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From 1womanscyberpersona: > A bit frustrating.  No I’m not really meeting people

which is what I took > the class for – yea there will be other classes ….

there are other things > to try … keep up hope … Maybe this wasn’t the

best class to take for > socializing – actually hiking was *better* (heck i

could do hiking again – > not that great but heh …).  In hiking class I got

to walk around freely in > free space and talk to whoever I pleased *for the

whole class* even!  Here I > have to just listen to teacher blab most of the time

- and try to catch some > narrow window of opportunity to socialize.  It sucks to hell. > There really isn’t enough time to interact with

people on a one on one basis > and we don’t do group work much.  Oh, how I wish we

did more group work. > Having never had what I would consider a real

conversation with anyone in > this class is frustrating.  I’ve merely cracked a

joke or two at most.  I > want a real conversation:  What do you do?  Are you

in school?  What do you > want to do?  Are you going my way?  Will you

accompany me a bit on my > journey then?  Ache.

Ask people how they found about the class or why they’re taking it.  You could also ask what they think of the class – when the teacher isn’t around :)  I like to discuss the more substantial topics, too, but discussing the situation first is usually the only way to get to that point. > Instead I just show a bit of public persona when I’m up on stage (no not > cyber persona – that’s a different persona entirely

- persona’s a common > last name ..)  Anyway my public persona isn’t even

good.  It’s just shy and > ugh and kind of boring.  Talking to me *one on one*

is better, I guarantee > it, if I get the chance …  So I don’t think I’ve made many good > impressions. > In addition I’ve gotten criticism, I guess because

the teacher doesn’t think > I take the class seriously enough.  Hey, but this

ain’t serious!!  This is > play – or is supposed to be for *me*.  Pulling

myself out of bed everyday to > go to the old grind (work) is serious.  My fears are

serious.  And my goals > are serious.  This is play – or is supposed to be.

I mean, I get yelled at > by the teacher for doodling in class – my doodles

got too loud or something. > My doodles got to loud – what realm of absurdity

have we passed into – where > such things occur? ;-) Anyway. I also get criticized

for smiling too much. > When I was up on stage after the acting I smiled too

much.  The teacher said > ’stop smiling, stop smiling’.  I jested ‘but I have

such a pretty smile’, my > joke was unwanted, it’s hard not to smile :-( .  But

we weren’t supposed to > smile, we were supposed to really get into the

acting.  We were supposed to > imagine someone we really cared about was hurt or

something.  Wait, a second > now, do I really care about *anyone*??  I *said* my

parents.  I didn’t get > into it.  Other people did.  I don’t get it.  And

then I get accused of > bottling up my emotions too much :-( – blah.

If you’re smiling because you are nervous, then you are hiding emotions.  That is not a good habit. Acting is good in that it allows you to demonstrate true, deep emotions (culled from past experiences) in front of others, without fear of ridicule. > Some people in that class are intensly into it, and just seem way too > intense people in general, hard to get to know,

especially by one such as > me.  I was aiming to get to know some of them but

nah I’m going for the > smiley fun loving people now – to have a

conversation with anyway – time > well passed at least – I shouldn’t expect more.

Is this a credited class?  It reminds me of a credited acting class that I took.  The teacher was much too serious and chided me for not being as serious as the others students (many of whom skipped class and didn’t rehearse at home).  He was a prick.  FWIW, I tuned out his lectures; acting requires practice and talent, not the words of some two-bit actor. Anyway, if it makes you feel better, I didn’t make any friends at that class.  Heh – it would make you feel better if you could make friends in your class.  You need a strategy, 1woman.  Help us help you :)  Do you have any plans that you could share with us (the people of a.s.s.), so that we can help mold them into something that will get you talking to classmates? ===== Joe __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ — For info about this service, see http://anon.twwells.com/help/ or e-mail: h…@anon.twwells.com   — for an automatically returned help message ad…@anon.twwells.com  – for the service’s administrator ano…@anon.twwells.com — anonymous mail to the administrator

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A long time ago, in a newsgroup far, far away… "1womanscyberpersona" <nowherewo…@nowhereland.com> wrote: >There really isn’t enough time to interact with people on a one on one basis >and we don’t do group work much.  Oh, how I wish we did more group work. >Having never had what I would consider a real conversation with anyone in >this class is frustrating.  I’ve merely cracked a joke or two at most.  I >want a real conversation:  What do you do?  Are you in school?  What do you >want to do?  Are you going my way?  Will you accompany me a bit on my >journey then?  Ache.

