fandomhigh | Screen Acting, Thursday Afternoon

The usual mess of film equipment had been cleared up, though Daisy was perched as usual on the edge of the desk.

"I want you guys to keep working on your video projects outside of class this week. We'll be watching whatever you've got done next week in class. This week, I thought we'd talk about something that's very important for every actor, stage or screen, to keep in mind: type casting."

Daisy stood and started pacing. "Type casting, for those of you who've been living under a rock, or in outerspace, of 100 years in the past all their lives, is when you're always called upon to play the same role, over and over again. Take me, for example. Outside of community theater, I am never going to be asked to play anyone over the age of 35. Odds are good that I will be cast as a romantic lead, not a quirky friend. Every now and then I might get a role as the heinous bitch that steals the romantic lead's love interest, but that doesn't happen that often. I'm not generally the bad guy, I'm not generally a character, I am the girl next door that all the guys want to be with.

Daisy relaxed again. "Now, I don't generally have a problem with being type cast. But it might be nice, especially for my fans, to get to see me stretch out my acting abilities and play, say, the evil genius mastermind bent on taking over the world, instead of just the spy's girlfriend. Either way, it's very important as an actor to be aware of what type you present to directors when you audition, so you can play to your strengths. I would like each of you today to figure out what your 'type' is. Are you the angsty youngest child, or the obnoxious neighbor? An evil mastermind, or a generic ass? I also want you to 'type' your fellow students. What character are they most likely to play?" Daisy grinned a bit wickedly. "Don't spare people's feelings here, now. This is very important for them to know. Hop to!"

[ooc: I'll be AFK for awhile before I get to work, then Daisy's interactiveness will depend on how busy we are. Tonight I'm having dinner with the fam, so I'll be AFK for awhile then, too. OCD is up, yay!]

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What's your 'type'? What's everyone else's type?

"Wacky comment relief," Jamie replies. "Or a role that calls for a good twin and an evil twin."

"Tha's what I'd have said yeah." Tim said. "You definately strike me as the kooky best friend. Unless you're in a Robin Williams type movie."

"Um, the random person who everyone forgets about half way through?" Alanna may have sounded a bit hopeful at that.

"What was your name again?" Jamie asked who had forgotten Alanna's name halfway through the class.

"Alanna. Who are you? Aside from the guy on the roof last night."

"Ricardo Maltaban," Jamie answered suddenly taking on a bad mexican accent.

Alanna blinked. Faithful snickered. "Sure. What's with the accent?"

"My years of training in the theater allows me to speak in a perfect English accent," Jamie replied still with the Mexican accent. "But as of today I have decided to embrace my cultural heritage."

"Anything special about today?"

"Today is the day we celebrate the contributions of rich Corinthian Leather!"

"...Say what?" Faithful fell off of Alanna's shoulder, laughing.

Tim hadn't had much interaction with Alanna, but he remembered that first day in Fandom. "The often dismissed but wrongfully so underdog?"

"Uh," go by past experience. "The nerdy lead?"

"Me? I'm a dependable, smarmy sidekick. Except for superhero movies. Then I get to be the snarky masked crusader." He looked around at the others. "Jamie's the wacky comic relief, Alanna's the girl who takes on the world and fights adversity and the other guy, Tim," he said, recalling his name after a moment. "He strikes me as maybe one of the guys in a gang. Well, not a gang, but a group of guys, ya know? Like that baseball movie about the kids and the dog and losing the signed Babe Ruth ball. Or Grease. One of the guys who are always there and have a couple of good lines."

Tim smirked. "As long as I get a couple of good lines, I'm good."

Actually, she usually plays the ice queen nemesis of the romantic lead.

Well, no, actually, she usually plays the third girl on the left, looking shocked.

But there's no need for the kids to know that.

I just wanted to use my Kiffany icon. She never did much that day in detention. . . .

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