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About 30 minutes from gradutation festivities, and my responsibility is quite significant....I'll be opening the stage curtain. But it ought to be a good time, or as good of a time as one can have at one of these things. One of our senators is going to be here as the graduation speaker, and I'm pretty excited about that...I think the world of Blanche, and she's always been a great friend to our school.
Went back to the deli last night for the first round of reshoots, and I have to say that things went very well last night. We had to reshoot one of the scenes that I was in last night, and I think it is going to be a great scene once it gets put together. I am in the scene with two very talented actors, and everyone came to play.
The actor hat is an interesting one for me to wear on the set, and one I don't often do. I like being behind the camera so much more, because it is there where you are in the driver's seat. When you're an actor, you sit your butt down on your mark, and focus on trying to perform with the appropriate affect and make sure that it doesn't sound like you are reciting the lines from memory. I feel that I was there performancewise last night, and that I was working really well with the other actors. The role that I am playing is basically an extension of my own character, so it's not that much of a switch. But a problem that I have is that in real life, I have trained myself not to react emotionally or animatedly. People tell me that I am very dry, and I don't have too much trouble realizing how they see that. But it's not particularly interesting, and not particularly human to perform that way, so I am in a situation now where I have to react in ways that are very different from how I would normally react, because the part demands it.
I don't really consider myself an actor, because it is a craft that is not important enough to me to really pursue. When I do have an acting gig, I do the work to turn in a good performance, and feel as though I am effective. But my true love is creating, and I have much more control in the driver's seat. I'll always give myself small parts in my films because I am definitely a ham, but the bottom line is that I belong behind the camera, making other people look good.
Anyway, I suppose I shall now go get my game face on and get ready for the festivities.
Went back to the deli last night for the first round of reshoots, and I have to say that things went very well last night. We had to reshoot one of the scenes that I was in last night, and I think it is going to be a great scene once it gets put together. I am in the scene with two very talented actors, and everyone came to play.
The actor hat is an interesting one for me to wear on the set, and one I don't often do. I like being behind the camera so much more, because it is there where you are in the driver's seat. When you're an actor, you sit your butt down on your mark, and focus on trying to perform with the appropriate affect and make sure that it doesn't sound like you are reciting the lines from memory. I feel that I was there performancewise last night, and that I was working really well with the other actors. The role that I am playing is basically an extension of my own character, so it's not that much of a switch. But a problem that I have is that in real life, I have trained myself not to react emotionally or animatedly. People tell me that I am very dry, and I don't have too much trouble realizing how they see that. But it's not particularly interesting, and not particularly human to perform that way, so I am in a situation now where I have to react in ways that are very different from how I would normally react, because the part demands it.
I don't really consider myself an actor, because it is a craft that is not important enough to me to really pursue. When I do have an acting gig, I do the work to turn in a good performance, and feel as though I am effective. But my true love is creating, and I have much more control in the driver's seat. I'll always give myself small parts in my films because I am definitely a ham, but the bottom line is that I belong behind the camera, making other people look good.
Anyway, I suppose I shall now go get my game face on and get ready for the festivities.