat piss, a frat guy's puke, and the piece of gum on the bottom of my shoe together... you would only have a slight glimpse of my rehearsal yesterday. I was so down after that I started to question everything. Whether or not I want to really act. Or only be a writer. Or do neither and go back to the thought of agent or manager.
So what did I do? I practiced.
And today was another rehearsal. The stage directions were seamless. The lines flowed in the EX GI's voice. When I was saying them, it was as if I was no longer myself and had finally switched over, from me to the character.
Within a day I went from almost quitting acting, (having this one act being my first and only performance), to feeling the best I have ever felt about it.
What a crazy mind I live in.
Rehearsal yesterday was by far my worst one yet. Trying to incorporate all the new stage directions into the lines of dialogue resulted in a robotic performance. I felt like the lowest rung in the muck and mire of mediocrity. If you could mix horse shit, dog shit, pig shit, cat piss, a frat guy's puke, and the piece of gum on the bottom of my shoe together... you would only have a slight glimpse of my rehearsal yesterday. I was so down after that I started to question everything. Whether or not I want to really act. Or only be a writer. Or do neither and go back to the thought of agent or manager.
So what did I do? I practiced.
And today was another rehearsal. The stage directions were seamless. The lines flowed in the EX GI's voice. When I was saying them, it was as if I was no longer myself and had finally switched over, from me to the character.
Within a day I went from almost quitting acting, (having this one act being my first and only performance), to feeling the best I have ever felt about it.
What a crazy mind I live in.
Monday, May 25, 2009
searching for a character...
Went and saw Angels and Demons tonight. I thought it turned out to be a really good thriller. Then I started thinking about Dan Brown's character Robert Langdon and other writers and their characters. I mean when you think about it, if you can create ONE great character then your work is at least half way done for you.
Just listen to this: Stan Lee had Peter Parker, Matt Murdock, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Thor, Bob Kane and Bill Finger had Bruce Wayne, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster had Clark Kent, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby had Steve Rogers, Dan Brown has Robert Langdon, Michael Connelly has Harry Bosch, Clive Cussler has Dirk Pitt, Thomas Harris has Hannibal Lecter, Tom Clancey has Jack Ryan, and Ian Fleming had James Bond. AND THAT'S ONLY NAMING A FEW! The list goes on and on.
The character is the answer to the writer's question.
Just listen to this: Stan Lee had Peter Parker, Matt Murdock, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Thor, Bob Kane and Bill Finger had Bruce Wayne, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster had Clark Kent, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby had Steve Rogers, Dan Brown has Robert Langdon, Michael Connelly has Harry Bosch, Clive Cussler has Dirk Pitt, Thomas Harris has Hannibal Lecter, Tom Clancey has Jack Ryan, and Ian Fleming had James Bond. AND THAT'S ONLY NAMING A FEW! The list goes on and on.
The character is the answer to the writer's question.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
off book
Haven't had rehearsal since Monday and for the next one tomorrow our director wants us to be off book. Looks like I have some practicing to do.
Be back in a few hours...
Be back in a few hours...
Saturday, May 23, 2009
The Curious Case of...
Watched Benjamin Button's life tonight.
Although many people I've talked to say that it was just okay, I thought it was great. Could eventually go on the list of one of my favorites.
Maybe that's just cause I can relate to it a little more.
P.S. I also watched Terminator Salvation today. The streak continues! Four summer movies in four weeks!
Although many people I've talked to say that it was just okay, I thought it was great. Could eventually go on the list of one of my favorites.
Maybe that's just cause I can relate to it a little more.
P.S. I also watched Terminator Salvation today. The streak continues! Four summer movies in four weeks!
Friday, May 22, 2009
GWH
That's what I'm going to start calling it from now on, and by "it" I mean Good Will Hunting. I watched it tonight AGAIN, and guess what? NO SURPRISE, still the best film ever written. There is not a single weak line of dialogue. I could probably watch it for another 100 years and not get sick of it. Other people in my dorm wanted to watch it and I was like "I don't know, I've seen it like a million times." But then I watched and am sure glad I did!
So great!
It makes me want to start writing the sequel.
So great!
It makes me want to start writing the sequel.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
busy, butterflies, and bored
It's been a busy couple of days.
Had the read through on Monday and it went really well. I got extremely nervous before I was about to go because about thirty minutes before it was time I got a text from my director changing the stage directions around. We hadn't rehearsed what she wanted to do and I would be doing it for the first time and it would be in front of my professor and all the other directors. So I was a little nervous. It was like the episode of Entourage when Ed Burns changes Drama's sitting monologue to a walking monologue and Drama freaks out. It wasn't quite as intense but similar nonetheless. Anyways, I did fine with the stage direction changes and when I sat down on stage and was about to start all the butterflies flew away. So that has to count for something, right? Then the next day my professor, who is also the professor for the directing class told me I did a good job, so that was refreshing to hear.
Haven't had another rehearsal since Monday, so one should be soon.
I registered for classes today for next quarter. Marketing, Managerial Accounting, History, and Writing. We'll see how that turns out.
In terms of my character development... I have the walk down, I have the voice (mostly) down, I hope I have the emotionality down, now it's just a matter of mastering my lines.
Had the read through on Monday and it went really well. I got extremely nervous before I was about to go because about thirty minutes before it was time I got a text from my director changing the stage directions around. We hadn't rehearsed what she wanted to do and I would be doing it for the first time and it would be in front of my professor and all the other directors. So I was a little nervous. It was like the episode of Entourage when Ed Burns changes Drama's sitting monologue to a walking monologue and Drama freaks out. It wasn't quite as intense but similar nonetheless. Anyways, I did fine with the stage direction changes and when I sat down on stage and was about to start all the butterflies flew away. So that has to count for something, right? Then the next day my professor, who is also the professor for the directing class told me I did a good job, so that was refreshing to hear.
Haven't had another rehearsal since Monday, so one should be soon.
I registered for classes today for next quarter. Marketing, Managerial Accounting, History, and Writing. We'll see how that turns out.
In terms of my character development... I have the walk down, I have the voice (mostly) down, I hope I have the emotionality down, now it's just a matter of mastering my lines.
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