Thursday, September 30, 2010.
I must continue to emphasize the importance of living in the moment and how, especially in film and television, what we are creating are a series of integrated moments that tell the story of the characters we take on.
In this class I ask that you allow yourself to feel and listen to what is going on and how it affects you and informs your response, your reaction. And it is from this place that we can have an honest response, even if it requires that you suppress what you are feeling in order not to give yourself away completely for whatever reasons. You can't hide what you are not feeling, nor can you fully express what is not going with you.
A perfect example was the work that Alex and Scott brought with the scene "Dr. Kildaire". In this scene Alex knows his Father's fate moments before he walks int0 the room and yet as overwhelmed with emotions as Alex is he feels he has hold it together in order to protect his Father (and himself to a certain extent) from completely losing it. What made this moment beautiful is that no matter how hard Alex tries to suppress his feelings his Father knows with one look that something is not right and ultimately Alex loses it and so does Scott. This is where we got to on take two. The first time around Alex and Scott were emotionally available but instead of living the moments decided that some moments could be plowed through without experiencing what was actually happening and so we didn't get the nuanced performance that we got in take two which open them up to the dynamic reality of their relationship.
At this point in our process when working in class I must stress that all concerns about pace and genre and the like be put aside for the time being and that we focus on living in the moment and have our experiences as fully as possible and I guarantee you that everything else will fall in place.
Paolo.
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