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CLASS PLAN March 2023 class: Script: “Jamey and Blair” – Read with characters: HOW TO DO IMPROV: So a few reminders about how to do improv: basics: CHARACTER TYPES – responding to line: He kept screwing up. I mean, he’d call up a client –– try to sell ’em something –– then he’d start yelling…
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENTS: Want to keep practicing during the week? Try these exercises: PENCIL PRACTICE EXERCISE First try some shading with the TIP of your pencil (grind it down to a flat edge first, the “sweet spot” like I demonstrated in class). Practice blending smoothly from light to dark or dark to light, using both the…
Your assignment for this week is to memorize the short monologue at the bottom of this page, then perform it as five different characters. Your character fired a man, and is talking about why. The characters Character 1: Compassionate and caring. You feel sorry for the man who was fired. You hated firing him but felt…
This week’s video Before memorizing this week’s scene, watch the short video below. It shows how an experienced actor can use this method to learn a long portion of a script very quickly. This week’s script excerpt: Breaking the script down Here’s one way it might be broken down into parts. The idea is that…
Hi everyone, the exercise for this week has two parts. PART 1 First – memorize this very short scene and practice it in the ways described above it. PART TWO – Reviewing memories related to crying Take out something you can write with or write on (a pen and paper or electronic device), and jot…
