Tuesday Class

Tuesday's class was extremely helpful for me. Our skit is evolving, however, I feel as if I am barely doing anything because I simply answer questions. I want to be doing more, but think that if I was really in that situation, I would not be doing much at all...just sitting in my cubicle trying to get work done, while being annoyed by a coworker. I never realized how much goes into a skit and can not even imagine how much would go into a large part of a play. I give theatre majors a lot more credit now that I did before this class.

tuesday class

on tuesday it was a good day on getting better at what i am doing. i have some struggl e in figuring out how not to act phyiscally but through the line. this is a pretty good challenge for me, i will come through on this challenge. there has been some excellent strides in the quality of acting going on in our class, good everybody, peace.

Tuesday

Tuesday's class seemed very productive for the groups that went. I saw a lot of improvements in everyone's scenes/characters. Everyone is doing a great job and we have all grown a lot in our acting. I wish we could see ourselves at the beginning of the semester compared to the end of the semester. I think it would surprise a lot of people!

tuesdays class

in class on Tuesday we saw the groups do their scene . i think when i watch other peoples scenes it helps me out alot ,like when i listen to mr . palonco all the different advice on certain things we should or shouldn't do. it also helps me out when i watch the scenes it also helps me see the different expressions there are for different emotions and seeing them done by the other kids. but it is always difficult to do those same emotions for some reason. i kno what i want to do but most of the time i forget to do them haha. i guess its just the basic skill of remembering my actions that go with my lines.

Tuesdays class

Tuesdays class was very interesting! again we did the scenes and Renee's group was hilarious!! i love working on these scenes during class! it gives us the chance to try out different things to see what really fits! i think that once people start using the props i think its going to make a world of a difference!

Tuesday, December 2

Today in class we saw three scenes including mine. I always think it is productive to watch other people's scenes because it gets the gears turning. I have so many ideas for our scene; I can't wait to get together with Juan to practice them. I have learned so much through this project. I have learned that acting is really hard, that their are so many ways to say the same lines to give them different meanings, and that actions should not be planned, they should come natural.

toozedaes klash

As always, I liked the scenes today. I am glad that as a class we are generally comfortable doing weird extreme things just to make our scenes good. I like being able to laugh in class. I am anxious to see all of the final scenes because people are changing things every time that they practice in class. I also think its kinda cool how even though other groups have the same words the scenes are incredibly different because of the background story. I like that we could basically make up any relationship that we wanted and run with it. I don't really know if it would be easier or harder if we had been given our character bio.

Almost Done :)

I cant believe that we only have one more class of acting before we perform our skits. This class has been very entertaining, but I have also learned a lot. I did not know anything about acting before taking this class. Now as I am filling out all of these papers, I realized actors have to think about many different things, other than knowing their lines. I have come to realize how important knowing the action for each line is. I am definitely ready to see everyone do their skits with all of their props and everything!

I also enjoy watching other people do their skits. I think it's fun to see everyone's imagination. I also like how groups with the same lines do different things with them. Some groups do similar things like with Ryan and I and Paige and Renee. We both are doing an office setting, but it is still slightly different. Then you have the groups of Juan/Brittany and Ted/Claire that had two completely different ideas with their lines. So I'm excited to see the last few practice scenes and then the final skits next week.

Nice

I have also enjoyed watching everyones skits. I think it is very interesting to see people finally acting with lines and props after having them in class not using words or props. I think everyone is doing a great job and i really enjoy watching everyone. I hope that everyone is getting everything together and everything is coming along as well as mine is. Unlike Ryan I am not happy that it is snowing I want it to stop immediately!!!! I hope everyone had a great thanksgiving and see you in class.

Mo Skits

So, we are doing more skits this week. That is good, I suppose, I hope they keep getting good because I like watching them as much as everyone else does. I am also happy that it is snowing again, and I hope everyone had a deece thanksgiving.

