A couple weekends’ ago I tried something
new and signed myself up for a one-day intensive acting course with Studio 111
here in Auckland. It was fun; we did all kinds of acting exercises and
activities.
Favorite: Knee tag, this was an icebreaker activity in the beginning of the day. The object of the game was to go around and tag as many people on the back of their knee as possible. Interesting really, the back of the knee doesn’t ever get too much attention so that alone was a funny feeling. Not to mention the way everyone looked gunning for everyone’s knee-backs. (knee-backs? Just go with it) All hunched over darting around laughing the entire time. Hilarious.
Most
awkward: We paired up with a partner and had to star into the other person’s
eyes for 2 whole minutes. Your hands couldn’t be behind you or in front of you
they had to be right by your side. There you are for 120 seconds, just starring
into a strangers eyes. If that’s not awkward enough, after the exercise you
were to tell the other person what you “see” in their eyes. What kind of person
they are, what they are like, interests, anything you pick up from looking into
their eyes. All three of my partners mentioned they saw:: determination/that I
know what I want, and that I am creative. Nail on the head! There were other
things but all three mentioned those. The exercise was to focus on the other
person so much to where you become comfortable, relaxed, and don’t notice the
other person looking into you. In acting a lot of scenes require focusing on
the other person allowing yourself to rid your own self-judgements, making
situations seem genuine and real.
Kinda like the starring contests I have with my PB&J.
We are IAR.
Coolest: We
did a mock commercial auction for a chocolate commercial; we taped it and
watched it back at the end of the day.
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