so today was headshots!
well i'm hoping mine were good. apparently i'm photogenic? i honestly have never heard that. and i wasn't being as cheezy which is good.
today we also had a half day, so we worked on our goals,cleaned,and decorated the classroom. my goals were
-to make honor roll or almost high honor rool every marking level.
-loose 20 pounds by the end of the year.
-and to be a kick ass stage manager.
i really want to focus on my grades. after alot of talks with my parents, i see that i'm doing well when not really giving my 100% so how well can i do with 100%? simple logic thats going to be hard to keep up.
i also want to loose 20 pounds...now alot of people would say i dont have to.but my thought is that i want to be in shape as much as possible. i gained weight over the school year and the summer, and thats was because i was really un-healthy. and i really want that to change.
finally be a KICK ASS stage manager. after seeing chelsea last year, i really want to try my hardest and do well. chelsea was an s.m. and was all by herself leading the show for the last week of tech. it was really great to see her work so well. and i would want to be as good as she was.
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today i came ready for headshots. i helped organize the book shelves with kelsey. plus i made my goal poster and i'm really looking forward to accomplishing all my goals like i did last year.being a kick ass stage manager is easily my favorite goal to accomplish.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
monday's post
in class we did iambic pentameter, which is a pain in the ass. i mean its great if you understand it,but i just dont get why we have to talk like that. why is there beats and syllables involved? why did shakespeare want people to talk like that?
though i'm actually getting how to do the i.p but what i dont understand is how you act with that? just me saying it with the accents sounds forced and pretty stupid. then again i just learned it today,and were going to learn to say it in a natural way.
memorizing is going well,and im trying to use the i.p when memorizing now, but like i said it sounds kind of stupid. im guessing were going to work on i.p. and acting on thursday? i hope so because i'm hoping it will help me understand the flow of i.p. more.
we have head shots tomorrow! i hate pictures so much. and last year i really didn't like my headshot. i'm going to try to wear something simplier this year,and not blue because my eyes don't look good with blue; i learned that after last year. hopefully i'm not as stiff or fake like i was last year.
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today i really tried with the i.p. i took my notes and tried it on the board during class. i think something just wasn't clicking, so i went home and worked the i.p. into my monologue and i think i did a pretty good attempt. im not sure if everything is right,but i really did try to understand it on my own today.
though i'm actually getting how to do the i.p but what i dont understand is how you act with that? just me saying it with the accents sounds forced and pretty stupid. then again i just learned it today,and were going to learn to say it in a natural way.
memorizing is going well,and im trying to use the i.p when memorizing now, but like i said it sounds kind of stupid. im guessing were going to work on i.p. and acting on thursday? i hope so because i'm hoping it will help me understand the flow of i.p. more.
we have head shots tomorrow! i hate pictures so much. and last year i really didn't like my headshot. i'm going to try to wear something simplier this year,and not blue because my eyes don't look good with blue; i learned that after last year. hopefully i'm not as stiff or fake like i was last year.
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today i really tried with the i.p. i took my notes and tried it on the board during class. i think something just wasn't clicking, so i went home and worked the i.p. into my monologue and i think i did a pretty good attempt. im not sure if everything is right,but i really did try to understand it on my own today.
Friday, September 17, 2010
friday's particiaption.
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today we had writing,and we wrote a soc,which i have such a love hate relationship with.but i did my soc,and then i tried to participate in the discussion,but i didnt really know some of the movies we were discussing.i also took notes on plot,theme,charatcer and diction.then we brain stormed a bit about our play/screen play.im still not sure what im going to do,but i came up with some good ideas.
today we had writing,and we wrote a soc,which i have such a love hate relationship with.but i did my soc,and then i tried to participate in the discussion,but i didnt really know some of the movies we were discussing.i also took notes on plot,theme,charatcer and diction.then we brain stormed a bit about our play/screen play.im still not sure what im going to do,but i came up with some good ideas.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
thrusday's post
so today we had 6 people cry/or start to cry, 3 newbies try repition,and alot of people getting annoyied. WELCOME BACK MISNER!!
today was interesting to say the least.i didnt realize how much i like misner work.all last year i would get really nervous on acting days,or dread doing repition,my monologue,movement or anything really.i really want to work on letting go of that this year,and just do what i came to east brunswick to do,and thats learn.its okay to screw up over and over and OVER,because i'm still learning and getting something out of it.
it's school,screw ups happen.
i felt like today was my best try at misner.i tried to stop thinking,and say what came to my head.my first try wasn't great,but the secondtime felt better and,i'm hoping im breaking down my wall some what.and i'm looking forward to reading twelft night so i can learn viola's monologue.i just got my new norton, so here i come shakespeare!
it was also great to see tanaj,miguel,and fernando try repitition for the first time, i know last year i was scared SHITLESS to try misner.i guess it was partly because we had the seniors as partners, who were intimitating just sitting in class,on stage looking into your eyes,reading into your soul....it's enough to make you cry.so i was really happy to see our newbies try repition today.
misner today just made me excited for next thursday, and more acting.
