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Showing posts with label downtown theater. Show all posts
Showing posts with label downtown theater. Show all posts
Monday, February 6, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
Photo A Day 6
Rehearsal picture time! Here we are kinda, going through a scene for A Doll's House coming up this Winter. Yeah, it's not that exciting of a picture, but it's my view in rehearsal.
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Sunday, August 14, 2011
Indiana Jones Work out
I HATE RUNNING! HATE IT. But gotta do something to keep in some kinda shape. Right? It's supposed to be one of the best exercises for you, save for swimming. But where am I going to swim in NYC. Granted it's raining right now, but that's not the same. And this past week I've been soaked enough by the rain that I don't feel like running in it. So I've been trying to find ways to keep myself entertained on the treadmill.
Sure they have t.v.'s attached to them, but I have yet to figure out how to change the channel. Every time I attempt it it just goes to static. Which isn't fun. And then of course I can't get it back to a broadcast. I've started bringing my ipod in. These fancy schmancy treadmills allow you to plug in your ipod and listen to your own music. Sure you can do that without plugging in, but this way the ipod controls are past of the treadmill screen. No fumbling with a sexy ipod to change songs or whatever. So anyway, I tried doing the whole music thing and it's still unbearably boring to freakin run! I can't do it. I get so distracted by everything. People walking into the gym, playing with the incline (which is kinda fun for a few seconds but then you realize you're running up a mountain practically and people around you are staring) So..I discovered that you can play your videos on the screen on the treadmill. Win!
So I tried to a few tv shows. The problem with it is there is music being played at the gym itself. So it's in the background. Which makes watching shows difficult. But then I thought. What if I put on a movie I'm extremely familiar with. I tried Stargate, but it's too quiet dialogue wise and while there is action to keep me motivated, it's not all through out. Then it dawned on me...Indiana Jones. He runs and fights and jumps and get's the girl, and fights some more...this could be perfect!
I tried Raiders first but there is an aweful lot of down time in the middle of the movie action wise. It you want a short work out. It's great. If you want a longer one I recommend Temple.
So here are the rules. Whenever Indy is running, fighting, pretty much moving fast? you kick it up and run your freakin heart out. When he takes a breather, you know to kiss the girl, figure out a map..whatever? slow it down to a walk.
So here is a break down.
Raiders of the Lost Ark:
Start out with a nice brisk walk as Indy is headed to the Jungle Temple In Peru.
Keep this pace until he recovers the fertility Idol. Once you hear the rumbling? Start a runnin'
It's a good little wake me up until he dives out of the temple and crashes into Belloq.
You get a breather here.
Take off again until you take off in the plane and keep running until the movie pics back up at the college.
This is why this work out is a little light. There isn't much until The Cantina scene in Nepal where we find Marion. (whiskey...)
This is a break until the chase scene in the market. I stretch it out too and go until Indy is pulled away from Belloq by Sallah's children. ALL of his freakin kids.
Then we have a nice break really until the Well of the Souls. And this then begins a long run. Starting from the moment the Well is sealed to the fight with the bald German all the way to the end of the chase scene where Indy takes a moment to address his bullet wound.
Honestly that's about it unless you want to run some more at the opening of the ark.
Temple of Doom
This one I feel starts off a bit more energetic. So it's probably a matter of how fast you want to start off.
So we start off fairly quickly with running at the openning. You can slowly build speed, but the whole openning scene with Willy's dance number going into the fight at the club and ending on the plane is a nice brisk run.
You can slow down here while they leisurely fly away from Lao Che.
Once the pilots bail out, time to increase your speed again until that life saving yellow raft runs ashore.
I'm tellin ya, this one is more consistent with being more physical. Now we break though for some much needed exposition and then head to Pankot Palace. (you can jog this route if you like but I'm lazy, so walk it I do)
There is a fair amount of a break here until after dinner.
Beginning with Indy being attacked in his room and going all the way to them being captured after the Thuggee union meeting is a great run.
Slow it down a bit and walk or jog if you prefer until Short Round begins his escape from the mines.
This can be done at your speed, it's basically one long action sequence going all the way through to the mine cart chase and then slowing down on the bridge.
This is why I say this one is a bit more rigorous. Indy really gets the crap beat out of him and so will you.
Then of course the fight on the broken rope bridge with Mola Ram falling to his death.
And there you have it. The Indiana Jones work out.
What's this have to do with my acting journey? Well exercise is a big part of it, right? Being in shape? Being healthy. This is my attempt to trick myself into having fun while doing something I find menial and boring and for the most part, a chore.
I can say so far it's working out just fine for me. I'm also the person who can't get enough of Indiana Jones, so I'll happily watch them over and over again. And who cares that I can't really hear all the dialogue...I have most of it memorized anyway from years of viewings.
