I think this is a genius exercise for improvisers.
Like it was said in class, it is not about making a clever or the right decision during a scene.
It is about learning how to be quick and even if it makes no sense accept what the other person is saying to get somewhere and finally to solve the problem.
I personally tend to block others, without meaning it, I tend to be negative and that just does not work to make a scene successful. Sometimes I think is a natural response for me trying to look smarter than the other person, so even if is a stupid scene I won’t look so stupid. I do not mean to do it consciously . I have not gotten the opportunity to perform this game but I’ll go next time and I know they will make me change my choice for a more positive one or just a better one.
This exercise does not only help you to always be ready to accept what the other is offering but also makes you be fast , simple and sincere. You have little time to think what to say, so whatever you’ll pick next is an honest response, you cannot fake it because you have to say whatever comes right up to your mind. Even if it makes no sense, most of the time, it ends up working.
Since this exercise gives you almost no time to change what you are doing on stage, makes you act more like an improviser and just go with it instead of worrying what to say next.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Improvising
Its about time I stopped pre-planing things while "improvising in class"
It looks to me like it is safer to come up with something you already know of, like you are prepared, but this does not work.
I've noticed some people try to do this in class, but then the whole scene fail when something (either funny or stupid) happens and this person was not expecting that. It is the fear most of us have because we are afraid of change, of the unknown.
there have been times where i go blank and nothing fast come to my mind and I look really stupid but I guess it ends up being funny too. All of us are afraid of looking ridiculous if our joke fails, but that is the only way people learn, from failing and trying new things.
I have to say that we have some good improvisors in class, the ones that are quick with the jokes and very creative. These people also make the rest of us look good, because they understand the idea of working together, that is better to make a good share-scene than being the only one who looks good like a total asshole.
We will be doing some acting with kids at their school or in New York City, I am exciting because its challenging to get to work out of school, like we'll be already on the field. I hope all of us can make a good job!.. but it's whatever either one will be an awesome experience to learn from.
It looks to me like it is safer to come up with something you already know of, like you are prepared, but this does not work.
I've noticed some people try to do this in class, but then the whole scene fail when something (either funny or stupid) happens and this person was not expecting that. It is the fear most of us have because we are afraid of change, of the unknown.
there have been times where i go blank and nothing fast come to my mind and I look really stupid but I guess it ends up being funny too. All of us are afraid of looking ridiculous if our joke fails, but that is the only way people learn, from failing and trying new things.
I have to say that we have some good improvisors in class, the ones that are quick with the jokes and very creative. These people also make the rest of us look good, because they understand the idea of working together, that is better to make a good share-scene than being the only one who looks good like a total asshole.
We will be doing some acting with kids at their school or in New York City, I am exciting because its challenging to get to work out of school, like we'll be already on the field. I hope all of us can make a good job!.. but it's whatever either one will be an awesome experience to learn from.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
from an actress
i've tried so hard to deny what is undeniable
I cannot help but being me
and Ive gotten to the conclusion that i have to live with this..
and i guess im standing in the right place, ive learnt so much...
im not from here... and dear God the weight is so heavy..
I still get self-conscious in front of an audience, I care about what others think about me . Is it my accent, my weird way of looking at things or I’m just afraid of judgment ?
I'm trying to leave all this behind, I'm ready to discover myself and see+ what else is there.
i can consider now, im starting to be an actress, a good one,
and my senses tell me "why not?, its about time"//
most of the time i see things from another point of view.. from the point where they want me to see it..
I can't do that anymore
, and guess its because i'm staring to stop caring about what they have to say
i have so much to tell, so many experiencens about life, not many witnesses to share them..
i dont know anything about nothing.. but this time i get ME.. i'm accepting me and at last
thats all it matters..
I cannot help but being me
and Ive gotten to the conclusion that i have to live with this..
and i guess im standing in the right place, ive learnt so much...
im not from here... and dear God the weight is so heavy..
I still get self-conscious in front of an audience, I care about what others think about me . Is it my accent, my weird way of looking at things or I’m just afraid of judgment ?
I'm trying to leave all this behind, I'm ready to discover myself and see+ what else is there.
i can consider now, im starting to be an actress, a good one,
and my senses tell me "why not?, its about time"//
most of the time i see things from another point of view.. from the point where they want me to see it..
I can't do that anymore
, and guess its because i'm staring to stop caring about what they have to say
i have so much to tell, so many experiencens about life, not many witnesses to share them..
i dont know anything about nothing.. but this time i get ME.. i'm accepting me and at last
thats all it matters..
Servant -master...
We were doing some sketches where one of us had the highest status so they played the role of master.
The person with a lower status was the servant and the person with the lowest status was the servant of the servant.
It seems to me that is harder for me to play the person with the low status. Even though I feel in real life like I can have a low status sometimes , it's hard to overcome that and be happy about it.. Most of the time when I act like that it's because something is wrong.
Nobody wants to be the bitch in life I guess.. But well, it was good to feel that I can also play thar role.
When we were doing some exercises about going from one status to the other I let the others decide how I'd feel. Some of them came up to me with an attitude already,
I guess that made me feel self conscious and put me in a lower status.. But I found myself being the highest status person when I approached somebody that had trouble making eye-contact with me.
Being low just makes you
Feel that..
Low and confused..
Having a high status makes you feel in control, confident and powerful and that's why most of us tend to pick that role, or maybe I should talk for myself. I like to be in control, like I get what is going on, but seriously most of the time I'm just lost.. that is why I let people lead me how to feel about them, before me coming so aggressive.
The person with a lower status was the servant and the person with the lowest status was the servant of the servant.
It seems to me that is harder for me to play the person with the low status. Even though I feel in real life like I can have a low status sometimes , it's hard to overcome that and be happy about it.. Most of the time when I act like that it's because something is wrong.
Nobody wants to be the bitch in life I guess.. But well, it was good to feel that I can also play thar role.
When we were doing some exercises about going from one status to the other I let the others decide how I'd feel. Some of them came up to me with an attitude already,
I guess that made me feel self conscious and put me in a lower status.. But I found myself being the highest status person when I approached somebody that had trouble making eye-contact with me.
Being low just makes you
Feel that..
Low and confused..
Having a high status makes you feel in control, confident and powerful and that's why most of us tend to pick that role, or maybe I should talk for myself. I like to be in control, like I get what is going on, but seriously most of the time I'm just lost.. that is why I let people lead me how to feel about them, before me coming so aggressive.
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