Walking into class I had many fears, hopes and skills that I had brought with me to the UAL Acting course, fortunately for me I was not the only one with all these thoughts and skills in my head but in fact the rest of my class felt the same way. Today we learnt about the Skills that any actor in any generation would need to become successful then followed by our hopes and what we wish to accomplish at the end of our 2 year course. We then finished off by talking about our fears about the course which help massively with our group of 32 bonding and getting to know each other step by step.
- Confidence : This is one of the most important assets in becoming an actor as the main and soul purpose of acting is to be in front of a crowd and shake away any nervous habits and overcome the flooding of butterflies in your stomach. Confidence is developed gradually everyday when you take a step into the boundaries that you had set for yourselves. With confidence you are able to identify other skills in yourself that helps so much in becoming the best actor that you could possibly be.
- Imagination/creativity : Most of our time acting, we always work in groups doing scripted pieces or devising work, with that comes a lot of thinking out the box or coming out your comfort zone. everyone is open to suggestion on how to act as a certain character or how to take stage directions into performing. There is no performance without some of your thought or opinion as it could change everything for the better, you need creativity to write your own work or add to another, as a performer everything we do is full of imagination and passion which is then shown convincingly to the audience.
- Discipline : Rules and Discipline is clearly needed to maintain a balance in performing. You can't put others down because you feel that you are better as in the classroom everyone is study the same course so everyone is equal, this also referring to the outside acting world as well. we always need to listen and accept constructive criticism to better ourselves in the way we act as its only for our own benefit. Discipline is needed to restore order in moments of catastrophe in a performance when the show must go on not matter what.
FEARS/HOPES.
- Fear of failure : Everyone fears that they will never reach the standards that are meant to be met as an actor, we fear that the dreams we make for ourselves will never be touched unless we work hard or that rejection upon rejection will be your worst friend. I believe that rejection only prepares you for the the real world of endless possibilities and one of those would be my big break. To an large extent failure is a set back that makes you stronger and resilient to all.
- Hopes of reaching your goal : Goals are what set fire and passion in our hearts to pursue acting to our fullest potential, having a goal means having a clear insight to what we are working towards and what we want from ourselves. My mind is never shortsighted because I dream big in what I want to achieve in myself. Hope is what keeps me going, that all the work you put in endlessly will soon come to some sort of happy result. Hopes and dreams inspire everyone towards what they want, me being me I learnt today one important thing overall.
THE WORK YOU PUT IN IS NEVER OVER!
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