Tube Activity

I really enjoyed the tube activity we did in class today! At first, I could only think of sports related things that someone could do with the tube. As we continued to go around in the circle, I thought of more and more things we could do with the tube. I wonder how long we could have kept going with the activity. It goes to show that even though it is just a cardboard tube it can have many uses. I always enjoy seeing what people come up with as ideas. I feel like there are so many creative people in our class!

Thinking Outside of the Box

One really needs to think outside of the box during this class. All of the activities that we did today had us using our imaginations and thinking of the unusual. This class is great because it allows us college students to be able to revisit that creativity and imagination that we so often used and enjoyed when we were children. It definitely makes it more interesting to watch too that is for sure. I am having so much fun in this class and actually still learning things...who knew. ha
I also agree with Claire. It does seem that we are all able to act like idiots and we are actually becoming a lot more comfortable doing it. I realized this when we had to pick from the little pumpkin container. People who would never have gone until they absolutely had to were going more towards the beginning. Impressive.

"70 minutes, how long is that?"

I find class more and more entertaining every day. I find it really funny, there aren't many classes that entertain me like this one, so good job everyone. I was telling my friend about the paper tube thing that we did and she asked why I didn't choose a unicorn... so I'd like to change my answer to that because everybody enjoys unicorns. I also noticed that our class is getting a lot more comfortable with each other, which is kinda nice

bus stop

I loved the exagerated version of bus stop. It's a good change of pace in class. We're usually pretty serious when we are doing things in class. But this gave of a chance to clown around and have a lot of fun. Also, doing the exageration makes it easier for the audience in our situation to identify who's who. Since we don't have any props or costumes, it's hard to tell what people are when they aren't allowed to talk. Hopefully we can do the exagerated version more often.

Yep, I like what Abby says. It is nicer to be more comfortable and that makes it more fun, and at the same time I'm okay with doing more subtle things to be better. It is a class after all. Aaron mentioned how hard something is when it is uncommon and you've never seen it done before. I think that is a good observation, and I would add that that maybe makes things more fun, when you have no template and you truly have to improvise stuff. Oh, and I actually liked the Browns last night and wasn't acting this time.

Class

Class is going pretty well for me now. At first I was a little bit hesitant to just go up and make a fool out of myself but I think since the class has progressed I don't care too much about that anymore. I am feeling more and more comfortable around the people in the class more and more as classes fly by. The tangled up exercise seems a bit challenging and I still have no clue what I want to be tangled up in. I think the hardest thing about it is that you can't get out of it and I think that is the trick to this exercise because there is no stopping point which I think makes it difficult.

browns/class

did anyone see the browns game last night holy cow that was amazing!!!! yes i am a hardcore browns fan dont make fun. i class on thursday it was kinda hard showing your occupation bc u really couldnt do anything sitting at a bus stop.

Bus Stop

I also enjoyed the exaggerated bus stop activity. It was a good thing for us to do because there are shows that call for that sort of acting. It is important to know where the line is and to know when and why you are crossing it. This exercise helped us see a clear difference between serious acting and exaggerated acting.

The tangled activity looks like it is going to be a challenging one. I have to imagine it is hard to act as if you are tangled up when you are not actually tangled up. But I can see why it is an important activity. For example, look at any horror movie. Someone always gets tangled/caught in something in the movie. Now, we all know that the actor is not really stuck but the actor has to be capable of portraying that they are.

I loved doing the exaggerated exercise. I thought it was hilarious watching other people do it and even doing it myself. I feel like I'm at a point with everyone in our class where I don't care at all about making myself look like a fool and I can just go out there and be crazy. It was nice to be able to let go and just be really really obvious about what we are doing.

Reading Renee's blog though made me think a little bit. And although I have not done the tangled up exercise yet I think one of the reason's it may be so hard is that we went from being crazy and obvious to having to narrow down our thoughts and focus again so that we can really see ourselves getting tangled up in something.