Hi everyone! It has been a crazy week here at the Brook. Monday during fourth period our students were trying to figure out an early dismissal of PA students, followed by two days off from school. Needless to say, we are a bit behind on our schedule.
Drama 4
College monologues are finalized and we have spent the week applying various techniques from our past 2/3 years of training to our pieces. We have already completed our review and application of script analysis and will be moving into our various movement based techniques today.
Drama 2
We have spent the week working on our self written scenes. We have recoded our practice close-ups and really got to examine what the camera can capture of our work. Next week we are going to shoot the real thing.
Raisin
We are working hard on Raisin. We made up our 3 days off from school by jamming 20 hours of rehearsal into this weekend. I cannot say enough about how hard this cast is working. Get your tickets! I feel sure this is going to be a sell out.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Week 6
This week is off to a busy start already.
D4 is starting to feel the college pressure. I am happy about that. I want them to feel it now rather then in January when it is too late to do anything about it.
Classical monologues are due today and we will be weeding through those to decide which are keepers and which are not.
We are also going to continue to hear more contemp. monologues. We want to have those locked down and memorized by the end of the week. (Line check on the first half of contemp is Thursday.) Today we are going to spend a little bit of time looking at the first set of pieces for those auditioning for Oklahoma.
D2 is going to do a practice shoot of their scenes this week. There is no better critique then the critique you give yourself when you are watching your work. We are also going to spend some time this week exploring the Uta Hagen technique of substitution.
Raisin is plugging right along. We are closing in on having the whole play blocked and worked at the table.
Get those tickets! It is going to be good.
D4 is starting to feel the college pressure. I am happy about that. I want them to feel it now rather then in January when it is too late to do anything about it.
Classical monologues are due today and we will be weeding through those to decide which are keepers and which are not.
We are also going to continue to hear more contemp. monologues. We want to have those locked down and memorized by the end of the week. (Line check on the first half of contemp is Thursday.) Today we are going to spend a little bit of time looking at the first set of pieces for those auditioning for Oklahoma.
D2 is going to do a practice shoot of their scenes this week. There is no better critique then the critique you give yourself when you are watching your work. We are also going to spend some time this week exploring the Uta Hagen technique of substitution.
Raisin is plugging right along. We are closing in on having the whole play blocked and worked at the table.
Get those tickets! It is going to be good.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Thursday
Drama 4
Remember finalized sheets are due tomorrow and classical monos on Monday. We are wrapping up the college presentations
Drama 2
We started working on our shooting scripts today. Check out these links for some more info on camera blocking.
http://www.hollywoodcamerawork.us/
http://production.4filmmaking.com/
http://production.4filmmaking.com/cinematography2.html
Raisin
Awesome rehearsal yesterday. If you can bring that to the stage in October you will make some amazing theater happen.
Remember finalized sheets are due tomorrow and classical monos on Monday. We are wrapping up the college presentations
Drama 2
We started working on our shooting scripts today. Check out these links for some more info on camera blocking.
http://www.hollywoodcamerawork.us/
http://production.4filmmaking.com/
http://production.4filmmaking.com/cinematography2.html
Raisin
Awesome rehearsal yesterday. If you can bring that to the stage in October you will make some amazing theater happen.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Wednesday
Drama 4
We started reading our contemporary monologue choices yesterday. Of the 22 we heard we found about 7 that we thought were keepers. That should tell you how hard it is to find the right piece. Do not get discouraged if your piece was not the right one. Just keep on looking and you will find it.
Two major deadlines are approaching.
1. Your finalized college selection work sheet is due on Friday. If you need another one, they are on the sidebar labeled D4.
2. Your classical monologue choice is due on Monday.
Check out the college corner at the bottom of the blog. I have added a whole bunch of new links with a ton of info. If you would like any of the college powerpoints, they are all on the typepad blog.
Drama 2
We are continuing our study of film acting. Today we watched a great DVD with a master class by Michael Cain talking about the craft of film acting. We are having a great time moving toward the filming of our self written scenes. This week we will work on blocking and directing for the camera.
5th period
We started our study of the history of modern acting. All this week we will be looking at Stanislavski, The Moscow Art Theater and the Group theater. Check out the Stanislavski powerpoint on the typepad blog.
Raisin
We are doing great work. I am very excited how the show is going. Tickets are on sale now, so be sure to get yours soon.
We started reading our contemporary monologue choices yesterday. Of the 22 we heard we found about 7 that we thought were keepers. That should tell you how hard it is to find the right piece. Do not get discouraged if your piece was not the right one. Just keep on looking and you will find it.
