Show night! As Mr.Moss suggested, tonight I viewed Love Perhaps from an actors point of view. As an actor, how can my study of the technique used by other actors help me in my acting? I learned alot.
Blind Date
Actually, it was only after I got home, after my chat with Ms. Leong that I saw what I actually learned. She just put it into words that I couldn't describe. TIMING. although the lines were read well, feeling and expression. That natural timing that everyone has when they respond to any sort of conversation was certainly lacking. Maya pulled it off pretty well, her facial expression VERY clearly read and positions well suited for her lines but still, the timing between both the characters I feel didn't really bring out the reality in the plot. As for Fadzrina, I really admire her for being able to do her french accent and succesfully REMEMBERING when to do them. She was good. And I noticed one thing about her. Before she actually stepped on stage, she would get into character a few moments before. I think thats really good. I think doing that helps with feeling more comfortable on stage. They did make good use of the props though, I really like the beginning part when Maya was thrown into her seat and Eric pushed into his. They had to have at least some trust in each other to be able to do that amazingly well! I thought it looked exactly like those kind of cartoon clips. perfect. Then at moments, eric and maya had to recite lines at the same time. Once again, trust and that particular feeling in the play is essential (haha! the thing I learned in TAPS is being applied! remember the walking and stopping bit?) It was good. well rehearsed. but needed to be more at ease with the lines. Personalising every bit of the play. not that i can do it. its hard.
Calling It Quits
Mary was AMAZING. you could tell that she was IN character the whole time. Her expression check, body positioning check, volume check, tone of voice check, FEELING check. She was fabulous! And it was just so real. That natural timing came in so right! People probably wouldn't have known that they were struggling with a few lines only the night before. But here comes the best part, IMPROVISATION. there was this part where Matt stepped off on the wrong side of the stage. Instead of going stage right, he went left. SHE WAS BRILLIANT. she screamed "If you haven't forgotten, the loo is that way!" wow. I wouldn't have known what to do honestly if I was in her shoes. But she was so quick to think on her feet! I felt like applauding just then. WOW. and the intensity in her voice in every line she delivers. WOW. just so good. She got all the tones right, and places in her lines that required pauses. Its not easy to identify them, and they might even come out wrong if you make some feeble attempt to make a stab in the dark. I don't know how to praise her more! she is just one of the actors ANYONE can look up to. Oh yes, Matt was great too, he really made himself up as a middle-class working man. scruffy, boots, tools. COSTUME IS VERY IMPORTANT. and he did alot of actions that made him appear as if he weren't in the upper class group. Like wiping his hands on his jeans. Sitting in an open-legged position, not caring that he was seen zipping his pants up in the cafeteria, or having a pair of pliers sticking out of his pants. Some actions you just have to exaggerate to make the play funnier and .....yea, funnier.
Inconvenient People
This play was VERY witty, The lines were really really good! Especially Mr.Kerr's. But at some lines, he mumbled, and so people coudn't really hear those funny lines. Some of the words he spoke clearly, some he kind of ate up, so it came out as only a few words being heard, abit awkward but still funny all the same. Pronounciation is important. Thats the big difference about live theatre and movies. If you can't catch the line means you probably never will, as for movies, thats what the rewind buttons are for. :P One more thing, because of the funny lines, there are simply places where you have to pause for audiences to laugh. Hmm....its abit hard to determine these pauses because you wouldn't know just how the audience would react to a line. Would they laugh at this or that? It depends on the line it is, how you deliver the line, and also on the type of audience listening. There are places where laughter among the audience can be anticipated, but what if it goes wrong? once again, improvisation and acting on the spot. Actors have to be adaptable creatures that are smart, quick and precise. Once you go for something, do it. because there'll never be a chance when you get to do it again. So again, its the timing, but not between actors, between actor and audience.
Tomorrow i'm going to do a director~
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