Tuesday, April 14, 2009
bringing everything together
Prior to the lessons that we had learned in this class, I thought I understood bringing the aspects of a character together. I may have spent a little time on character but that was it. I felt awkward trying to find the movements and completely creating another persona. After each section, I felt more confident and comfortable with the different aspects of the character. Looking at a character now, I know that I cannot skip on one aspect of characterization because they are all very important. In the past, I would usually just work on the psychological aspects of my character, and to be completely honest, I did not even work on that as much as I should have. This has changed though. I need to understand it all (how he walks, talks, and thinks).
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ReplyDeleteI have had much more trouble with the piano player piece than I thought I was going to. I figured it wouldn't really be that hard once I had the song down but that was truly just the beginning. What I didn't realize is that I'm playing the character created by Rowan Atkinson and I need to get his movements, facial expressions and hand jestures right on. The hardest part has been putting together the playing of the piano and the facial gestures at the same time. Just as with real piano playing, your hands are not doint the same thing and you have to focus on those but it's not funny without the facial gestures. The balance has been very difficult for me to find and that's where I'm stuggling the most. I will be working on this again tonight and tomorrow and I will perform to the best of my ability tomorrow. Perhaps then I will have a better idea of what I need to do.
Remember that the facial expressions are created from the psychological responses of the character. Discover what the character is doing and reacting to and the facial expressions will make more sense. Otherwise it's just like memorizing a string of random numbers. The connection is emotional truth.
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