I was a bit more productive today. It was a little touch in go for a while but I did manage to accomplish a few things: clean room, laundry done. I even went through some old Acting schools notes. Yesterday I picked up a couple of books that I am excited to start, "The Power of the Actor" and "Accents: A Manual for Actors". I have always wanted to be really good with Dialects so I hope this will help get me started.
My friend Malachi and I are going to start working on our monologues this week. We will be filming and then critiquing them. This will be helpful for a couple of reasons. Such as, it will show us how we come across on film: what our mannerisms are, how the character is actually coming across. As an actor you know how you see the character and how you want others to see them. Filming the monologues will help us to see if our portrayals are true to the characters. It will also help us get used to watching ourselves on film. In school I found it very hard to watch myself on film, as they say "you are your own worse critic". I would always think things like, oh man that is how I looked when i delivered that line... no good.
It is also good to have at least 4 monologues, so I just need... 3 more :). But the one I do have is a really good one (thanks to Tiffany Williams) so it is a good start.
Well that is all for now.
-Alicia
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