Basic Acting, Fourth Period, Tuesday

[actingreaper]

Daisy's classroom was set up with several couches arranged in a semi-circle facing a podium and a cleared area for staging any scenes. A comfortable looking leather chair was placed to one side of the cleared area -- this was Daisy's director's chair. Those folding things were for weenies. She sat here as the students entered, sipping a glass of carrot juice.

When everyone had gathered, she got started. "Hi. I'm Daisy Adair and this is Basic Acting. If you're in the wrong room, out with it now, or just decide to be an actor, already. First thing's first, role call. Please state your full name, including any middle name or nickname, then tell us your favorite actor or actress, and why you chose this class."

She went on to pass out the syllabus. "As you can see, we'll have a full period's worth of activity every week, so please try to be on time. If you can't make it to class, it's up to you to contact me or another student and find out what you missed. If you miss more than one class, you'd better have a really good reason. For the monologue and scene requirements, I'll be bringing texts in to each class and have them available in my office, which will be open on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. You're welcome to look around on your own for material, as well, as long as you let me know where you're getting it. Hell, even write it yourself. Again, just let me know."

"We'll start off easy for our first class. What is acting? Why do we act? Is it just on stage, or do we do it elsewhere? And I don't mean just movies. Thoughts? Questions? Concerns?"

[ooc: the links provided in Daisy's first office hours will be posted in her profile at my first opportunity. They're weblinks of monologues and scenes, but like Daisy said, feel free to write or find your own, or handwave it if you need to. I'd love to see what you can find, though.]

Comments

Re: Class discussion

[actingreaper]

"Why is it entertaining to watch someone pretend to be someone else? Or, for that matter, how does doing so teach us about the human condition?"

Re: Class discussion

[swerval_zero]

"Because it's not our lives, so we don't have to really worry about it and that's freeing? And squalled if I know."

Re: Class discussion

[actingreaper]

"How is that freeing?"

Re: Class discussion

[swerval_zero]

"Because the outcome doesn't affect us, not really."

Re: Class discussion

[actingreaper]

"Then why should we bother with it? If it doesn't affect us. What do we get out of seeing other people's problems, when usually we'd prefer if people just minded their own business and didn't get us involved?"

Re: Class discussion

[swerval_zero]

"Do people really think that way, that we should all just mind our own business?" Zero mused. "I think we're all voyeurs, deep down."

Re: Class discussion

[actingreaper]

"But, then, why are we voyeurs? Why do we care? What do we get out of it?"