Do people just leave immediately after class? That would be a barrier to conversing. >Instead I just show a bit of public persona when I’m up on stage (no not >cyber persona – that’s a different persona entirely – persona’s a common >last name ..)  Anyway my public persona isn’t even good.  It’s just shy and >ugh and kind of boring.  Talking to me *one on one* is better, I guarantee >it, if I get the chance …  So I don’t think I’ve made many good >impressions.

This is just an interesting fact: the word persona came from the ancient Greek/Roman plays where the actors had masks on. It’s derived from the word "per" (through) and "sonare" (to sound). So it means "to sound through [the mask]". So our word for person is also derived from this. Everyone is just an actor, according to our language at least. ( you get this theme in Shakespeare) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->In addition I’ve gotten criticism, I guess because the teacher doesn’t think >I take the class seriously enough.  Hey, but this ain’t serious!!  This is >play – or is supposed to be for *me*.  Pulling myself out of bed everyday to >go to the old grind (work) is serious.  My fears are serious.  And my goals >are serious.  This is play – or is supposed to be.  I mean, I get yelled at >by the teacher for doodling in class – my doodles got too loud or something. >My doodles got to loud – what realm of absurdity have we passed into – where >such things occur? ;-) Anyway. I also get criticized for smiling too much. >When I was up on stage after the acting I smiled too much.  The teacher said >’stop smiling, stop smiling’.  I jested ‘but I have such a pretty smile’, my >joke was unwanted, it’s hard not to smile :-( .  But we weren’t supposed to >smile, we were supposed to really get into the acting.  We were supposed to >imagine someone we really cared about was hurt or something.  Wait, a second >now, do I really care about *anyone*??  I *said* my parents.  I didn’t get >into it.  Other people did.  I don’t get it.  And then I get accused of >bottling up my emotions too much :-( – blah.

Is the teacher one of those really serious acting class teachers that I hear about, who are really strict? I find that funny. If I was in there with "friends" (hehehe, I’m not repeating that mistake again) I’d probably get kicked out of class. I’d imitate the teacher’s accent (if any) and make a fool of myself, all by means of mocking the teacher. I know it’s not nice, but it’s fun (for me anyways). >Some people in that class are intensly into it, and just seem way too >intense people in general, hard to get to know, especially by one such as >me.  I was aiming to get to know some of them but nah I’m going for the >smiley fun loving people now – to have a conversation with anyway – time >well passed at least – I shouldn’t expect more.

There’s a character in my movie who’s really intense and into his job. He’s like intensely painting and when there’s a disruption to his painting, he gets quite agitated and yells at the person who disrupted him (in a ancient Latin accent as well!). I guess it is hard to talk to people who are intensely focused on something, unless you share their focus. (of course, the character isn’t the most realistic, but I think it can be relevant) — Qui-Gon Jinn & Tonic :) It will be a hard life. One without reward, without remorse, without regret. A path will be placed before you, The choice is yours alone. Do what you think you cannot do. It will be a hard life. But you will find out… who you are. – Qui-Gon Jinn

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1womanscyberpersona (nowherewo…@nowhereland.com) wrote:

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but from reading your posts you come across as a very creative and fun person, and it sounds like it was a good choice to take this class.  Why not ride it out for a bit and see if and how your perception changes as the class goes on? Steve

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1womanscyberpersona <nowherewo…@nowhereland.com> wrote: > and we don’t do group work much.  Oh, how I wish we did more group work. > Having never had what I would consider a real conversation with anyone in > this class is frustrating.  I’ve merely cracked a joke or two at most.  I > want a real conversation:  What do you do?  Are you in school?  What do you > want to do?  Are you going my way?  Will you accompany me a bit on my > journey then?  Ache.

