Oli everyone! so today's Random Platypus is dedicated to a very special person, and you may wonder..why to mention her in this bl
og,...well what you didn't know is that actually, we were not suposed to be eight students but nine in our drama class. Actually we ARE 9, even though..our 9th one is miles apart.She is Cecilia Gonzalez, (an exnewtonian) who has been in the DC (drama club) as long as everyone else. She started her acting career with the school play OLIVER! however she also made an excellent performance in el rabdomante, over the wall, macbeth on the loose, the duck variations, las troyanas and kenneth's first play.Ceci (sexylia, gonshalesh etc..) is now living in Chile, but she will be a member of our drama class for ever
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In todays class (6th) we started by talking and discussing our Homework. We had to read THE HOLY THEATRE and we had to think about 2 questions. My questions were: What is so bad about silence? and Is Religion an act, just pretending? or people take it seriously? We never actually answered my second question , so I think is a good theme to talk about. When I looked up for RELIGION DEFINITION on the internet, the following came up: The English word "religion" is derived from the Middle English "religioun" which came from the Old French "religion." It may have been originally derived from the Latin word "religo" which means "good faith," "ritual," and other similar meanings. Or it may have come from the Latin "religãre" which means "to tie fast." Which is mainly ...a good definition, however I also found out the struggle for the perfect definition! I found ESSAYS of about 40000 words about it. For me, religion is not an act, is trully believing in something you believe (duh) but ...without hessitating OJO! that i'm not only talking about the catholic religion, i'm talking for any religion in general (even the personal ones)and for that thing you believe in, some rituals might be part of it or are needed to reach (TIE FAST) and get to the point you want to reach. Nowadays, society forgets the true spiritual rituals and their true meaning, so they turn them into a rutine more than an emotional ritual. Just acts they do for no reason at all, and sometimes they don't even do it.
Moving on, another very important question we left for a personal development was what happens when actors act ,are they in total control of their body or they are possessed by the character they are pretending to be. By reading several web pages such as http://www.epicplayers.com/acting I realized that characters should be found and not made, each character has a goal in life (as people do) and so, in my opinion i think in order to act as another person is better to have total control of your body and mind in order the create the best possible "COPY" of a character. Roberto also mentioned something about actors are possessed by their character, and
for a matter of fact... it reminded me of Heath Ledger, he looked possessed by the Joker sooo bad that he convinced everyone that he WAS the joker (winning an Oscar :D). So maybe ... the two extremes are good, However finding a middle point will be interesting. Roberto suggested the following readings "The Empty Space" and "The Open Door" by Peter Brook, and Equus. I looking forward to maybe read about them.
The last thing I would like to say is ... about the QUOTE of the DAY!... I give the QUOTE of THe DAY award to Miss Valentina Vela, she said "CASI... NO ES SUFICIENTE, FELIPE" and maaaan that hit me like a rock. all of the CASI things i made came inmediately to my mind, and made me think about all the things I couldve done better, but didn't just "because". SO... I promise I'll do my very best from now one. .... I don't know with what question to end today! so let's preted I did... and ..uhm keep reading peeps! see ya soon!
og,...well what you didn't know is that actually, we were not suposed to be eight students but nine in our drama class. Actually we ARE 9, even though..our 9th one is miles apart.She is Cecilia Gonzalez, (an exnewtonian) who has been in the DC (drama club) as long as everyone else. She started her acting career with the school play OLIVER! however she also made an excellent performance in el rabdomante, over the wall, macbeth on the loose, the duck variations, las troyanas and kenneth's first play.Ceci (sexylia, gonshalesh etc..) is now living in Chile, but she will be a member of our drama class for ever***** The Random Platypus *****
In todays class (6th) we started by talking and discussing our Homework. We had to read THE HOLY THEATRE and we had to think about 2 questions. My questions were: What is so bad about silence? and Is Religion an act, just pretending? or people take it seriously? We never actually answered my second question , so I think is a good theme to talk about. When I looked up for RELIGION DEFINITION on the internet, the following came up: The English word "religion" is derived from the Middle English "religioun" which came from the Old French "religion." It may have been originally derived from the Latin word "religo" which means "good faith," "ritual," and other similar meanings. Or it may have come from the Latin "religãre" which means "to tie fast." Which is mainly ...a good definition, however I also found out the struggle for the perfect definition! I found ESSAYS of about 40000 words about it. For me, religion is not an act, is trully believing in something you believe (duh) but ...without hessitating OJO! that i'm not only talking about the catholic religion, i'm talking for any religion in general (even the personal ones)and for that thing you believe in, some rituals might be part of it or are needed to reach (TIE FAST) and get to the point you want to reach. Nowadays, society forgets the true spiritual rituals and their true meaning, so they turn them into a rutine more than an emotional ritual. Just acts they do for no reason at all, and sometimes they don't even do it.
Moving on, another very important question we left for a personal development was what happens when actors act ,are they in total control of their body or they are possessed by the character they are pretending to be. By reading several web pages such as http://www.epicplayers.com/acting I realized that characters should be found and not made, each character has a goal in life (as people do) and so, in my opinion i think in order to act as another person is better to have total control of your body and mind in order the create the best possible "COPY" of a character. Roberto also mentioned something about actors are possessed by their character, and
for a matter of fact... it reminded me of Heath Ledger, he looked possessed by the Joker sooo bad that he convinced everyone that he WAS the joker (winning an Oscar :D). So maybe ... the two extremes are good, However finding a middle point will be interesting. Roberto suggested the following readings "The Empty Space" and "The Open Door" by Peter Brook, and Equus. I looking forward to maybe read about them.The last thing I would like to say is ... about the QUOTE of the DAY!... I give the QUOTE of THe DAY award to Miss Valentina Vela, she said "CASI... NO ES SUFICIENTE, FELIPE" and maaaan that hit me like a rock. all of the CASI things i made came inmediately to my mind, and made me think about all the things I couldve done better, but didn't just "because". SO... I promise I'll do my very best from now one. .... I don't know with what question to end today! so let's preted I did... and ..uhm keep reading peeps! see ya soon!
hmm. mil cosas que decir.
ReplyDeletela primera, te amo. los amo a todos.
la segunda.. me gusta lo que pusiste de la religion, muy muy de acuerdo.
de ahi... no creo que a uno lo posea el personaje. uno encuentra al personaje y lo hace parte de uno, el personaje no te encuentra a ti. tu lo posees, no al reves...(waaa, me fui en la media volada jaja)
y nunca, nunca es suficiente. deprimente, pero cierto.
ceci we love you too!
ReplyDeletegreat reflections on religion, that's the man! (could you relate them to theatre?- that's the question...)
it's very good to see you are doing research on the internet already in order to find some of the answers that really move you - keep it up, diego (on the other hand, the books i recommended are waiting here in my office for you - i know it's not as near as a click on your computer, but get the habit of doing some research in books - and i have great books here in the department's library - and you'll see it's worth the while...)
"characters should be found and not made" - great quote for discussion, we might use it when we get into the actual acting classes
"create the best possible COPY of a character"? or "create a character"?
good stuff in this entry
if i say make a question at the end, then you make a question at the end... you want a 7, don't you?
si, ceci, nunca es suficiente, pero creo que eso no es deprimente sino bueno, el dia que sea suficiente, que aburrido, ahi se acaba todo
roberto