Monday 20/2/2012

I skipped last friday's post because everybody performed their skits. #likeaboss.

Today as Monday, the 2 separate classes merges. Monday is the only day to merge. I kinda enjoyed today's lesson because it just got a little more in-depth, including breathing exercises, tapping each other's butt, and the 'choose-a-partner-and-provide-response-to-them exercise.

For me, the most significant activity today was the butt-touching one. One must touch the partner's butt without getting your own butt touched by your partner, but the catch was you have to taunt with your butt to your partner, providing an opening. Then in the midst of it, Rey changes the mood of the scenes, examples like doing it slow motion, fast-motion, ballade-style, sexily, and angrily. This is significant to me because I learnt that the butt-touching was like activities on a stage. To create a scene, one must give and take, provide openings and opportunities for the other actor, as well as grasping the opportunities given the openings of the other actor. I conclude that this activity was a form of chemistry that one must harness between oneself and with other actors.

Note to self: Next class will be a 1 minute ++ monologue phone conversation. This is our first ever monologue scene. I hate writing the beat sheet, because I'll never understand it.

Another enrichment detail to keep: Laughter spoils acting.

Yours truly,

Josh

Monday 13/2/2012

We kicked started today's lesson with the usual walk-around warm up.

For this journal, I'll just be answering the object exercises that Rey has given us. This is to help emphasize the focus on the 1 minute/2 minute play in terms of purpose, objective, and what-you-want out of it.

Who am I?

- I am a student.

Where am I?

- I'm in my bedroom.

What time is it?

- It's lunch time.

What surrounds me?

- Toiletries and a pail.

What are my relationships?

- Annoyed situation.

What are the given circumstances?

- I'm having a major diarrhea

WHAT DO I WANT?

- To get this shit out of my ass.

WHAT IS IN MY WAY?

- The toilet door is stuck, zipper is stuck, the flush will not work.

WHAT DO I DO TO GET WHAT I WANT?

- Force the door open, use a pail to flush.

We are required to write down something called 'beats'. Something in a music context, is called the tempo.

Friday 10/2/2012

Class began today with a twist. Rey decided to split the class into 2 groups. One group needs to attend classes on the friday timetable as normal, another group needs to attend a wednesday class instead of friday.

Mr Rey told us today that acting itself was craft, a part of an art. I forgot to bring my props today so I didn't get to perform my 1 minute act. Nevertheless, next class, everybody is required to perform a 2 minute act with 3 props at least. This journal post serves as a reminder to me.

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I'm beginning to sense a difference in THTR102 compared with THTR101. The funny thing is, more of yourself is needed to strike a performance. It's more of individual effort contribution in the future, I can sense it coming.

Yours truly,

Josh.

3/2/2012

First day of class: Rey introduced to us the concept of THTR102. A little tad different from THTR101 nonetheless most of it seems to remain the same.

We started off with the ball passing again, accompanied with Yes 1, Yes 2, and so on. It works in synchronization with the brain to train our hand-eye coordination, because saying Yes 1, throwing the ball to another person, and maintaining eye contact with the person you're throwing it to, all plays an important role as in to PASS THE ROLE to another actor.

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Next class --> Having to perform a 1 minute skit about Spotting.

Difficulty --> 1---|------10

Reason --> Allowing Rey to believe what we're doing. Last thing to hear from him is "I don't believe you."

Lesson of the day: Acting is about giving the role to another person.