Sure they have t.v.'s attached to them, but I have yet to figure out how to change the channel. Every time I attempt it it just goes to static. Which isn't fun. And then of course I can't get it back to a broadcast. I've started bringing my ipod in. These fancy schmancy treadmills allow you to plug in your ipod and listen to your own music. Sure you can do that without plugging in, but this way the ipod controls are past of the treadmill screen. No fumbling with a sexy ipod to change songs or whatever. So anyway, I tried doing the whole music thing and it's still unbearably boring to freakin run! I can't do it. I get so distracted by everything. People walking into the gym, playing with the incline (which is kinda fun for a few seconds but then you realize you're running up a mountain practically and people around you are staring) So..I discovered that you can play your videos on the screen on the treadmill. Win!
So I tried to a few tv shows. The problem with it is there is music being played at the gym itself. So it's in the background. Which makes watching shows difficult. But then I thought. What if I put on a movie I'm extremely familiar with. I tried Stargate, but it's too quiet dialogue wise and while there is action to keep me motivated, it's not all through out. Then it dawned on me...Indiana Jones. He runs and fights and jumps and get's the girl, and fights some more...this could be perfect!
I tried Raiders first but there is an aweful lot of down time in the middle of the movie action wise. It you want a short work out. It's great. If you want a longer one I recommend Temple.
So here are the rules. Whenever Indy is running, fighting, pretty much moving fast? you kick it up and run your freakin heart out. When he takes a breather, you know to kiss the girl, figure out a map..whatever? slow it down to a walk.
So here is a break down.
Raiders of the Lost Ark:
Start out with a nice brisk walk as Indy is headed to the Jungle Temple In Peru.
Keep this pace until he recovers the fertility Idol. Once you hear the rumbling? Start a runnin'
It's a good little wake me up until he dives out of the temple and crashes into Belloq.
You get a breather here.
Take off again until you take off in the plane and keep running until the movie pics back up at the college.
This is why this work out is a little light. There isn't much until The Cantina scene in Nepal where we find Marion. (whiskey...)
This is a break until the chase scene in the market. I stretch it out too and go until Indy is pulled away from Belloq by Sallah's children. ALL of his freakin kids.
Then we have a nice break really until the Well of the Souls. And this then begins a long run. Starting from the moment the Well is sealed to the fight with the bald German all the way to the end of the chase scene where Indy takes a moment to address his bullet wound.
Honestly that's about it unless you want to run some more at the opening of the ark.
Temple of Doom
This one I feel starts off a bit more energetic. So it's probably a matter of how fast you want to start off.
So we start off fairly quickly with running at the openning. You can slowly build speed, but the whole openning scene with Willy's dance number going into the fight at the club and ending on the plane is a nice brisk run.
You can slow down here while they leisurely fly away from Lao Che.
Once the pilots bail out, time to increase your speed again until that life saving yellow raft runs ashore.
I'm tellin ya, this one is more consistent with being more physical. Now we break though for some much needed exposition and then head to Pankot Palace. (you can jog this route if you like but I'm lazy, so walk it I do)
There is a fair amount of a break here until after dinner.
Beginning with Indy being attacked in his room and going all the way to them being captured after the Thuggee union meeting is a great run.
Slow it down a bit and walk or jog if you prefer until Short Round begins his escape from the mines.
This can be done at your speed, it's basically one long action sequence going all the way through to the mine cart chase and then slowing down on the bridge.
This is why I say this one is a bit more rigorous. Indy really gets the crap beat out of him and so will you.
Then of course the fight on the broken rope bridge with Mola Ram falling to his death.
And there you have it. The Indiana Jones work out.
What's this have to do with my acting journey? Well exercise is a big part of it, right? Being in shape? Being healthy. This is my attempt to trick myself into having fun while doing something I find menial and boring and for the most part, a chore.
I can say so far it's working out just fine for me. I'm also the person who can't get enough of Indiana Jones, so I'll happily watch them over and over again. And who cares that I can't really hear all the dialogue...I have most of it memorized anyway from years of viewings.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
A busy week and I'm not complainin'
This heat is deadly! It started last week and has just continued to bake Manhattan. Hooray sweat. Nothing like showing up to an audition or rehearsal as if you've already been rehearsing for a few hours. I've thought about bringing a change of clothes but I think carrying them around would just make me hotter, no? Maybe they should have free showers where Charmin has those free bathrooms in Times Square. I mean as long as they clean them. Often. thoroughly.
So last week, in this heat, my agent set me up with a "Go-See" for a Microsoft spot. Ooooooh a vocabulary word! So for those of you curious, a 'go-see', is pretty much exactly what it sound like. You GO to a casting office and they SEE you. (more like they see if they like you.) Take a few pictures in different poses, angles. You're done. So my agent had confirmed this at the beginning of the week. As I was getting ready to go my manager emailed me with the same information. What did we do before the days of instant communication? Anyway, I was on my way and really curious what this would mean. Both had technically informed me of this and sent me on it. I spoke to a few friends. The general consensus is that both the agent and manager would have to be paid if I booked the gig.
