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!

Watching a Movie

I watched What Happens in Vegas this weekend. This was my first movie I have watched since being in Acting for Non-Majors. I found myself watching the actors more closely because of this class. I was amazed how easy they made acting looking. I have realized that acting is not easy! I need a lot more practice at making the actions I am acting out realistic. I never really thought about the difficulty of acting until I took this class. I believed every single action the actors were doing. I was paying attention to their facial expressions. Cameron Diaz was making excellent facial expressions that were believable. One thing I realized was that I have only seen Ashton Kutcher do one “type” of acting. He always is the quirky character who is always joking around. I would like to see him play another role in a movie!

clean up in aisle 5

I'm not totally sure what I am supposed to write about but I was watching the office today, not sure if anyone else watches that but I really really like it and I noticed something that kinda sorta related to our acting class. one of the characters pretended to pull the pin out of a grenade and throw it at another, the character that it would have hit picked up some paperclips at the correct moment and threw them in the air, it was special and funny. I suppose they are professional actors that have no doubt already taken acting for non-majors and got an A. plus.

The Horror!

While I am writing this I am watching a REALLY old horror movie ( it was made in the 40's) with my friends. I know that people complain about the quality of the acting in movies today, but judging from this movie, the acting was no better back then. This movie reminds me of a bad high school play. All the actors are trying to show what they are doing rather than being real. Now that I am focusing on it, it is really getting on my nerves. As far as plot goes, the movie is interesting, but I don't believe any of it becuase of the crappy acting. There are occasional moments where the acting is not so bad, usually when the characters are not speaking. The dialogue is especially stilted.

about class

Thursday's class was interesting and a good learning experience for me, seeing first hand with a diverse style of exercise, humor, and knowledge is a good method of molding or building a relax and team work like atmosphere and that this technique can bring a group of diverse personalities on board for a common cause. The mirror exercise is a tool or technique that could be very beneficial in my field of work (CTRS) not only with my clients but also with staff /team building exercises.

eating in convo

While eating in convo, I watched a couple of people eat their meals. As I watched one person, I noticed that they always took a sip of their drink after every bite. It wasn't a big sip, it was just a very little sip. I also saw that the person would always lean towards the table when they went to take a bite. The person's chewing was kind of weird. It looked as if their mouth was moving side to side. And finally, I noticed that for some reason they were eating their ice cream with a fork. That suprised me a bit.

I actually watched people eat in the Eagle's Nest which made it pretty hard because I'm not very discrete and it was hard to watch people eat without totally staring at them. But I figured it out after a minute or two and I decided to watch a group of three girls while they ate and carried on a conversation. After watching people pretend to eat in class it was really funny to notice little details while people ate real food. For example, I noticed that they talked more than they ate; they would take a bite or a sip of something then put it down and continue talking. Then I remembered that in class when we were pretending to eat everyone did it really fast, it was like there was no break from eating and most people hardly chewed anything. While I was watching the girls I paid special attention to how long they chewed their food.....it was way longer than I pretended to chew on Tuesday. Clearly I was just swallowing my food in gigantic chunks.

Watching someone eat.

At first I felt pretty awkward as I watched someone eating from across the room. As he ate for about the first few minutes he didn't have much to say, however, once he got some food down his eating became slower and slower as he was more concerned with the conversation around him. He took really big bites and also was talking with large amounts of food in his mouth. At first he was really hunched over his plate really concentrating on his food but as time went on he would slowly sink back into his chair not really interested in his food anymore. He also seemed to chew really fast as he was about to say something.

Eatin' Folk

I managed to sneak some stares at three people who were eating, two of whom were in conversation and one that was listening and eating. Eating is a more violent act when it is done between sentences, and it is done almost subconsciously. The people I watched were not focused at all on their eating, and the more engaged listener seemed far more engaged with her friends than she was with her bowl of soup. The one girl I was watching was eating more properly than the other two, and that is more of what I would associate with eating alone, careful and more aware of herself.

Eating in Convo

Today i observed 3 guys eating at a round table during lunch today.  They seemed to be close friends from the way they interacted.  They talked while they were eating and didn't seem to have any manners while eating.  I felt this was very typically of college boys. 