I’ve just been on a camp for choir and talked to a lot of new people that I probably wouldn’t have if we hadn’t been stuck in a campsite for the weekend.  I don’t know if there are other groups that would have camps, with free time.  Maybe you should choose a class based entirely on whether they do group activities where you get to talk :) > In addition I’ve gotten criticism, I guess because the teacher doesn’t think > I take the class seriously enough.  Hey, but this ain’t serious!!  This is > play – or is supposed to be for *me*.  Pulling myself out of bed everyday to > go to the old grind (work) is serious.  My fears are serious.  And my goals > are serious.  This is play – or is supposed to be.  I mean, I get yelled at > by the teacher for doodling in class – my doodles got too loud or something. > My doodles got to loud – what realm of absurdity have we passed into – where > such things occur? ;-) Anyway. I also get criticized for smiling too much.

That’s ridiculous! I suppose there are people in choir who care about people not concentrating enough on music but it’s a very social choir – that seems to be the point of it for a lot of people I wasn’t looking for a group to make friends in, and I didn’t make friends there but I could probably now.  I don’t know how you’d find a group like that though. How many more classes do you have? Beckie :)

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A bit frustrating.  No I’m not really meeting people which is what I took the class for – yea there will be other classes …. there are other things to try … keep up hope … Maybe this wasn’t the best class to take for socializing – actually hiking was *better* (heck i could do hiking again – not that great but heh …).  In hiking class I got to walk around freely in free space and talk to whoever I pleased *for the whole class* even!  Here I have to just listen to teacher blab most of the time – and try to catch some narrow window of opportunity to socialize.  It sucks to hell. There really isn’t enough time to interact with people on a one on one basis and we don’t do group work much.  Oh, how I wish we did more group work. Having never had what I would consider a real conversation with anyone in this class is frustrating.  I’ve merely cracked a joke or two at most.  I want a real conversation:  What do you do?  Are you in school?  What do you want to do?  Are you going my way?  Will you accompany me a bit on my journey then?  Ache. Instead I just show a bit of public persona when I’m up on stage (no not cyber persona – that’s a different persona entirely – persona’s a common last name ..)  Anyway my public persona isn’t even good.  It’s just shy and ugh and kind of boring.  Talking to me *one on one* is better, I guarantee it, if I get the chance …  So I don’t think I’ve made many good impressions. In addition I’ve gotten criticism, I guess because the teacher doesn’t think I take the class seriously enough.  Hey, but this ain’t serious!!  This is play – or is supposed to be for *me*.  Pulling myself out of bed everyday to go to the old grind (work) is serious.  My fears are serious.  And my goals are serious.  This is play – or is supposed to be.  I mean, I get yelled at by the teacher for doodling in class – my doodles got too loud or something. My doodles got to loud – what realm of absurdity have we passed into – where such things occur? ;-) Anyway. I also get criticized for smiling too much. When I was up on stage after the acting I smiled too much.  The teacher said ’stop smiling, stop smiling’.  I jested ‘but I have such a pretty smile’, my joke was unwanted, it’s hard not to smile :-( .  But we weren’t supposed to smile, we were supposed to really get into the acting.  We were supposed to imagine someone we really cared about was hurt or something.  Wait, a second now, do I really care about *anyone*??  I *said* my parents.  I didn’t get into it.  Other people did.  I don’t get it.  And then I get accused of bottling up my emotions too much :-( – blah. Some people in that class are intensly into it, and just seem way too intense people in general, hard to get to know, especially by one such as me.  I was aiming to get to know some of them but nah I’m going for the smiley fun loving people now – to have a conversation with anyway – time well passed at least – I shouldn’t expect more.

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