My audition (from an episodic called "Firestarter", sci-fi) starts about 4:30 (so you can skip ahead to it). The first scene is what we did cold. I made the words sound real but I had no clue what the scene setting or dynamics were (example: I get frustrated towards the end when I should be desperate).
The teacher was AWESOME. He shows you how to understand the scene's purpose in the film (why it can NOT be cut from the film), this one was that I was afraid of her (she makes things catch fire with her mind, lol) but really felt I had to help her and get her into the lab. I had to get her to trust me, and then to convey that...
The second video is what we did AFTER he gave us the notes. About half way in (right around 8minutes) I finally let go of all the crap in my head and just let the work (studying and understanding the scene and what I was supposed to do in it) come out and think it is a HUGE improvement...
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=58101587I signed up for his class and know this is going to take me to that next level this episodic season
M
UPDATE: Here's from Tuesday night's reaction class...The first spot is a take off of the three bears (now 5) trying to find the right cup of coffee.
Actually starts at 1:25 (he messed up, started it over) ends at 5:10. The point is to taste, show surprise, show reaction (disgust, buzzed, etc...). It is for commercials and commercial films.
We have specific reactions we have to do and learn what the universal way to portray them is (where the eyebrows go, where the cheeks go, where the lips go, where the eyelids go, etc...). This is why certain films do really well overseas when they don't do well here. The actors are doing the expected reaction but it reads in any language. We see it as cheap and predictable, other countries can understand it without the words.
The next one starts at 8:48 ends at 10:10 then starts again at 11:20 (different reaction, apprehensive) and ends at 11:55 (for me) and is a "Home Depot" commercial. Idea is we walk in to our freshly painted house (by professionals) only to find it with polk a dots, etc... We show surprise, disgust/comfusion (next spot apprehension), and then hopelessness. What you don't see it we then go to Home Depot, get what we need, learn how to do it ourselves and come back to see what it looks like after it dried. Surprise, happy, pride.
The FINAL one (yeah, long class) is a couple going to watch advertisements to pick out their "Dream Vacation". The first one is some scary tribal vacation, next one is a girl's dream/guy's nightmare, next one guy's dream/girl's nightmare, final one we can both love, KFC, lol! Starts for me at 15:21 ends at 17:15 and starts again (after direction) at 21:05 and goes to the end.
Three bears I SUCKED at. You have to artificially jump through the facial hoops as he says it. Home Depot was more on our own timing so it was easier to really see it in your head and respond on your own beats. Final one was a mixture so not too bad (although I liked it better the first time around).
Here's the link...
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=59508553You have to be really bored at work to watch this stuff, lol!
EDIT: Forgot to send this from LAST week's class... Same three bear scenario just the first time we had done it (and then the second time after direction)... I f@cking hated this exercise...
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=59190937M
UPDATE: Here's from TWO Wednesday's ago, theatrical class... I actually did this better on the first night after direction. I was just tired of this scene two week's later. That's why I like film and hate theater, do it, tweak it, film it, done with it. Both mine are right at the beginning...
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=58869586
