Acting Workshop Four

I had a great time at this last workshop. There was a great energy within the whole class during the whole duration of the workshop. I was extremely energetic and I could feel that most other people were too.

We got to work with a very general script which was used as the dialogue for a different scenarios for each duo that went up. What each of the radically different scenarios did have in common though is that they were all extremely dramatic. They had to be in order for us to be the most dramatic, because the more that we were risking the more emotional we become. Once Jim Bonie thought that we were at the height of our emotions he took the scripts away and told us to improvise the scene from there.

I really enjoyed this acting workshop the best out of all of the other Jim Bonie workshops.

Storytelling Workshop

I absolutely adored the story telling workshop. It was great to work with the vibrant Julia, and the concept of professional storytelling is so interesting to me.

The workshop started off with a basic name learning, shaking out our bodies, and becoming in touch with our "inner-child." That reminded me of the Jim Bonie workshop. Once we were all connected to our inner-child, we got to watch Julia tell stories and then tell stories of our own. I loved one thing that we did that was very improvisational. I've always liked improv, so I got to use a little bit of the fun from improv to tell a story.

Overall, I really loved story telling because I got to use acting and writing both in the same improvisational moment.

Rob's Workshop

I loved Rob's workshop. There was the technical aspect that I got to see a little bit of (since me and Nick were the first partners to go we got to watch Rob set up) and there was working with your subject while getting them to be vulnerable. It's a hard situation to be in because you always have a guard up, and the last thing you want to do is put it down. Especially in a picture, which can last forever. But Nick and I have been friends for well over a year now, so I was as comfortable working with him that I think I could get.

Acting Workshop Three

This workshop was more intense then the last two have been. I got more emotional, although I don't think many people could tell since I almost immediately stopped myself from crying. (Which I will not do again!) It was hard for me to not get emotional. After the first few people went into the circle in order to break out her inner child there were a lot of tears around the room. I was shaky almost throughout the workshop.

Once we listened to "Iris" by the goo goo dolls and began to say the lines of the song out loud, the emotions in the room became even stronger and the tears grew even heavier. I thought this was a great workshop overall, and I hope that next time I can be more willing to let my emotions free.

April 19 - April 23

This week I'm going to read about filmmaking. I'll be reading through the film books that are in the STAC room. I hope to read a minimum of 40 pages by Friday. I'll also try to finalize my film's cast.

Acting Workshop Two

My experience in the workshop today was completely different then my experience in the first one. Although some of the exercises today were stayed the same, I still had a different mentality. After the first workshop I came out feeling kind of jumbled up. Not because of fear or insecurity or anything like that. For whatever reason I came out tuesdays workshop a little somber.

Today, however, I came out extremely happy. I was definitely happy after the first workshop, but the happiness was a confused kind of happiness. I came out of todays workshop 100% happy.

There's an adrenaline rush that comes with acting, and I could feel it, even through small exercises. I really think that acting is something that I can learn and enjoy.

Acting Workshop One

I'm not really an actress, so I've never really taken an acting class. So when the workshop was incredibly new, and I loved it. There was something so exhilarating about allowing yourself to act out your emotions. Whether it's something I felt last year or a second earlier, I let it all out. While it was exhilarating, it also made me a little uneasy. Not in a bad way, and not in a way that I can really describe either. The uneasiness of it all brought a happiness. It was a thrilling kind of uneasy. I hope that by the end of the workshop I leave with some kind of acting skill. Whenever I see really talented acting I get inspired, so it would be great to appear to be a really talented actor.

Book Presentation

I think my presentation went well because I was able to talk about the book, the author, and a few things I learned from the book. It was a little on the short side, but I don't think that's a huge issue because I did talk about almost all the key points of the book. My book was fairly short, so there wasn't a huge bit of material to expand on.