First Day

I made it through my first day of school!  It wasn't bad at all since I only had two classes today.  Let's have a replay, shall we?

My day started off with Performance Technique, which will be focusing on physical habits that complement our Script Analysis class.  Being our first class, we only talked about how we should think before we act - we need to be living truthfully under imaginary circumstances.  What I found most interesting about class today was when we talked about those elements in our lives that we have control over, and the elements in which we don't.  It was amazing to see that the only two in the "In Control" section were 1) being prepared, and 2) being considerate.  Our "Out of Control" section listed things like: emotions, people, technical aspects, transportation, praises, success and how we look.  Our professor then stated that if we decrease the amount of time we think about our "Out of Control" section by 50%, our lives    will be much more positive and productive - meaning that we will become better actors once we start putting more focus on our "In Control" section.  She warned us that it will be difficult at first, and there will be times where we are absolutely frustrated with ourselves, but what we learn in this class will soon be habitual and never forgotten.

Our next class was in a different studio, about 15 blocks away, so we all walked together as a group only stopping to get some lunch.  The next class, Script Analysis, will have us focusing on finding the objectives in scenes and playing them truthfully.  We spent the class time going over the four steps of analyzing a script and determining what of those steps are for the character and what is for the actor.  It's all written out in length in the Practical Asthetics book, but, even so, it all sounds confusing for me still.  I'm hoping that I'll eventually get it, but I am pretty sure that I will be that frustrated student a few times in this class.

Class tomorrow starts at 8 am, which is not so exciting.  Luckily it's in a studio only 5 blocks from where I live, so I'll be able to sleep in for a few more minutes than I would if it was at the Atlantic studio.  Plus, I start with Alexander Technique tomorrow, meaning that I'll be laying on the ground ... aligning spine = sleep, right?