Monday, May 16, 2016

The Final Audition Piece!

Now for my last audition piece, I have decided to do something from Hamilton as it is still very popular in our acting community, and no one in my class looks like they're going to complain if I do one. The song I have decided to do is "You'll be back."
I decided to do a song for my last project due to several reasons:
When it comes to music, I feel as if it has a direct correlation with any kind of acting whether it be musical theater or just mornal acting. Putting singing as a skill into my skillset can probably help me in the future. So hopefully it can help me get a job in the future when it comes to it. 
Another reason why I want to practice singing is just for bragging rights. It can be pretty impressive to be able to sing well, even for the ladies. But in all honesty, being able to sing is a pretty fun tool to have as it can be a fun hobby to do time to time. 

As much as I hate to admit it, I do get tired of Hamilton's rap but I still do love singing it. The reason why I chose "You'll be back" is because of the lack of rapping in the song. I want to practice how well my voice can do with the song. Plus, the song itself is comedic. If I recall, the song was supposed to be like that of a creepy character. 

Friday, April 22, 2016

Inception Group Project

Saito's character:
-buisnessman who has billions of dollars to spend.
-Japanese male
-deeper voice
-slightly oblivious with money
-nicknamed "the Tourist" due to a lack of specific skill, but joins team with large amounts of funds.
-relaxed sometimes

Interpretation of Saito:
Saito's character seems to be that of lacking. He is known to have no specific skill such as hacking, smarts, combat. As a member for the team, Saito is probably never going to be a character who finishes something big, but will be one that will always start it. Although I do call him lacking, I never said that his character's lack makes him a liability to the group. He probably is quite smart and has some deal of combat ability, but compared to his group, he seems quite average. 
I do want to make some changes with the original character to fit my range. Saito is Japanese but I'm going to make him a little more Japanese American, just so I don't have to worry about the accent too much. Second, his voice seems low at times so I do want to copy that exactly because it won't exactly work with my voice which is already lacking in annunciation and loudness.

Otherwise, I feel as if sitting down, pretending to be close to death will be a little different but that doesn't seem to be a problem currently. 
I may just have to remember my lines and that should be good.

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Dialogue Again

What do you think is the most important thing you need to work on for this scene? Why? And how are you going to work on it?


I’ve noticed as I continue acting that I need to provide more and more precise with myself. I sometimes did cold reading over break and thought to myself that I look pretty decent yet whenever I act, whether it be with myself or with another, I can’t look at myself to see if I can make any adjustments to my acting.

As of lately, I tended to see my slight mistakes from time to time, which to others may look normal but to me, I feel as if the acting itself is not correct. I used to rely on watching other’s actions, whether it be students in our classes or famous actors on the screen, I tend to copy then instead of trying to make my own creative self.

I’ve noticed this when I did my previous dialogue, where there were I never watched another do the dialogue.

I would like to be an actor who can do a large amount of roles instead of a single character. This time around, I will practice
and hone each movement in my scene while adding my own spin if possible.


If I were to even attempt this, my partner, Ryan, will have to be very very patient with me. Even if he doesn’t have enough time, I’ll make sure to practice on my own time. I’ll attempt to make Ryan act with me up to the point where he himself might quit acting or just not act with me due to large amounts of fatigue and hunger. (I’m joking, I do sincerely care for the health of Ryan).

I’ve noticed that I did get into a decent school for acting, I might be considered one of the less experienced actors. This will probably make me struggle in the beginning when I do attend the school. So as of recently, I thought that I needed to step it up a notch from what I was doing recently and try much harder if I want to keep up with everyone else.

But of course, before any of this, I do have to have fun acting. There’s no real point in doing this if I don’t enjoy myself anyways.

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Once On This Island Assignment

  As a crew member of Once on this Island, I do understand the show better than most others. During my experience as a crew member, I was quite busy painting and planning most of the wall. Even with the help of others, it still took a quite a long time to do so. I'm just glad that the wall did look quite good when we finally did finish. 
  As for the show itself, I was in charge of moving most of the props during the show, with the role of helping and making sure menial tasks were done. The show, I thought, was really amazing and I thought to myself, "I wish I was that good of a singer." Everyone was just amazing and it was much more amazing when you see how hard everyone had worked to make it this far. 
  To be honest, I can't say I had a song I personally disliked, and if I had to pick some of my favorites, it would have to be Ryan's "Some Girls" or Abby's "Come with me Little Girl." The way that Ryan sang "Some Girls" is quite perfect and Abby's song, specifically towards the end of the song where she sand extremely high, was my favorite. 
  I can't even begin to say how talented everyone was, it just feels as if no one can make the show sound good by themselves. It was everyone's part which made the show a success and it wouldnt be complete without everyone's cooperation. 

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Dialogue Assignment

Mock Sides: Original Scripts for Workshop Actors

Pages: 4+

Characters: Catherine, 70+ Simon, 25+ Luke, 25+

TAKING ADVANTAGE Written by
David Dalton & Chad Schnackel

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Synopsis:
Catherine meets with a shady scam artist, Simon. Fortunately her nephew Luke finds her before she takes the bait.

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INT. BAR - NIGHT

CATHERINE is sitting at the bar casually sipping on a drink. She looks around for anyone she may recognize. Noticing no one, she turns back and takes another sip of her drink. SIMON casually walks up to her after a moment. He looks at her then sits down next to her.

SIMON Are you Catherine?

CATHERINE
Yes, I am Catherine. Are you Mr.

Callahan?

SIMON
Yes. Thank you so much for meeting

me here. As I said before, I am in a bit of a predicament.

CATHERINE
How did you get my E-mail address?

