Term 4! Intro to Acting

I am officially more than HALFWAY THROUGH! Woo!

This term we're starting on acting. We only have two assignments for the full twelve weeks (which is kind of terrifying): a pantomime shot in which we have 10 seconds to go from one emotion to another, and a dialog shot.

The pantomime is due in Week 5 (currently on Week 2) and we have from Week 6 - 11 to do the dialog.

(Side note: I just realized that I've been spelling anything that ends in -og the British way all my life. Dialogue, catalogue, etc. Since I'm about to be an English teacher, I should probably fix this habit.)

Back to animation!

So my current mentor is Dana Boadway. She's currently freelancing, but she's worked on things like The Backyardigans, the Wild and Halo 3. She is also a dancer who plays guitar and sews. :)

My Q&A is on Tuesday mornings at 7am because that was the only time that worked for both California and South Korea. Where I am going in six weeks. (Insert excited panic here.)

This past week, I've been planning my pantomime.

Here's my video reference:

 

And here's the planning I've done for it:

 The character page is a new part of the Planning Packet they give us, and my mentor really liked the extra thought I put into it! :D I got full marks for this last week and I'm excited to start blocking.