What do you think is most important thing in scene

For this next project in acting class is going to be a interesting task to preform. I am going to be playing a small wimpy kid that is pushed around by a bigger bully. This is funny and ironic because I am not a weakling and I am not small. I could easily fight back but my character chooses not to. My character see,s to be younger and less mature than his counterpart in the scene. At the end of the act my character ends up getting the girl's phone number that the bully was trying to get by impressing her by beating me up and pushing me around.

What's important for me to do in this scene, is act wimpy, scared, and very mellow. My character is different than how I act in real life. I am a strong, energetic, loud person, so it will be fun to try acting this piece. It will be a fun challenge. I also need to work on more body movments and make myself look more into it than just standing still and going through the motions. I think I can do this, and bring my acting skills higher. It will be good practice for me.

It is important for me to take this seriously so I can get the best grade possible.  I can easily do the bare minimum and still get a decent grade for the project. I have a good talent for memorizing things and can get through it with very little practice. But, I want a good grade and will do the most I can do to make this a reality. Also by practing Im better off because acting is something I want to pursue one day.

I will work on this by practicing daily while I am home and in school.  I will be running through my lines every night. I will move around like my character would in class. I'll also ask someone else to run through the lines with me so I can here many interpretations in the scene. I feel if I take all steps necessary I can make this price my own, and get a great grade in acting class.

Script Josh C and Cade

GEORGE: Fight me.

TINY: I don't want to... 

(GEORGE punches TINY)

TINY: Ow! What did you do that for?

GEORGE: Plenty more where that came from... 

(GEORGE tries several more punches as TINY uses some folders and papers as a shield)

TINY: Cut it out!

GEORGE: Bet you're not so tough without your shield, Captain America.

(GEORGE slaps down folders, TINY yelps and GEORGE tries a few more punches)

TINY: Have you gone crazy? 

GEORGE: Something like that.

TINY: I won't fight you.

GEORGE: Then I win.

TINY: Huh?

GEORGE: I win.

TINY: I guess so.

GEORGE: (yells) Tell me I win.

TINY: Fine, you win.

(GEORGE punches him)

GEORGE: Louder.

TINY: You win!

GEORGE: That's right. I am the alpha dog, baby!

(GEORGE does a chest pump against TINY who stumbles back)

TINY: What is with you, man?

(GEORGE grabs TINY in a headlock)

GEORGE: See her over there?

TINY: Yolanda?

GEORGE: That her name?  Yeah the new one.  Yolanda...  so hot.  

TINY: She's why you're acting like an idiot?

(GEORGE stops headlock)

GEORGE: Yup... I want to impress her.

(GEORGE lets TINY out of headlock)

TINY: Great... Glad I could help.

GEORGE:  She saw the whole thing.  They're laughing.  They think I am awesome. Now for the kill.

(TINY flinches)

GEORGE: Not you... Her.  Gonna seal the deal.

(GEORGE exits.  TINY tries to fix himself up and gather papers. GEORGE returns and holds out a piece of paper)

TINY: What's this?

GEORGE: Her number. She wants me to give it to you.  

(Says it snotty) 

GEORGE (cont.): She thought you were cute. 

(GEORGE walks off in defeat)

GEORGE (cont.): Everyone roots for underdog.

TINY looks at number happily and does a cute little wave.

END OF SCENE

Blog 4 Flash Scene

Jaden and I did a scene from the hit new TV show called The Flash. The scene we decided to do for The Flash was where the reverse flash a.k.a Doctor Harrison Wells reveals him self to Cisco one of the main characters as being the killer of the Flash's mother. I was the reverse flash, and Jaden was Cisco. The scene in the TV show was taken place in STAR labs which is where the Flash and Doctor Harrison Wells work together in a mutual friendship. While one of star labs employees finds out Doctor Wells secret, Wells himself enters the lab in dramatic fashion.

In our scene, the Reverse Flash stabs Cisco right through the heart killing him instantly with his knife that was stashed in his back pocket. It was a dramatic scene, and we tried to stick as close to the TV version  as possible. It was a good learning expirence to see where we both can benefit in  acting. This was the first scene Jaden and I ever peformed with sound and lots of movement. I believe Jaden and I did a fantastic job of remaking the scene in our own unique way.


 After watching the scene after we filmed, I found that it both looked smooth, and both Jaden and I went thought their lines effortlessly. Memorizing my lines was easy for me. I believe memorizing football plays definitely helped. Jaden had a great performance as well. He showed how he was capable of memorizing words he may not have have been fimilar with before. Jaden was also a great partner with a great attitude, and I could see myself working with him again. For first time actors going through our first scene ever, I think we showed a lot of promise. If acting is something that we both wanted to pursue I think it is something that could both be accomplished and make a career out of it.

Some things that can be improved is body language, and facial expressions. Looking through the film there were many instances were the scene was found as dull for our audience. I think this can be improved by more practice which will come in time. Our scene was also a bit on the shorter side which was good for memorizing our lines as first time actors, but was also bad because our grade could of been better if the scene had been longer.

Acting class has proved so far to be a great deal of fun, but also a lot of work. It is really good because I feel that I can build off of this class and become a talent actor one day, but also build connections with the people in the class. Connections are very important in acting just like in anything else. My goals is to use this class to become the best actor I can be. This first scene we did is a good baseline to see how much Jaden and I will improve over the next 3 year!