I got to spend a few absolutely wonderful days with my sister and brother-in-law who are simply awesome and really great at all the things. These pics are mostly of our exploits across the brooklyn bridge :)
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Path...
HEY THERE!
If you haven't been following the progress of the movie "The Hobbit", maybe you should....especially if film making fascinates/inspires you as much as it does me!
I've been watching all the production blog videos they've made over the past year, and I just re-watched them this morning. Film has always been a number-one source of inspiration to me over the years, but now I'm finding myself trying to decide if that's a direction to pursue FOR REAL.
I had my first ever on-camera acting class last friday and it was brief but enlightening! Essentially it was formatted like an audition, but our instructor Matthew, who is a successful director/film-maker, was very generous in giving us tips, letting us ask questions etc.
What I've found personally, is that the technical aspect of acting on film was slightly baffling to me! I have never had to think about sight-lines before; but suddenly there I was trying desperately to keep my eyes at the same general level, while keeping my performance interesting. I LOVE the subtlety of film acting though. It really puts me back in my comfort zone as a human...whereas theatre for the past few years has really stretched me to become more comfortable OUTSIDE the normal physical realm I'm used to.
We'll have two more classes, which I will share about on this blog when they happen. In fact I have two more weeks of classes PERIOD! Then I'm headed back to Jackson. Bittersweet, as all transitions are by definition. I'm excited to have contacts in the future...there are some really amazing actors in this program, and people I'd LOVE to work with professionally in the future. So it's fun to know we are peers now, and hopefully, not to far from now, we will be collaborating in the "real world" :P
But back to The Hobbit. Because that's really on my mind right now. The production videos have REALLY REALLY reminded me how much I love being immersed in project, 24-7, with clear-set goals, and people worth working with. It gets my heart racing in a way that makes me so incredibly sure of this path in life I've chosen!
Okay, that's all for now.
Have a lovely sunday everyone,
Ginny
If you haven't been following the progress of the movie "The Hobbit", maybe you should....especially if film making fascinates/inspires you as much as it does me!
I've been watching all the production blog videos they've made over the past year, and I just re-watched them this morning. Film has always been a number-one source of inspiration to me over the years, but now I'm finding myself trying to decide if that's a direction to pursue FOR REAL.
What I've found personally, is that the technical aspect of acting on film was slightly baffling to me! I have never had to think about sight-lines before; but suddenly there I was trying desperately to keep my eyes at the same general level, while keeping my performance interesting. I LOVE the subtlety of film acting though. It really puts me back in my comfort zone as a human...whereas theatre for the past few years has really stretched me to become more comfortable OUTSIDE the normal physical realm I'm used to.
We'll have two more classes, which I will share about on this blog when they happen. In fact I have two more weeks of classes PERIOD! Then I'm headed back to Jackson. Bittersweet, as all transitions are by definition. I'm excited to have contacts in the future...there are some really amazing actors in this program, and people I'd LOVE to work with professionally in the future. So it's fun to know we are peers now, and hopefully, not to far from now, we will be collaborating in the "real world" :P
Okay, that's all for now.
Have a lovely sunday everyone,
Ginny
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Needs and Skunks
Item One:
Skunks stink so bad. What's their deal? We won't get into where this is coming from....
Item Two:
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| Jamie: Another Southerner |
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| Dylan: The Beatboxer |
If you are an actor/director/playwrite, you have an immediate close and personal relationship to the word 'Objective'. It's the first commandment of acting. The core. The bread and butter if you will. I don't care what method you're learning, or who you're learning it from...you will come across the term 'Objective'.
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| My loverly friend/scene partner, fellow southerner, Lindsey |
What I'm learning is that Objectives are really just the tip of an extremely expansive, complex and multi-faceted iceberg.
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| Gaaawgeous New Jersey pal Kristen |
Okay, so, here we go; Acting 101: You've got your "Super Objective", which is the need of the character that takes them through the entire play from beginning to end.
Next you have your "Objective", which is a specific need of a character that carries them through an entire SCENE from beginning to end, and ALSO serves to further pursue the Super Objective.
After that, (according to Stella and probably many others), comes the "Action". An 'action' serves the need of a character in a single moment which further caters to the Objective, FURTHER catering to the Super Objective.
Following along alright? This is how my shakespeare teacher put it today in class, and it finally made a whole lot of sense!
Following along alright? This is how my shakespeare teacher put it today in class, and it finally made a whole lot of sense!
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| The Stunning New Yorker Olivia |
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| Just six of the sixteen...waitin' around for class to start! |
This is what I'm learning Yo! Day in and day out, here at Stella Adler, we're talking objectives and actions and needs and stakes and all that other fun lingo that we eat, breath, sleep, and dream as thespians. It's a crazy a world.
-Ginny
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