IF.
Of course I'm counting those chickens before the eggs are even laid. But whatever. That's interesting though and I'm curious what others think about that. If you are sent on an audition by multiple freelance accounts, who would get the credit? I emailed my manager saying I was already on my way and asked him directly what I was to do since both had submitted me. He said to always go with whoever sent you first. (You have to usually sign in and say what agency your with, if any. So I wanted to know going in, not just for the potential pay off $$-wise.)
The Go-See. I get there, look around. Now I'm not a super short, but I'm also no giant. I'll never play superman, that's for sure. Or Andre the Giant in his biopic. (But man! Where is that movie? I'd go watch that! OBEY!) Anyway, all the guys are taller than me. And older looking. Like late 30's/40's with way shorter hair and much more clean cut. Of course I'm thinking...am I even right for this? But both the agent and manager sent me so I'm there. They take some pictures from different angles and that's it. Back out into the heat in a button down. blech. Pretty sure I would have heard by now. They're shooting this coming Monday. but I know they had an alternate day last Friday. So who knows.
I've also been in and out of rehearsals for this next fringe piece which is just two characters. For 90 minutes. My mouth hurts from talking so much. So many lines. Remember that first play you got into as a kid and you counted the lines you had? Yeah..this is killer. Off book by Thursday? I'm on it. Sure! It's a collection of 7 small plays. One of them is essentially a monologue. For 10 pages. Welcome to Eternity!
And recently I filmed a trailer for a screenplay that the writer and producer are looking to use as a tool to pitch the idea to potential backers. It's a weird thing to film in such a broken way. But the cast and crew was great. I feel like from the moment I met the director something just clicked. Which happens, but not often enough. So I'm of course looking forward to the final product. We had a 3 day marathon filming adventure around NYC and I couldn't have asked for a better group of people to work with and befriend. I play a guy who joins a cult for a girl. Yeah. It's such an old story, right? I've heard it a thousand times. Boy meets girl. Girl is in a cult. Boy joins cult.....magic.
And now off to learn more lines at 1 am. woohoo.
So last week, in this heat, my agent set me up with a "Go-See" for a Microsoft spot. Ooooooh a vocabulary word! So for those of you curious, a 'go-see', is pretty much exactly what it sound like. You GO to a casting office and they SEE you. (more like they see if they like you.) Take a few pictures in different poses, angles. You're done. So my agent had confirmed this at the beginning of the week. As I was getting ready to go my manager emailed me with the same information. What did we do before the days of instant communication? Anyway, I was on my way and really curious what this would mean. Both had technically informed me of this and sent me on it. I spoke to a few friends. The general consensus is that both the agent and manager would have to be paid if I booked the gig.
IF.
Of course I'm counting those chickens before the eggs are even laid. But whatever. That's interesting though and I'm curious what others think about that. If you are sent on an audition by multiple freelance accounts, who would get the credit? I emailed my manager saying I was already on my way and asked him directly what I was to do since both had submitted me. He said to always go with whoever sent you first. (You have to usually sign in and say what agency your with, if any. So I wanted to know going in, not just for the potential pay off $$-wise.)
The Go-See. I get there, look around. Now I'm not a super short, but I'm also no giant. I'll never play superman, that's for sure. Or Andre the Giant in his biopic. (But man! Where is that movie? I'd go watch that! OBEY!) Anyway, all the guys are taller than me. And older looking. Like late 30's/40's with way shorter hair and much more clean cut. Of course I'm thinking...am I even right for this? But both the agent and manager sent me so I'm there. They take some pictures from different angles and that's it. Back out into the heat in a button down. blech. Pretty sure I would have heard by now. They're shooting this coming Monday. but I know they had an alternate day last Friday. So who knows.
I've also been in and out of rehearsals for this next fringe piece which is just two characters. For 90 minutes. My mouth hurts from talking so much. So many lines. Remember that first play you got into as a kid and you counted the lines you had? Yeah..this is killer. Off book by Thursday? I'm on it. Sure! It's a collection of 7 small plays. One of them is essentially a monologue. For 10 pages. Welcome to Eternity!
And recently I filmed a trailer for a screenplay that the writer and producer are looking to use as a tool to pitch the idea to potential backers. It's a weird thing to film in such a broken way. But the cast and crew was great. I feel like from the moment I met the director something just clicked. Which happens, but not often enough. So I'm of course looking forward to the final product. We had a 3 day marathon filming adventure around NYC and I couldn't have asked for a better group of people to work with and befriend. I play a guy who joins a cult for a girl. Yeah. It's such an old story, right? I've heard it a thousand times. Boy meets girl. Girl is in a cult. Boy joins cult.....magic.
And now off to learn more lines at 1 am. woohoo.
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