Extraordinary Friday

Today was a blast in classes. Film Genres is becoming more and more enjoyable with each session. Pete lectured us today on becoming aware, as artists and actors, of what's going on around us in our current day in age. "There's nothing more interesting than a room full of artists who are involved," he said. Afterwards, we watched an hour-long AFI video on Romantic Comedies and how they have developed since the mid-thirties. Lastly, we watched most of Bringing Up Baby with Katharine Hepburn, one of the most amazing classic screenplays I've seen.

Lunch was nice and relaxing. Geoff, John and I decided to start getting some prioritizing done this weekend and see what we can start doing about spare-time filming. I presented John my script and he was very anxious to read it. Hopefully we will get together later on tonight.

My excitement for Actor's Lab just sky-rocketed. Our homework was to bring in an object that holds particular personal meaning in our lives. We sat in a circle to share our objects with the group and discuss what they mean to us. The objective was to bring out an emotional state that would further guide us onto a set path for our monologues and teach us how to live moment-to-moment. There were lots of tears the entire two hours of class, and the quality of these monologues was sharpening at an alarming rate. Although only about half of us were able to present, Ruth was blown away by our work and class ended on a very successful note.