Anyway.....acting class went well last night. Really well, in fact. I feel as if Steve and I have figured out what I have to do. I have to attack each scene with a sense of mischief, confidentiality and it wouldn't hurt to add in some game-play role-play and vary up my rate, inflection, pitch and dynamic. I know that I mentioned the mischief revelation a few posts ago, but it came as a huge relief to hear Steve say so as well. Steve said that if I employ these tactics, I will attain a certain amount of "societal acceptability" with my work. If I am too big, too broad, too.......cartoonish, I won't get cast. (Unless the scene specifically calls for that.) I've only had one part that required me to be cartoonish, and that was for an actual cartoon on Spike.com - ha.
What do I mean by rate, inflection, pitch and dynamic? Rate is the speed at which you deliver your lines. Inflection is what word you choose to highlight. Pitch means is your voice low like a bass or high like a heavy guitar solo "whaaaaaa!!!!" Dynamic means the volume, like on a stereo. Hint: stereos are what people used to listen to their music on before iPods. Here is a demonstration:
So that's that.
Gut Punch is filming tonight for a new client. We are still figuring out all the nuts and bolts etc, this will be great. Filming from 7-12, so it'll be another long night. Last night I didn't get home till around 1130 and I was out the door at 845am. Class is back in session now, so I have to get used to peeling and pulling myself out of bed at 8am. If I put water on the stove to boil for coffee and hop in the shower, it forces me to get going, and I am generally fine. Besides, it's not like we have kids now, so I could theoretically sleep in on Saturdays and Sundays.
Speaking of Sundays, I am SO GLAD that football has returned. Nay, ELATED, BEJOYED. Bejoyed? I think I just made up a new word. I'm down with that. Like loved, beloved. Joy, bejoyed.
Coming soon: a re-creation of last nights monologue.
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