Television Acting

I agree that the actors and actresses on television make it look easy. I would have to imagine though that they have had a lot more experience than any of us. It would probably pay off in the long run if we had 100x classes of acting.

Although I have been in a few plays a long, long time ago (youth group in church maybe when I was ten), it seems like it is a lot harder that I remember. Maybe when I was younger I was able to imagine things better. In those plays though, I did get to use props which I think might make acting a little easier if there is an item to actually look at.

Acting is difficult

I agree with Paige. Before taking this class, I think acting was something that I took advantage of. When I used to watch television or movies I always thought to myself that actors have the best jobs in the world, I mean how hard could it be to read lines and pretend? After doing a few simple exercises in class I have been enlightened to see the depth of acting. I have learned that it is very difficult, and to be good at it you must be very talented. Before, it was very easy to watch the cheap scary movies or the movies on the Sci-Fi network and pick out 'bad' acting. While watching these movies I used to think that anyone could do better than the actors cast in these movies. I now know I was wrong. Good actors are extremely talented and they make such a hard task look extremely easy.

Movie Night

I watched "What Happens in Vegas" this weekend and really noticed the ways in which they ate, drank, and expressed emotion(s). I used to think that it looked easy, but I now know how challenging it really is to imagine something that really isn't happening. It amazes me how something we do every day can be so difficult to act. When we act in class our bodies seem stiff and our eyes seem glazed (not emotionally into the scene). However, when watching this movie I realized that the actors and actresses had feeling in their eyes as if the scene was really their life!