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fandomhigh2019-02-11 06:44 am
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Acting 101; Monday, First Period [02/11].
Sweet Dee had actually gotten an idea for this class that she actually thought was a pretty good one, but, with spring break next week, it didn't make a whole lot of sense to get into it just yet. Clearly, it was an End Game kind of project, something to throw at the kids to lead up to the end of the semester which was still, in her mind, going surprisingly well. She hadn't even gotten close to being fired yet, which was a leg-up on the last time around. But, then again, she hadn't been dragging the kids to a bar.
Yet.
That was for after the break. For today...
"Sooooo," Sweet Dee started, "we haven't been spending as much time with acting lately as," they should, "I would like, so today we're going to fix that a little bit and do an exercise that'll hopefully help tap into some real acting chops. Now, a good actor should be able to portray a variety of emotions, even with a single line, alright? For example, a question as simple as 'What are you doing here?' can be delivered in so many different ways to convey a different set of emotions or reactions from your audience. Here, I'll show you."
You know it was going to be really great when Sweet Dee took a second to clear her throat and collect her thoughts. And then she launched into about five minutes of repeating the 'What are you doing here?' line with a variety of different energy and emphasis, not of it particularly good or convincing, almost all of them being on the extreme side of what someone who was just learning what emotions were might present as happy, surprised, sad, angry, morose, etc, etc, etc.
"You see? One line, so many different emotions! And that's what we'll work on today. So, when you're ready, I'll give you a line and we'll cycle through different emotions for you to try and see how to improve or keep doing what you're doing that makes it work. Who wants to go first?"
Yet.
That was for after the break. For today...
"Sooooo," Sweet Dee started, "we haven't been spending as much time with acting lately as," they should, "I would like, so today we're going to fix that a little bit and do an exercise that'll hopefully help tap into some real acting chops. Now, a good actor should be able to portray a variety of emotions, even with a single line, alright? For example, a question as simple as 'What are you doing here?' can be delivered in so many different ways to convey a different set of emotions or reactions from your audience. Here, I'll show you."
You know it was going to be really great when Sweet Dee took a second to clear her throat and collect her thoughts. And then she launched into about five minutes of repeating the 'What are you doing here?' line with a variety of different energy and emphasis, not of it particularly good or convincing, almost all of them being on the extreme side of what someone who was just learning what emotions were might present as happy, surprised, sad, angry, morose, etc, etc, etc.
"You see? One line, so many different emotions! And that's what we'll work on today. So, when you're ready, I'll give you a line and we'll cycle through different emotions for you to try and see how to improve or keep doing what you're doing that makes it work. Who wants to go first?"
Listen to the Lecture - Acting, 02/11.