finally talking

I'm so glad that were finally getting to talk now!!! i think that it is going to be harder but I'm glad that we an incorporate it and be able to actually do "scene type" activities.  I feel that the activity we did today was harder than i thought it was going to be.  Once i got out there i wasn't sure what the setting was and there was defiantly some awkwardness.  

Talkin

I think that talking is going to be fun. It might also be hilarious as well as fun. I think that we should definitely consider all of the details that we were paying attention to when we were not talking and that will make our acting even better. I think that the talking might be an interesting change since I haven't gotten a shot at it yet. I think that it might be kind of different in that we have been acting without words for so long. One main thing about that is maybe you don't have to talk you only have to respond to other around you so your words might just flow out.

Getting Chatty

I actually think that adding talking will be a good thing. We just keep moving forward. I suppose that the hardest thing will be to remember all of the little things we were paying attention to before we started talking and to incorporate them. I know that will be hard for me anyway. Also, not all acting involves talking, I think. Lastly, I share the pain that the Sox won.

Talking

Yeah, I am pretty sure that I would rather not have to talk just because I'm sure I'll say something not even paying attention that will either be completely off topic or not going to help the scenario. Either way though, I think it will be a fun addition to the class because now there is another thing to possibly focus on and will take our attention away from beign nervous or something. It might also be good because acting does involve speaking.

And I stayed up last night watching the Red Sox game hoping the Angels would come back... what a disappointment.

new challenge, talking

Talking for the first time added a little spice to life in the class; I enjoy reacting to others actions. I feel I work real well thinking on the whim, rather than planning what I am going to do. So I believe this section of class will either confirm or deny my assumption of how I operate thinking or reacting on my feet. I thought for the first group we did real well, especially working on an improv play for the first time together with verbal content. I believe everyone will benefit tremendously during this exercise, I like playing frog detective to start class also, because it gets the mind ready for details quicker, good call, peace.

finaly talking

I'm really excited about being able to talk in class but at the same time I'm also really nervous. When Fabio said that most of acting is improv I got pretty nervous because I'm not necessarily the quickest thinker on my feet...I feel like I'm going to be fumbling around, looking for words to say. Watching the first group go in class though, the talking aspect seemed to come pretty naturally and it made the scene a little more interesting but also less believable. I'm very interested to see how much the class changes now that we are allowed to talk.

talking

The activity we had to do in class last was very interesting. I had no idea what to do, I didnt know when I should talk or not talk. I totally forgot everything that we learned. When he pointed out that didnt even give the table any height or anything. When i had to hand out the cards when we were playing I was going to shuffle them but as I thought about it, it was very hard. I did not think I would ever forget what we learned untill I got up there. I have acted a lot in my life and I never realize how hard it was. It normally just came to me but now that I am studing it it is much harder.

talking now

i am so glad we can talk now i think it will be a little tough but once we do it a little more i think we will become better atcors the keanue reaves. so i averexcited to see how everyone does in the next class now that we kno what to look for.

When I was doing the exercise, I found that it was easier to do a scene, but I think the quality wasn't as good. Since I was doing the scene, I wasn't able to see my body language or anyone else's very well. I'm curious to see how well other groups do tomorrow.d

Talking

I am excited that we get to start talking in class but i think its going to be a challenge also. At first i thought it would make it easier but after watching the first group it doesn't. Yes talking can convey the message but once talking is added everything else we learned seems to go out the window. I think this is because talking is a new aspect so we focus on that and not everything we had done to this point. I have a feeling that I'm going to have a hard time with paying attention to detail at the same time as talking. Also I'm going to have a hard time going into something without any organization. I am a person that likes things structured. So overall i feel that this exercise is going to be challenging for me but I am excited that we get to start talking.

Speaking

I am excited for the opportunity to speak in class. I think it's really going to open a lot of possibilities to our acting skills once we get accustomed to adding speech. I think the group that went for our first speaking activity did I pretty good job for their first time. I'm interested to see what my group will come up with. This activity takes a lot of focus because not only do you have to be aware of everyone else's body language, but you also have to know how to respond with speaking. It's a bit intimidating but I think it will be a good challenge because it will broaden our horizons.

Initially I thought getting to talk would make acting class easier. I thought that talking would allow us to convey our emotions in an easier fashion. After seeing the first group go I realized that talking makes acting much harder. They did a very nice job, but I became nervous about what I am supossed to say. Now we have to be conciuos that our movements and our body language match our speaking. We also have to be sincere. I'm excited to try to incorporate speaking into the class and I'm anxoius to see how everyone does. I have also noticed steady progress in everyone in the class. I look forward to each and every class.

actually talking

As i watched the first group today in class do the first voice activity i could tell that some of the language used was just used as a crutch or a filler... it did look harder than i thought it would be.  I think that finally getting to talk is actually going to make things a lot harder.  

Voice Acting

I agree with Ryan, I think voice acting would be really hard. ( Sorry I know that comment is from a really old post, but I just saw it.) At first, it seems like it would be really easy- all it is is talking. But it's not really- it's acting. After spending so many weeks acting with no talking I feel like it would be really hard to disconnect movement and words. Perhaps that was the point of not talking , to reinforce the importance of action . I don't want to overthink things, but now I'm wondering how much harder it is going to be when we have the added complication of speech to our exercises.

And then they spoke...

I am surprised how fast I got used to acting without speaking. I thought that it was weird at first, however now that we are starting to speak during our scenes, I see the point of starting the way that we did this semester. It allowed us to be able to focus on our actions without having to also figure out what to say. Now that we are more "advanced" and prepared, we are going to be able to handle the situation better than we would if we did not do the activities we did until this point.

It is kind of ironic because when going into this class, I figured that we would simply start off with acting activities that involved speaking. Now that we are used to acting without speaking, it is intimidating and nerve-racking to go up in front of the class and speak...even though we talk to each other when not acting. It is funny how something that we do all the time can be so challenging (which goes along with my blog from last week).

I agreed with Professor Polanco when he said that people may be uncomfortable doing these activities because they are not planned out. I always like to have everything planned out and I have found out that this has been a struggle for me in this class. I do not think I am very good with thinking on my toes! For example, today I was trying to plan out our scene and figure out what each person was going to do. I think it is great to be able to be spontaneous and hopefully I will get better at this!

sit, stay, speak

I think that maybe another reason or an addition to someone elses reason for not speaking until now might be that we hadn't broken ourselves in yet. Not knowing what to do is scary, but not knowing what to say and do is worse. It might have been more uncomfortable if we started just talking and then had to move into ridiculous motions to go along with it. We would revert back to talking too much. Also, it is alot harder to go from starting off with alot and then taking things away, while if we start with just doing and add talking later it would be easier. Last thing, I felt entertained when I watched the first group have their dinner party. excellent work

this week

i am starting to get the hang of all the excersises we are doin and i think they will get easier bc we will be able to talk i think you will see a big difference in everyones acting ability.

basiclly

The class is getting a lot easier for me! I was glad to hear that we might be able to talk this week because i think it will make things a lot more funnier. I know that acting is hard and that when you add lines then you have to add so much more! So i think it will be interesting to see what happens

No talking.

I agree with most of the others when they say that starting out talking would not be a good think. When we were acting in class we couldn't speak and so we had to look in the detail of our acting in order to make it look believable. I think that by starting out not being able to speak will hell up pay more attention to the details when we are aloud to speak. Being able to say something is a lot easy than having to act it out. I think the acting part will be much easier; however, I think that since being able to talk we will have to pay more and more attention to detail. I guess the more detail you have the better actor you are.