The mamma and the papa made their way back home to Houston yesterday morning around 10:00 a.m. The New York lifestyle is growing very rapidly into a simple "home-sweet-home" coziness. Classes have been moving along "swimmingly" and effectively.
In Meisner Technique, we study and explore Sanford Meisner's teachings on acting truthfully through imaginary circumstances. The exercise we have been practicing is dealt between partners. Through repetition of what the other person is saying, we learn to exchange not words, but emotions.
In both movement classes, we challenge our bodies to go beyond the status-quo and bring out the several different possibilities for creating a believable character.
In both voice and speech classes, we learn the proper means of breathing and working our vocals, which will ultimately lead to an expertise of rhythm, pitch, resonance and more.
Actor's Lab is time for studying the teachings of Uta Hagen and Constantin Stanislavski. Our first exercise was to study a simple television script about Heinz Ketchup and practice bringing it to life.
Introduction to the Camera for Actors is a doozy... Our basic homework is to watch films, go see plays, read scripts, and read screenplays. Last night we were given a demonstration of the various roles on a film set, such as camera operators, sound mixer, assistant director and assistant coordinator (and of course the actors themselves).
The only class I have left to be introduced to is Film Genres, where we study... film genres.
All-in-all, life's been pretty great here so far. I guarantee winter's going to suck, but... I've got plenty of hand sanitizer.
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