Today we closed our eyes, turned off the lights and were made to hold hands. Then we were told to make a circle and to do so by finding a way to communicate with each other without using words. I swear on my life it was impossible to make a circle. At some points I thought our teacher was playing some sort of sick joke on us, like he was just standing there laughing at us try and complete this impossible task. Sometimes I would sort of give up and just stand there and wait for someone to pull my arm in a certain direction. The worst was when I was getting pulled from BOTH directions! That actually made me laugh more than anything. And apparently, when we opened our eyes to see where we were, somebody had let go and switched the hand they were holding!? I have no idea. I think the point of the exercise was to try and feel what your partners wanted from you. For instance if my partner pulled my hand down I knew to duck under someone else's arms, or if they pulled my hand up I knew to high jump over someone's arms. I think it was also to learn to trust our partners. Although I think it was kind of hard to trust them considering nobody had any idea where they were actually going. But I trusted them anyways because it felt like the right thing to do.
Later we watched two people act out a little bit of Frankie and Johnny. I actually really like this play. It's weird because it kind of reminds me of my own relationship and Frankie reminds me of the type of person I am. My mom always tells me I'm too much like my dad. I'm a very sarcastic person and not very good at sharing my feelings. Frankie seems to me to be pushing Johnny away, and I think I do that with a lot of boys because I don't really trust them so much and I don't really feel like having to deal with having someone around all the time. But it's funny because my boyfriend LOVES telling me how he feels about me. He has definitely helped me to be a little more open and I do trust him.
Anyways, from this acting out of the play we learned that first you have to just read the script. I think it's more just to know your lines and remember what to say. But second, you have to understand the story. When you are able to understand the story then acting out your character comes naturally. You don't have to push to act you can just know what the character is feeling and you will be able to feel that way too. Then when you start saying your lines it will just be you talking, not your character.
When I think about it, this really makes sense. I always thought actors just read scripts and said lines the way they thought they should sound. But now I see that there might be a little more to acting than I thought. Last night when my roommate and I were watching Hannah Montana the movie she made some comment about how Miley Cyrus was such a bad actress, to which I replied "You don't know what it takes to be an actress!" Clearly I said it in a joking, sarcastic tone but there is some truth to that statement! I now look at actors differently when watching movies. I will probably have more to say about this subject when I learn more about acting in future classes. !*~!*~CaN't WaIt!*~!*~
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