It's what you don't say.

We had a Casting Director from Manchester as a guest tutor tonight. Wow, what a night, full on and really enlightening. I personally learnt loads and most importantly, it's sometimes what you don't say that counts. Our eyes are drawn quite often to the person in a scene who's not saying anything. Try it on your next improv. Don't do it all the time though. We also learnt to be sheep tonight, something you should NEVER be. sorry for BLEETING on.

 

 

 

The Giggles. These are little monsters inside you that make you laugh at the most inappropriate time or for no reason at all, but mostly when you're just about to do a scene at ActUpNorth. It happened to me tonight but you know what? there's nothing better than getting 'the giggles' for calming your nerves. Another top night at the ActUpNorth Tuesday Class ;)

 

 

 

 

I suppose it happens to us all now and again, but tonight I just blanked. Completely forgot my lines. Nothing...nada....zip. Great advice from Pete 'don't put yourself under so much pressure' - I hope Pete never has to tell you the same thing, but he will do......one day. Tonight's class rocked!

 

 

 

I remember my first time...

Two newbies at tonight's class, Welcome aboard! Tonight we sailed through the 'Purple Rain' and 'Fireworks' with just a quick stop off at Sponge Bob Island. Class started with a random game where each pair chose a pop song title, which Pete swapped around the group. Our task to come up with improv scenes based on these hits. Nails were buffed at the 'Club Tropicana Nail Salon', and two withered out sponge's were waiting to rehydrate in 'The Flood'.

We ended tonight with more of The Stan' approach to acting using 'Round the Table analysis' to really value every word in a script.

What a night, going to bed now, with a lovely cup of hot chocolate, oh no wait I mean ...cinnamon.

Night guys 'I just can't stop loving you'

 

 

 

Eminem wrote a song about Stanislavsky he called it Stan. Remember the one where Stanislavsky locked up some bird in the trunk of his car and drove off a bridge. More from 'Stan the Man' tonight as we watched our breathing technique scenes from last week. Pete always has constructive criticism on every student and we all take it on the chin. More filming tonight (the same scene as last week) but different camera angles. Tonight's class also had facial gurning, Pec flexing, tongue clicking, eye closing and More! (it's up to you what 'More' is). BTW Pete's mystery heavy breathing phone calls have stopped, maybe Slavsky made them before he drove off that bridge. Damn!

 

Breathe in and don't foget to breathe out!!!'

Tonight's class at Actupnorth was the second instalment from our 12 weeks worth of the 'Stanislavsky' approach to acting (thank goodness for Google's 'did you mean'). I typed Skaniflouski ;)

Nerves can attack you at any moment so what better way to combat them than with oxygen.... We learnt to breath in 3 times in and once out repeated 3 times or 3 times out and one time in repeated 3 times. It's OK no-one fainted although one student did have an enormous coughing fit, it's OK though he's old.

Pete commented that he could see a real difference in the performances in front of the camera with the breathing exercises, he was even out of puff himself at the end of the class.