The Scene Guy and Ted: Grow

There are a few pieces of grow feedback i received which i will address here. One was sitting on the bar while looking at the photo. That was my attempt to add variety to the scene and make it more 3 dimensional and dynamic. All the script really called for was for us to sit at the bar. There were no blocking directions to get up at any point so I needed to find a smooth transition from sitting to standing so the third act would be more dramatic. Having said that, i also got some great feed back about what to do about this which is to lean on the bar. I think the issue was that someone actually sitting on a bar wasn't believable.

There was also the issue with the instance that i attempted to flick of guys hat. What that was, was an impulse i had in the moment. It was not something that AJ and i rehearsed, AJ did not wear a hat during rehearsals and when i saw it i went with my gut. However when i tried to it felt like i had hit AJ in the face or possible poked him in the eye so for a moment i broke character as i was legitimately concerned with AJ's well being. Had AJ worn the hat during rehearsals this is something we may have worked on a bit more. I'll admit that it would have been a better idea to not do something we hadn't rehearsed, It also taught me that as an actor, you must not only be present in the moment but also aware of your role and your actions. While acting in the moment can lead to some impressive results, being unpredictable on stage can lead to mistakes and may bring down the performance of your scene partner(s). For example if the hat had gone of as i intended in that moment then it would have been a powerful moment in the scene, but in the end it made us seem unprepared and brought down the performance as a whole. It was something that i personally was responsable for and will hope it is something that will not affect the grade of my scene partner.