fandomhigh | Screen Acting, Thursday Afternoon

Daisy, though pleased with how her turn running detention had worked out, was looking a bit bored in class, today. The usual array of recording equipment had been swapped for displaying equipment and editing equipment, ranging from the old school reel to reel players and editors to several desktop computers loaded with video editing software.

"Okay, two weeks ago I asked you guys to film a scene for your final class project. Today, you're all taking on the most hated role in all of cinema: the critic. We're going to watch each other's scenes and critique them. Thumbs up, thumbs down, love it, hate it, give us a sound-byte we can warp into using in an ad. Then, I want you all to turn your scene into a preview, using some of the things your classmates said to advertise. For example, say I say your scene is 'trying to hard too be like a mix between Casablanca and Home Alone, while failing at being either'. You could say 'like a mix between Casablanca and Home Alone' says Fandom critic Daisy Adair in a dramatic tone, and people will think it's good."

Daisy stepped to the side to get a seat and paused. "Please tell me none of you tried to make a mix between Casablanca and Home Alone. Because that would get you detention, or something."

[ooc: scenes can, of course, totally be handwaved, but I'd love it if each of you would post a quick description for others to ~~snark at~~ react to.]

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Jamie's scene is straight out of a B-movie Sci-Fi film where an actor (Jamie) in a bad rubber alien monster suit attacks a military base (Junkyard) and faces off against a bunch of soliders (Jamies in camouflage) and one particular brave soldier with an eyepatch (Jamie with an eyepatch) saves a damsel in distress (Jamie in drag)

Daisy watched all of this with a blank expression to mask the apalled horror she was feeling.

"Excellent use of . . . camera tricks . . . to double yourself. . . ."

"Thanks but that's actually me," Jamie said not bothering to explain how he could be in multiple places on screen. "I thought about using other people as actors but I thought they might misinterpret the scene and get away from my artistic vision."

Daisy stared at Jamie in silence for a long moment.

"Congratulations. You've just managed to become Kenneth Brannaugh."

[ooc: no offense meant to K. Brannaugh or his fans anywhere. no animals were harmed in the making of this comment.]

Jamie quickly looked at his reflection in the window to make sure he hadn't actually become Kenneth Brannaugh because... well it's fandom. Duh.

Jamie beamed at what he assumed was a compliment. "Thank you! Is there anything I can do to improve this?"

"Let's see what the rest of the class has to say. You can always patch up some of the rough spots in post-production."

Tim snickered throughout the piece. "Nice and Campy." he said. He hoped that's what Jaimie had been going for.

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