Acting Class

I have enjoyed watching everyone final skits. I feel like we are watching clips of movies when we do them in them class. By doing these in class i know it has helped my group a great deal with figuring out action words and how our body language should look. Also I really liked the threesome game. It is funny to see what random things come to peoples head. I think for our last class we should play a mixture of the three "warm-up" exercises we have done all semester because they have all be really fun.

Skits...Threesome...

I am really enjoying everyone's skits! I think everyone is doing a great job and it is really enjoyable to watch how everyone develops their skits. I am also enjoying this new game dubbed "threesome" though it is more interesting when we have everyone there. It is interesting to see what people come up with and a good way to get you thinking quick on your toes. I do miss whizbang though!! I hope we get to play it again before the class ends!

Thanksgiving Class

The class before Thanksgiving was pretty laid back. Since we were missing some people, we had to have other groups go that were not scheduled too. The threesome game was like always... no where near as much fun as frog detective or whizbang. I am sure tomorrow we will do the same things we have been working on for our final exam/project. Hopefully more people show up tomorrow though, it was pretty boring missing a third of the class.

Legally Blonde

So last weekend I went and saw Legally Bonde at Palace Theater in Cleveland and it was awesome! I have never been to a professionally done play before and it was so cool. The whole atmosphere was crazy and fun I really really enjoyed it. I wasn't really close enough to be able to really see the small details and facial expressions but everyone did an awesome job. It was really funny walking into the theater because it was so huge and the last theater I had been in was the Studio Theater for Crimes of the Heart and it was so tiny. Although it was more intimate and I could see more detail in the Studio Theater, I liked the larger theater better just because I really loved the atmosphere and the size of the stage and how much room the actors had to work with.

November 25th

Tuesday we got to play the Threesome game again! i really enjoy this game, but it seems to slow down very quickly if people are not paying attention or participating! however, we went over the scences again and i still find them very beneficial and it is very cool to see the groups improving each time they go! i am really excited to see all the final performances!

Tuesday, November 25

Today in class we got to play the game threesome. I found it really fun because the connections between the different objects were really creative. It was interesting waiting to hear what some one was going to say next. We also got to see two scenes that we had seen in a previous class. This was very helpful because when you are thinking of ideas for other people it gets your thoughts flowing about what you could do for your scene. I also think that it is obvious that people are working really hard on their scenes because there are huge improvements; people are taking their scenes to places I didn't even think were possible and it is AWESOME.

11.25.08

All of the feedback I received while performing my skit on Tuesday was so helpful. We needed to make some final decisions, and performing it on Tuesday helped us make some of those. The feedback that I received will help me now complete my character bio, sketch, and other worksheets. I am so glad we have the opportunity to perform these in class before the actual exam. The skits improve so much once everyone receives feedback. I am excited to watch everyone perform their skits on exam day!

Tuesday

On Monday in my Teaching Reading with Literature class, the teacher had the whole class engage in skits. Everyone was able to have their scripts in front of them while performing. Four females were in one skit, while the rest of the class was in another. The first skit was about four seventh grade girls gossiping during lunch. I thought that the females acting out the skit did a very good job. The other skit was a combination of scenes from the Outsiders. The performance for this skit was extremely sad. ha. The one thing that was done right was everyone made sure to not have their backs towards the audience. Overall, it was interesting to see the various ways that acting can be used for other than a play or movie.

In addition, I thought that it was interesting how Claire and Teddy's skit was adjusted and easily made much more entertaining and comedic. I am really excited to see their performance at the end of the semester!

I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo

We got to do our scene today and I felt a little better about it this time. I think that I need to just really let go and be this creeper. I know that its wrong but sometimes after watching a movie, or a play I confuse the character with reality, like if the person plays a murderer, I see that person in another movie, or later in the day (if it is a play done here) and just assume they are a murderer in real life. sooooo, if anyone is as strange and closed minded as me, let me just say that I am not a real creeper, at least I don't think. Anyway, I miss whizzbang even though I only made it to the final four one time. Does anyone know if the character bio is supposed to be in first person?