Loved loved loved today. I literally cannot comprehend how much I'm learning. It is a crying shame, because it's all so awesome. So quick recap of the day (and past days): the vocal excercises on Tuesday were super awesome, and helped me understand how much delving into the language with Shakespeare creates a character for you. Very interesiting, and I was extremely excited about it becuase it really clicked in at least one way. Wenesday:also super awesome because of cursing guy, whose name I don't remember. And I feel so bad about that! because he was a brilliant teacher/director. Loved him! Plus he gets like million brownie points for being in love with Helena Bonham Carter as well. She is my hero. So that day was all about reacting honestly on stage, along with many many other acting techniques and directing tips, we heard from the man himself who trained under Meisner. So much to learn. I must admit rehearsal wore me out Monday through Wenesday, so please excuse me if I was not up to energy these past days. My sincerest apologies. Anyway, today, I felt much much better, and also like it was the best day I have spent at Burning Coal yet. Though of course last week was amazing too. New stuff always gets me energized and polishing those first scenes gave me a huge challenge to work with, utilizing all the tools we have learned about so far. Plus... lunch was ridiculous today. And awesome. Please also excuse my shameful lack of creative adjectives. I am supremely tired.
One more thing I wanted to mention! This is one of the things that came to mind about what we talked about today: Viewpoints. I found this discussion extremely helpful for creating a character, and I will most certainly utilize it in the future. Anyway, the video following is one of my favorite characters... and actors... ever. He has a repeated gesture! that's two things right there that most certainly stood out for me about his character. It is one of the reasons I adore this particular actor's creation so much. Those little details that just add so much reality to the story.
1:28 is when David Tennant plays Barty Crouch Jr., and adds this small gesture with his tongue to make him completely insane. He is also shown breifly in the second video at 2:24 and repeats the same gesture. The differences in his physicality are remarkable. Links below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxEWQ3AXrgI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC_jddH_0MI