Two major deadlines are approaching.
1. Your finalized college selection work sheet is due on Friday. If you need another one, they are on the sidebar labeled D4.
2. Your classical monologue choice is due on Monday.
Check out the college corner at the bottom of the blog. I have added a whole bunch of new links with a ton of info. If you would like any of the college powerpoints, they are all on the typepad blog.
Drama 2
We are continuing our study of film acting. Today we watched a great DVD with a master class by Michael Cain talking about the craft of film acting. We are having a great time moving toward the filming of our self written scenes. This week we will work on blocking and directing for the camera.
5th period
We started our study of the history of modern acting. All this week we will be looking at Stanislavski, The Moscow Art Theater and the Group theater. Check out the Stanislavski powerpoint on the typepad blog.
Raisin
We are doing great work. I am very excited how the show is going. Tickets are on sale now, so be sure to get yours soon.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Thursday
Raisin
Great rehearsal yesterday! Do not forget to keep going over those scripts at home and keeping all that hard work you have put in from one rehearsal to the next. My acting teacher always used to say the most important part of rehearsal was the time spent AFTER rehearsal reviewing what you had done during rehearsal. That is where retention occurs. Retaining and growing from one rehearsal to another is what is expected of professional actors and it is what is expected of you.
D4
We had a great talk from Mr. Timmerman yesterday about the college fair and the colleges coming to audition here. Check out the college corner at the bottom of the page. I have also added some more of your awesome power points to the typepad blog.
DEADLINE: one contemp monologue chosen and cut by tomorrow
D2
Great work on revising the scenes. I am LOVING your enthusiasm and how well you are working together as a team. If we can keep this going all year, I know great growth will occur.
Great rehearsal yesterday! Do not forget to keep going over those scripts at home and keeping all that hard work you have put in from one rehearsal to the next. My acting teacher always used to say the most important part of rehearsal was the time spent AFTER rehearsal reviewing what you had done during rehearsal. That is where retention occurs. Retaining and growing from one rehearsal to another is what is expected of professional actors and it is what is expected of you.
D4
We had a great talk from Mr. Timmerman yesterday about the college fair and the colleges coming to audition here. Check out the college corner at the bottom of the page. I have also added some more of your awesome power points to the typepad blog.
DEADLINE: one contemp monologue chosen and cut by tomorrow
D2
Great work on revising the scenes. I am LOVING your enthusiasm and how well you are working together as a team. If we can keep this going all year, I know great growth will occur.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Weds.
D4: Several of those awesome powerpoints are posted for you now on the typepad blog. Follow the link under the documents desk.
Reminder: 1 contemp monologue is due on Friday. The clock is ticking on that one. It must be BRAND NEW.
D2: We are having a GREAT time are we not! I cannot wait to see your revisions and line checks today.
Raisin: We are two weeks in now. Let us keep the pressure on. I am loving your commitment and passion for this show.
Reminder: 1 contemp monologue is due on Friday. The clock is ticking on that one. It must be BRAND NEW.
D2: We are having a GREAT time are we not! I cannot wait to see your revisions and line checks today.
Raisin: We are two weeks in now. Let us keep the pressure on. I am loving your commitment and passion for this show.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Tuesday
D4: They are continuing their awesome college presentations. Kelly's FSU presentation got us off to a GREAT start. I will post it to the typepad blog ASAP.
D2: We had to bump the line check from yesterday because we are still reading and commenting on the scenes. The class has written some really challenging (but fun) scenes for themselves. They feel a bit like a soap opera so we are discussing the possibilty of making these into our own little soap opera. ...Hey! A lot of great actors got their start in soaps.
However you cut it, these scenes are designed to challenge these actors right where they feel the least comfortable. We are going to walk through these fiery suds and come out stronger actors on the other side.
Tune in for the next episode off....The Brook
Check out this article on actors that made the leap from Soaps to Stardom
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/17-celebrities-who-started-on-soap-operas.htm
D2: We had to bump the line check from yesterday because we are still reading and commenting on the scenes. The class has written some really challenging (but fun) scenes for themselves. They feel a bit like a soap opera so we are discussing the possibilty of making these into our own little soap opera. ...Hey! A lot of great actors got their start in soaps.
However you cut it, these scenes are designed to challenge these actors right where they feel the least comfortable. We are going to walk through these fiery suds and come out stronger actors on the other side.
Tune in for the next episode off....The Brook
Check out this article on actors that made the leap from Soaps to Stardom
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/17-celebrities-who-started-on-soap-operas.htm
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