SIMON
Through a friend of a friend. They

just told me that you might be able to help me.

Catherine gives him a once over.

CATHERINE
What kind of help were you needing?

SIMON
Well, it turns out that I had an

uncle in Africa that had a lot of money. I am his only remaining heir which means I control his estate. The only problem is in order for me to get the money out of the bank there, I have to pay a twenty-five thousand dollar fee to transfer it to America.

CATHERINE
How much is the estate worth?

SIMON
Well, my attorney says it’s a

little over ten million. I am not exactly sure because of the conversion rates.

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I promise, once it gets transferred here, I will pay you the money back as well as give you an extra twenty- five thousand for helping me out.

Catherine ponders this for a moment.

Well...

CATHERINE

SIMON
Of course, I have some paperwork

for you to sign. It’s a rock solid contract that guarantees you’ll get it all back within thirty days.

CATHERINE Well, in that case...

She starts to get her check book out when LUKE walks into the bar.

LUKE Catherine?

Catherine looks over a bit shocked but smiles.

CATHERINE
Luke, what are you doing here?

Luke looks over at Simon.

LUKE Who is he?

Simon stands up.

SIMON
Hi there, my name is Simon.

Luke looks down at the checkbook.

LUKE
What are you doing with the

checkbook? And how do you know this guy?

CATHERINE
Oh, this is a friend of a friend.

He just needs a little help. Luke looks over at Simon.

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I am just in a bit of a bind here. Tommy told me that Catherine may be able to help.

LUKE
Tommy? I thought it was Jimmy.

SIMON
Look, I have to run. I have another

meeting with a guy that said he would possibly help me out as well.

Catherine looks over.

CATHERINE
Don’t listen to him. I have the

money.
Luke holds tight to the checkbook.

CATHERINE
Luke, give me my checkbook.

Luke puts it behind his back. He looks over to Simon.

LUKE
How about I call the cops and they

can help us straighten this whole thing out?

SIMON
Well, clearly, I was mistaken. I

thought I could trust you for help. I’ll be going now.

Simon rushes out of the bar. Catherine looks over at Luke.

CATHERINE
I can’t believe you. I could have

doubled my money. Why do you have to butt into everything I do?

LUKE
Catherine, I am telling you that it

was a scam. You have to believe me. They take advantage of the less fortunate. They prey on them in fact.

CATHERINE
Oh so now I am less fortunate? I

will have you know that I can make my own decisions. I don’t need any help from you!

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Luke drops his head. He slowly reaches for her arm. He also hands back her check book.

LUKE
Come on, lets get you back to the

home.
Catherine relaxes a bit. In an almost childlike voice...

CATHERINE
Do you think they are going to

serve ice cream tonight?

LUKE
I don’t know. I’ll ask them when we

get back.

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Monday, January 25, 2016

Details for monologues

Character:
Who?
A crazed women who is in deep love with the person. 
How old?
The woman is probably in her mid twenties, probably around that age due to the fact that her husband wants to have a divorce after a marriage which doesn't seem to have lasted too long.
Male or female?
Female
Personality?
Probably love crazed, may or may not have stalked her love a couple times and stole some of his miscellaneous possessions.

Situation of Scene:
Where?
Probably in her house with her husband, waiting for him after eating divorce papers. May be on the dining table too with some leftover shreads of official documents.
What?
This woman has just ate her husband's divorce papers becuase she did not want to have a divorce. She wants to keep him for himself and will not let him go. She waits patiently for her husband to come home and tell him about the eating the divorce papers, with ketchup. 
Who?
There are two people in this monologue, the husband and the crazed wife. However the husband is now too scared to talk to his psycotic wife, who he so wanted to divorce but now cannot. 

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Monologue Assignment

I Ate the Divorce Papers
Gabriel Davis
I ate them. That’s right. I ate the divorce papers, Charles. I ate them with ketchup. And they were good...goooood. You probably want me to get serious about our divorce. The thing is you always called our marriage a joke. So let’s use logic here: If A we never had a serious marriage then B we can’t have a serious divorce. No. We can’t. The whole thing’s a farce, Charles – a farce that tastes good with ketchup.

I mean, wasn’t it last week, your dad asked you the reason you walked down that aisle with me, and you said “for the exercise.” Ha, ha. That’s funny. You’re a funny guy, Charles. I’m laughing, not a crying. Ha, ha. I’m laughing because you’re about to give up on a woman who is infinitely lovable.

For instance: Paul. He has loved me since the eighth grade. Sure, he’s a little creepy, but he reeeeally loves me. He’s made one hundred twenty seven passes at me, proposed forty seven times, and sent me over two hundred original love sonnets. He sees something in me, Charles. And he writes it down, in metered verse!

And that’s not something you just find everyday. Someone who really loves everything about who you are as a person. Paul may be insane, but I value his feelings for me.

I would never ask him to sign his name to a piece of paper promising to just turn off his feelings for me forever. But that’s what you’re asking me to do, for you. To sign away my right to...to that sweet voice Charles, those baby brown eyes, the way your hands feel through my hair before bed...

Those aren’t things I want to lose. In fact, I won’t lose them. I won’t lose you. I’ll woo you. I’ve written you a sonnet. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day. Thou art more lovely and more temperate, rough winds do shake the darling buds of may and...”  I’m not crying. I’m laughing. It’s all a big joke. It’s very funny, Charles. I keep waiting for you to say “April Fools.” Then I’ll rush into your arms and... But you’re not going to, are you? No. Of course not. It’s not April.

I, I didn’t really write that sonnet, you know. Paul did. I think it’s good.

You see, the truth...the truth is, Charles, I ate the divorce papers, I ate them, because I can’t stomach the thought of losing you.