Inception.

We finished inception today. I felt very confident in my role as Arthur. We got to watch the finished   Cheshire Academy productiom of Inception in class today. The film looked really good, and everyone had a good time watching it. The scenes were funny to us because we spotted everyone's flunders.The camera angles could have been better produced. We really couldn't see everyone in the shot sometimes. Also  the memorization of lines wasn't as crisp as I would of wanted to be. Overall it was a very fun project and I enjoyed it a lot!

What I could of improved on is my facial expressions and movement. I still look stiff I'm front of the camera and not really comfortable. Which is suprising because in my other projects I have done very well in that, and have not had this problem before. I think it had something to do with the fact that Inception is a hard movie to interpret and there were many scenes where no one was really sure who had the next line because there was no give away in the previous line.  I think I looked kind of zoned out on film as well. What I thought looked like intense stares at other characters really looked like dazed and confused beciass of the camera angles. 😂

Overall I think my classmates and I could have benefited from a easier movie to start off with in the beginning of our acting career. But we met the challenge head on and nailed it. My fellow classmates are very skilled and I could tell they put a lot of work into their scenes as did I. We had a lot of fun doing this and I hope all of us stick with acting class in the future so we can really take our skills to the next level one day.

Blog 8

Inception is going good. I memorized all my lines, and I am really feeling confident in my ability to play Arthur in the Cheshire Academy production of Inception. My classmates are also doing a good job with their lines as well. Everyone is doing a good job in the movie. John is doing a great job of producing the movie as well.

I was a little skeptical of playing Arthur in the beginning because I saw he had a lot of lines, and I was not sure if I was going to memorize it all. But I can see now how a movie is different from a life production in the play industry. In the film we are able to shoot one scene a day so all we need to do is memorize that part for that day. This is very convenient.


 I see myself now playing Arthur really good. I think I am capturing the flow with how I am talking as Arthur. Arthur is a difficult character to play. He has many different personalities and he seems very confident in each of his scenes. I believe I have the character in my grasp now. I feel that I have come along way since the beginning of acting class and I think you can see that in all of my pieces from the beginning of the year to now.

Inception has been both a hard and real fun project. I really like my role in the film. I feel that I will only improve with my acting skills in the future. My fellow claasmates are doing a great job as well on being professional, and being supportive of the cast. John is doing a great job with producing the Cheshire Academy production of Inception. We had a lot of fun doing this movie!

Inception Blog 300 words

My character is Arthur in inception. Arthur is Cobb's right hand man and whenever Cobb needs something done, Arthur is by side. Arthur is very confident in inception. He has mastered it as a whole. Arthur has a strong voice in the movie, and it shows his confidence when he talks. By listening to his voice in the movie you can tell he knows what he is talking about.

What I add to the scene is a strong voice that makes people agree to what I am saying as Arthur. I feel when I'm on stage I have a good voice that protrays my character. Arthur is a complex individual. While I was watching the movie I picked up that he has almost different body lanague in every scene. This will be a challenge but I think I'm more than capable to tackle it head on.

Something that I need to work on is memorizing my lines and what are the follow up line before my actual lines. The movie Inception is very complicated to understand, and the script is also very hard to read. The lines come up abruptly with no indication. You really need to Memorize your lines and your partners lines before yours. This will be a fun challenge to really improve my acting skills. It has been hard to find time to run through my lines for the Cheshire academy production of inception, mostly due to lost of other school work that has been piled on me this week. Despite that I have found time to look at my lines every night for about 30 minutes. I don't want to let my fellow class mates down by not knowing my lines.

Inception has been a lot of work. It has also been a lot of fun. The class seems to be having a lot of fun with the project. I look forward to seeing the finished project of inception and how far along we have come since we have joined acting class back in January.

Fight Me: Staring Josh & Cade

Cade and I did a great job of performing our skit. It was funny and enjoyable to watch. We had a time performing as well as practicing it and learning our lines. Our skit was about a small kid named Tiny being bullied by a bigger kid named George and the Tiny gets the girl that George was tiring to impressive by beating up Tiny.  This was a funny scene also because Cade and I are about equal in size. This made the scene ironic. Cade is a skillful actor with lots of potential. I learned a lot from him with our time together. I feel and believe we both had a great performance and it would be good if we keep working together I future.

My performance was funny. I used a pretend voice to make myself appeal wimpy. I was also acting like a kid that is small and had no will to fight. If I was put in this situation in real life, I would have retaliated. My projection is great. I have a good stage voice even when I'm talking in a funny way. I believe I am funny when on stage and I think comedy is some thing I can see myself doing in the near future.Some things I can improve in the fourth quarter is not smiling during my scenes. In some instances when I smiled the audience picked it up which made it not as realistic, and not professional. This can easily be resolved with more practice. I am still very new to acting. I think I have a lot of talent in acting and think I can pursue it one day. I can also work on more body movement and more actions and not just standing around.

Cade and I have a great chemistry while we are acting together. We are both on the same page. He helped me with my lines. I also helped Cade with his lines. While practing we went over our movements and where on the same page with everything we did. Cade showed me what he wanted to do with the the scene and we incorporated with the  things I wanted to do with the scene. Some things we could of made better were being more active and facing the audience at all times. Cade and I overall both revived good grades on this project. I would like to be paired with Cade more often because I think he can help me with my acting abilities, as also I believe I can help him as well.

Fight Me link: https://youtu.be/KniZQatVmeA

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!