So I am at a chapter in which she had some of her students keep track of their career schedule since they moved and it makes me feel as though I have accomplished nothing in comparison, but this mixed with reading The Princess Diaries and watching Julie and Julia has made me do this blog all together. So, I am going to list off my experience, it wont be as full of events as the book, but still... It will start out as a resume pretty much:
Pre-Move
Theatre:
- Middle School (not really counting it but listing it anyway, its the resources I had when I caught the acting bug)
-Oliver Twist
-The Horse and His Boy
-High School
- Oliver! -Ensemble
- A Company of Wayward Saints -Isabella (role was split between two people though)
- Into the Woods -Supporting-Lucinda the ugly stepsister
- Inherit the Wind - Supporting -Reporter
- Little Women - Supporting - Sally Moffat
- Anything Goes - Ensemble - Passenger/reporter
- Wuthering Heights - Lead - Isabella Linton
- Pirates of Penzance - Lead - Mable Stanley
- Rumors - Lead - Chris Gorman
- Stage Reading of Murther - Mrs. Claus
-Film
- The Penny- Supporting- Jade's Friend
- Back to School Video - wrote/edited/filmed-Host
- V-Cat school news- cast/crew - created and featured in several stories
Films I made for extra experience while in high school(not to be included on a resume):
- I'm Hungry- co-written/co-filmed/co-edited - Lead- Hungry Girl
- Boredom- written/co-filmed/edited- Lead- Valerie
- My Only Friend- Music Video for Ronnie Day project- Lead- Jamie
- Testing Day Video - Filmed/edited
- Wuthering Heights Documentary- Concept/Filmed/Edited- featured
- The Pear Boy- Wrote/Filmed/Animated/Edited
- My Obsessed Family- Co-wrote/Co-edited/Co-filmed - Lead- Exaggerated Version of Myself
Current independent project: self portrait video montage
Special Training
- Basic Standard British Dialect
- Basic French- taken in high school for three years
- Voice Training- Leslie Esser-Reitano-1 year
-Primarily Soprano
- Basic Tap
- Basic Staged Fighting Technique
Classes Taken
- Introduction to Acting Class- Steve Nibbe- Verona Area High School
- Introduction to Video Production- Ann Kruse- Verona Area High School
- Creative Film Studies - Ann Kruse- Verona Area High School
- V-Cat News Production- Liz Stremikis- Verona Area High School
- Advanced Video Production- Ann Kruse- Verona Area High School
post move -> Introduction to the Visual Arts- Glenn Zuchmann- CSULB (so much for not telling where I am, I realized it would
be impossible to not bring it up)
Books Read (This won't be all because I can't possibly remember them all-also I may have just read parts of the book)
- Acting the First Six Lessons- Richard Boleslavski (FAVORITE ACTING BOOK- first I ever bought, I have still to
accomplish anything close to the first lesson, its a lifetime
commitment, it is inspiration for me.)
-Twelve Step Plan to Becoming an Actor in LA - Dawn Lerman and Dori Keller
- Your First Year In Hollywood- Michael Saint Nicholas (really St. Nicholas... I wonder sometimes)
- The Los Angeles Agent Book- K Callan (very helpful- with good list of agents in back)
- Auditioning- Joanna Merlin (haven't read the majority yet)
- Act Now- Peter Jazwinski
- One on One: Women's monologues of the 90s- Jack Temchin
- Hollywood Here I Come - Cynthia Hunter (good, but I admit I ended up selling this alongside the idiots guide to acting)
- How to Get the Part Without Falling Apart- Margie Haber and Heather Locklear
- The Power of the Actor- Ivana Chubbuck (I really like it! However, the last time I saw it, it was on my dormroom floor,
and my floor is now clean but I no longer see where the book is... )
I have a confession to make right now, I used to own a Stanislavski book, The Actor Prepares, I think it was. I could not get through it, I ended up selling it because it was just collecting dust while my other books on acting are picked up over and over again.
