acting, classes, 4 out of 8
Acted with Ariel using a practice-script, titled “Come in, Nielsen”.
As things turned out, our scene became a confrontation between two hostile criminals.
Darren directed us. His guidance to me included: “let your pose inform your voice. Whatever that means to you.”
Topic for today: the various resonating factors in your body, for your voice.
- chest voice
- nasal voice
- head voice
Received our roles for our Final Presentation. I'm paired up with Asha. The script is titled “MRT”.
My character is a young man, old enough to be a motorcycle-riding grandson of a guilt-ridden grandmother.
“I got retrenched without much notice. I don't know how to break the news to my wife. I wore office clothes while leaving our house, to put up a pretence of employment when I'm actually unemployed.”
Questions for my character:
- what is the nature of your relationship with your wife? Loving and amicable? Or strained, irritable and strife-filled?
- how wealthy are you and your wife? Which socio-economic class do you fall under?
- how many people are depending on your salary, which has now evaporated?
- where are you going today, if you are not going to your (now-eradicated) workplace?
- what is happening from your employer's perspective? Is there a particular reason why your employer has dismissed you?
- with what feelings did you wake up in bed today?