Let's see, another day and another 500 words to write. I feel encompassed as the words, slowly but surely grab onto me, bringing me into the terror of the night...
So this blog for today is about Silent Movies and how we love writing about them!!!
This project was actually very enjoyable until the point where I had to write about it.... (hint hint)
My group consisted of John, the semi-handsome and incredible director/cameraman, Jack and Jaden, my two disciples who were under my ultimate leadership, and Cade, the most beautiful and very ugly woman who I died for.
To be completely honest, I thought this movie would turn out average and semi comedic but once I saw everyone in the class starting to laugh, I noticed I had a pretty low expectation. The overall performance for the group was really good and we all had a positive attitude when we were acting.
The best part of this silent movie has to be the Cade's female role, specifically when he (or she) turns around and shows her beautiful face to the audience. The whole movie was a comedy but I feel as if that moment was the climax of the story, where everyone was bursting out in laughter.
One regret I do have about this project is the fact that I had to skip a day due to a college interview/audition. I felt as if that day was when the actors had the best chance to practice their movements and cues, something I had to learn a little more quickly. The only thing I would want to change in this project is to simply act better and move more accurately. Although I aim to be a physical actor, I feel that my motions are still messy and unorganized.
Now the other group took a different approach, unlike our large amounts of movement and fight scenes, Abby's group had made a silent movie with many characters sitting down for the majority of the project. I honestly loved their project and the plot of the story. My favorite part has to be baby barf scene which made me crack up. I was also silently laughing throughout the whole video as the beautiful Ryan continues to serve his (her) guest in that beautiful dress.
I need to work on my personal body movements and timing with the other cast members. Acting to me cannot be truly expressed with only one person but rather a group coinciding together to make a single production. However, I still feel as if this will improve with time, when others also become more and more confortable with acting.
The hardest part of this overall production has to be, for me, thinking of an idea and incorporating different things with the idea (ex. music, text, etc.). John, as a director, had done an amazing job with all the music and video editing. I felt bad because he worked hard in the back scenes to make the finalized product (He even took time in his free time to come to my dorm and do some extra work. Mrs. Guarino should give him a good grade just saying). He may have not been a direct actor in the movie but he did everything to make the final project a complete success.
I don't consider this an easy part but acting seems to have been the least taxing of all the things we had done. I only say this because acting was simply fun. I don't think of how tired I am when I'm having fun and to me, that also made it the easiest part.
I learned, in the end, that I'm only as good as the other around me. This whole project was full of laughter and happiness (<- really cliche language) and if people were down and grumpy, I wouldn't have wanted to act. Everyone has their own styles of art and simply watching them can give me inspiration for my personal style.
Now as I finish up this tortuous blog once again, I feel my eyes shutting as the lights of my dorm start to dim. In other words, I AM TIRED!!@!#@!