ALRIGHT, so that is where I am at right now... I feel pretty good about that right now to be honest.
As I said in the intro to this post, I am also currently reading Acting is Everything by Judy Kerr and so far love it and I am over half-way through. I am also reading the Princess Diaries series and Love's Labor's Lost. An eclectic list of books, I know, and I am kind of proud of that.
OK so I apply to college, move out here to a bankrupt state and therefore am paying non-resident tuition and living in $1,000/month dorms with no air conditioning or heat with financial aid (which would have been fully covered in Wisconsin btw) that doesn't even cover my course fees. Yeah... those are the harsh realities. The other realities though are that I am finally able to actually send out to auditions that I see posted and I live in California like I have always dreamed and... its what I have always wanted.
Since I have been here:
1) I tried to wait on trying to get representation.. but sitting around a dorm room all day and being a procrastinator on homework and a dreamer, as I am, I caved. I pulled out my "Los Angeles Agent Book" and looked through the back
- I had already highlighted every one of the agents who claim to actually look at the pictures they receive and so, I again ignored some advice and decided to send a resume with my headshot to everyone I had highlighted... yup.
-I also decided to send out resumes to about 5 big name agents just incase a miracle would happen if I took the chance, these ones were definitely more carefully selected... ironically, seeing as I am less likely to have to deal with them.
OK so print, print, address, address, stamp, stamp and off I sent 50 total packages. Wow... it was expensive! way more than I thought it would be, but thats the price of being a dreamer I guess.
2) Networking... hm well I have a total of one connection out here, the costume designer at my high school is friends with a lady who is a personal assistant to a star out here. So I emailed the costume designer and she said she would try to connect me with her friend. I haven't heard anything since... and it has been about two weeks or so.
We shall see.
3) AUDITIONS.
Okay, I have the BackStage website membership, Actor's Access and a Blog which I am following on here which has more big time stuff that the other two sites. I do my little thing every day, check the postings apply to what I am right for. I must say I prefer Actor's Access, its just really simple, and seems to get more postings than BackStage.
So far I have been contacted for 3 auditions from Actor's Access. One I was unable to make the audition times(they had not been posted specifically so I didn't know when I applied).
The second one was a student film at USC. It was a silent film... first they had me read sides from "He's just not that into you" because the story line was very similar. That part went well... but then came the part where they had me pantomime... not so good. One issue I came up against was that they had me do a scene in which there is no possible way to film it as one shot because half way through the character snaps out of a fantasy world and everything that had changed is back to normal, I couldn't play it without a clear break between the two so it did NOT flow and it led to awkwardness.
-NOTE TO SELF GET INTO A MOVEMENT CLASS- that would have helped me immensely
THIRD- This audition I felt good about. It was for a short film that may see some festival action. It is titled Unborn. I went in tried to reach the emotions and, though I did not achieve tears I feel like the emotion was there. I had a moment where I really felt like the character and it felt just right-another bonus is I saw the director nod happily at that point. Anyway, last I heard I was being "seriously considered" for the part and they asked me to verify my age (18) and checked to see if I would be available to work set dates. This news came about 3 days ago, still waiting to hear.
WOW ramble much. I am scared I am keeping my roommate from falling asleep because of my typing so I must wrap this up.
I am thinking of writing a stand up act, which is something I never thought I would do. I probably won't preform it, but I don't have a lot of comic experience so I am hoping to flex my muscles a bit.
I have checked out a few acting books from the library and once I get through Acting is Everything I will move on to those. However, I think this book is one of the ones I will always come back to when I need help.
So, a last thought: Next semester I am going to sign up for an acting course and I am so anxious to begin. I wanted to take an introductory ballet course as well but, sadly, they overlap, and acting takes precedent. I hope I do continue this blog... it would be good for me I think, though I do have my "acting journal" too.
Do Not Wait To Strike Till The Iron Is Hot; But Make It Hot By Striking-William B. Sprague
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