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today i brought my blacks and was read for work.i paid attention to everyone else's misner work.and i also got to go today with katelyn,and felt that i did a good job,and that i improved from last year.i'm excited to keep working on my acting this year,since we didnt get to work on acting as much last year.
today was interesting to say the least.i didnt realize how much i like misner work.all last year i would get really nervous on acting days,or dread doing repition,my monologue,movement or anything really.i really want to work on letting go of that this year,and just do what i came to east brunswick to do,and thats learn.its okay to screw up over and over and OVER,because i'm still learning and getting something out of it.
it's school,screw ups happen.
i felt like today was my best try at misner.i tried to stop thinking,and say what came to my head.my first try wasn't great,but the secondtime felt better and,i'm hoping im breaking down my wall some what.and i'm looking forward to reading twelft night so i can learn viola's monologue.i just got my new norton, so here i come shakespeare!
it was also great to see tanaj,miguel,and fernando try repitition for the first time, i know last year i was scared SHITLESS to try misner.i guess it was partly because we had the seniors as partners, who were intimitating just sitting in class,on stage looking into your eyes,reading into your soul....it's enough to make you cry.so i was really happy to see our newbies try repition today.
misner today just made me excited for next thursday, and more acting.
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today i brought my blacks and was read for work.i paid attention to everyone else's misner work.and i also got to go today with katelyn,and felt that i did a good job,and that i improved from last year.i'm excited to keep working on my acting this year,since we didnt get to work on acting as much last year.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
wednesday's post
today we finished the feedback on our monologues. i have to say that i was a bit surprised that i did well-ish.i definatly understood my corrections.my big one being that i think too much. i ALWAYS hear that. from my dance teacher,from singing and acting coaches in the past. it's insane.but i dont get how you dont think! like how can you shut off your "real self" ? like while i'm in character, so jeannie, how do i stop michelle from being there too? you just shut off? i never ever got how you can stop your thinking.everyone says just do it,but i odnt know why thats so hard for me to wrap my head around!!! so frustrating.
besides that, we finished our set design-sketch things/free draws/mind socs. (i some how stopped thinking there!) i felt like i explained what i understood from ashley, which worked. her idea was actually something i didnt think about when i read romeo and juliet,so i thought it was really creative that way. oleanna on the other hand; i keep reading it,hoping i understand what is happening and each time i dont really get it untill the middle of the play,when the sexual harasment charges are brought up.and even then its kind of just an idea of what the characters actually mean. so me explaining it to ashley probably sounded like a crazy person.but she said exactly what i was thinking,so something must have happened there.
then we discussed the frames of theatre. which i got fairly well.frames really help the set designers see just the world they are creating.i also really love the idea of a thrust stage. because i feel like it not only puches the audiance into the world, but can make them see a more "full world" because you can see the set alomost like a real room, your at one spot yet you see things in 3-D. even if its more difficult i think thats the best way to see a show.
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today i got my feedback from my monologue,and took notes on them. i also presented ashley's set idea to the class. i participated in the shoe game,even though i got out early. then i took notes on the frames of theatre,and participated in the discussion by asking alot of questions.
besides that, we finished our set design-sketch things/free draws/mind socs. (i some how stopped thinking there!) i felt like i explained what i understood from ashley, which worked. her idea was actually something i didnt think about when i read romeo and juliet,so i thought it was really creative that way. oleanna on the other hand; i keep reading it,hoping i understand what is happening and each time i dont really get it untill the middle of the play,when the sexual harasment charges are brought up.and even then its kind of just an idea of what the characters actually mean. so me explaining it to ashley probably sounded like a crazy person.but she said exactly what i was thinking,so something must have happened there.
then we discussed the frames of theatre. which i got fairly well.frames really help the set designers see just the world they are creating.i also really love the idea of a thrust stage. because i feel like it not only puches the audiance into the world, but can make them see a more "full world" because you can see the set alomost like a real room, your at one spot yet you see things in 3-D. even if its more difficult i think thats the best way to see a show.