Observing Someone Eating

I observed a blonde guy sitting at a table across from me eating today at lunch (around 1pm or so). He was eating chicken for lunch with chocolate milk. He ate with his fingers and did not use any silverware. He was sitting at the table with 3 other people, one being another guy and the other two being girls. With the way he was interacting, it seemed that these people were his close friends. He seemed very talkative with the table and seemed to talk more than eat. Out of all the people at the table, he talked the most. He would take a few bites, chew, swallow, and then start joking (or what I assumed to be joking, since there was much laughing) around with the people at the table again. He sat a bit hunched over his plate but did not ever have his elbows on the table. He was also smiling for most of the time I observed them.

Eating

Eating dinner at convo

I watch a group of four girls eating dinner. The first thing i noticed was one of the girls would put her fork down after every bite. Also another girl would wipe her face after every bite. And the last girl kind of shoved her food into her mouth. I did notice that all the girls talked a lot while eating. It seemed as though one girl would talk as the others were eating and once she was done another would strike up a conversation while the others ate. So it seemed to switch roles so that it gave them time to eat as well. I also noticed that all the girls did lean over their plates while they ate. So i noticed a lot of different things within the five minutes of watching them eat.

View eating at convo

This assignment was completed during my lunch today. Over to my left about 11 o'clock angle, there were three ladies having their lunch together. Throughout most of the time the ladies ate quietly using very little movement while eating. 2 out of 3 of the ladies were sitting with their legs cross while the other young lady sat on her left leg throughout lunch. they were sitting straight up in their chairs, all using their right hand to feed themselves, so their left side of the body had very little or no action while they ate. Conversation did not pick up their pace as far as body language is concerned. As the young ladies continued to enjoy each other’s company and fine meal, one could sense they are a close knit group of friends, simply by enjoying each other’s presence, they had over five minutes of complete comfortable silence. Once they started to talk to each other had their own turn to talk, they never talk over each other, it seemed as if they were actively listening to one another.

Watching someone eat

I secretly watched a girl eat lunch in Convo the other day. She had a salad and a pulled pork sandwich. Overall she seemed to have pretty good manners. She took small bites and chewed with her mouth closed. She was sitting with another girl and they were occasionally talking, but they both seemed too tired to carry on much of a conversation. As this girl ate, she leaned over her plate so she did not get any food on her. Also, she licked her lips pretty often, which I found pretty disgusting in all honesty. The way that she was eating her food, she seemed like she was not even that hungry. She played with her salad using her fork to mix it around, but did not really even eat it. She was a very slow eater. One thing that I noticed through watching this girl eat, as well as scoping out others enjoying lunch, that we did not do in class when imagining we were eating was open our mouths big enough. I do not think that we would have actually been able to fit the food in our mouths without getting it all over our faces.

watching people eat food

I watched a person eating this morning in convo. I was pretty far away, but I think she was eating hash browns or something and then a banana. The girl was sitting by herself and staring off into space. She chewed beautifully with her mouth closed most of the time. I noticed that when we were in class we mostly grabbed our imaginary forks like neanderthals while most people hold a fork like they would a pen. (this girl did at least). She drank her milk lazily and made it look so easy, maybe this was because she did not have to imagine the weight of the glass. She looked up as she chewed but down when she went for another bite. It got weird when we made eye contact, so thats where it ended. creeptastic

watching people eat

I watched two people eat breakfast this morning. It was very early in the morning( around 7) and most people were not very animated at this time of day. There is much more eating than talking going on. The two people that I observed have been eating breakfast at the same time as me, at the same table, almost every day for three years now. I am pretty sure they are a couple. They don't speak a lot, but they don't seem to mind. They read the paper rather than watch the tv like most people are doing. They eat slowly, without making a lot of extra movements. The guy slouches over his plate a little, but the girl's posture is basically upright.

Watching People Eat

On a side note, it is pretty strange watching a group of individuals eat.... Anyway, there are a few things that I noticed. For one, the people at the start of dinner eat rather quickly and seem to slouch to eat. There is very little proper manners taking place at the table. Another thing that was rather interesting is how often people move around their plates while eating their meal. They may spin the same plate three or four times just to get to a different food type. I would assume that they don't want to spill food or maybe they just are lazy and don't want to have to reach across their plate to get the other side dishes.

I also just wanted to show why the Yankees and Boston should always win:

1. NY Yankees	207,108,489
2. NY Mets	137,391,376
3. Detroit	137,290,196
4. Boston	133,220,112
5. Chicago Sox	121,189,332

15. Cleveland 78,970,066
30. Florida 22,650,000

Go Marlins