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today i got my feedback from my monologue,and took notes on them. i also presented ashley's set idea to the class. i participated in the shoe game,even though i got out early. then i took notes on the frames of theatre,and participated in the discussion by asking alot of questions.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
tuesday's post
today we learned the cast list finally.and even though i'm not cast, i still wanted to know.
it's so weird to say that i'm a stage manager/assistant director.its usually chelsea,and it's weird to think she woun't be the one to scream for when we dont know something,it will be me and katelyn...so crazy to think about.i'm really nervous,because obviously i'm going to be compared to chelsea who was great last year,and any other stage managers the upperclass men had in the past.and i just want to do my best.
today we worked on table work. i have serious mixed feelings about this.for one, i understand the text for the most part. but not like we were working today. i guess i get the denotative analysis,not connotative.word for word i have no idea what they mean exactly.but i do get what they mean as a whole.
another thing that was driving me crazy,was the note taking. i sound like such a nerd, but i really had no idea how to write down what we were all saying without going word for word.then we had grammer lessons on top of that,so my notes look like someone was listening to a lecture then got attacked and was told to continue writing. so i guess i need to figure out a way for me to listen and take nots,and not go crazy.because half of my frustration with the table work was taking notes! and it really shouldn't be!
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today, i tried my best with shakespearian table work. though i know for a fact i was lost with the grammer,i took notes and i'm ready for more next week.the parts of speech, were not easy to recognize, but i sort of understood what the characters were saying, though more in a general sense.i guess sort of getting it is better than being completely lost.and we still have a few more months to work on this.im sure i can get it soon.
it's so weird to say that i'm a stage manager/assistant director.its usually chelsea,and it's weird to think she woun't be the one to scream for when we dont know something,it will be me and katelyn...so crazy to think about.i'm really nervous,because obviously i'm going to be compared to chelsea who was great last year,and any other stage managers the upperclass men had in the past.and i just want to do my best.
today we worked on table work. i have serious mixed feelings about this.for one, i understand the text for the most part. but not like we were working today. i guess i get the denotative analysis,not connotative.word for word i have no idea what they mean exactly.but i do get what they mean as a whole.
another thing that was driving me crazy,was the note taking. i sound like such a nerd, but i really had no idea how to write down what we were all saying without going word for word.then we had grammer lessons on top of that,so my notes look like someone was listening to a lecture then got attacked and was told to continue writing. so i guess i need to figure out a way for me to listen and take nots,and not go crazy.because half of my frustration with the table work was taking notes! and it really shouldn't be!
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today, i tried my best with shakespearian table work. though i know for a fact i was lost with the grammer,i took notes and i'm ready for more next week.the parts of speech, were not easy to recognize, but i sort of understood what the characters were saying, though more in a general sense.i guess sort of getting it is better than being completely lost.and we still have a few more months to work on this.im sure i can get it soon.
Monday, September 13, 2010
first post of the year!
welcome back to journals.
i missed these.
comedy of errors, was really confusing at first. i was thrown off by the shakespearian lingo at first, so i used spark notes along the way to make sure i was getting everything i needed to get. and if i didnt understand what was going on, i went back and re-read. i was surprised because after awhile i started getting what they were saying and talking about. like dromio e says at one point
"nay he's at two hand with me and that my two ears can witness."
so he's kind of saying that antipholus was mad at him,and he hit him in the head. because dromio's ears can witness to his hands.
so i'm happy that im getting the hang of it. even when reading at auditions today,i got what was going on hearing other people say it.
auditions though,i was freaked. like i've never liked auditioning for anything.mock auditions or real auditions or anything,they scare the living crap out of me.i know its a part of the biz and all, but its still a slightly scary experience.
i'm really excited for this year though. last year i kind of dabbled in alot. tech and then acting. we didnt go into directing so much,or at all really. but i really enjoy everything,and i want to know whats out there.because im not huge on my acting abilities, there are other things i would want to look into.
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today i came prepared for auditions, dressed properly (i hope), and didnt have stilleto heels this time. i had my monologue prepared from last year,and was pretty happy with how it went. i got to cold read a few times, and it was exciting to see the full auditon process for our shows. im also excited for the oppertunity to call the show.
i missed these.
comedy of errors, was really confusing at first. i was thrown off by the shakespearian lingo at first, so i used spark notes along the way to make sure i was getting everything i needed to get. and if i didnt understand what was going on, i went back and re-read. i was surprised because after awhile i started getting what they were saying and talking about. like dromio e says at one point
"nay he's at two hand with me and that my two ears can witness."
so he's kind of saying that antipholus was mad at him,and he hit him in the head. because dromio's ears can witness to his hands.
so i'm happy that im getting the hang of it. even when reading at auditions today,i got what was going on hearing other people say it.
auditions though,i was freaked. like i've never liked auditioning for anything.mock auditions or real auditions or anything,they scare the living crap out of me.i know its a part of the biz and all, but its still a slightly scary experience.
i'm really excited for this year though. last year i kind of dabbled in alot. tech and then acting. we didnt go into directing so much,or at all really. but i really enjoy everything,and i want to know whats out there.because im not huge on my acting abilities, there are other things i would want to look into.
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today i came prepared for auditions, dressed properly (i hope), and didnt have stilleto heels this time. i had my monologue prepared from last year,and was pretty happy with how it went. i got to cold read a few times, and it was exciting to see the full auditon process for our shows. im also excited for the oppertunity to call the show.
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