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IT TAKES COURAGE
We - a photographer friend and I - had tried everything to get this client - a referral from a dating site - to stop posing like he was auditioning for a mobster movie, until I had to say … you might want to be more approachable, show who you are … to what he responded: “if being myself had taken me anywhere I wouldn’t need a dating site, would I? - GL
We - a photographer friend and I - had tried everything to get this client - a referral from a dating site - to stop posing like he was auditioning for a mobster movie, until I had to say … you might want to be more approachable, show who you are … to what he responded: “if being myself had taken me anywhere I wouldn’t need a dating site, would I? - GL
THE PROPOSAL
Creating a short Personal or/and Casting Story video or a short Virtual Theater scene
PROJECT DEVISING NOTES
August 18, 2023
I thought I play with this story in relation to why many actors feel that acting give them the chance to be “somebody else”.
Bring Your Own Menu - A Puppet Show
THE SEEKER
He stood in the middle of the studio staring at me as I stared back at him waiting for some sort of signal from him. After an uncomfortable silence - for him not for me - he finally asked: aren’t you going to tell me what to do? To which I answered: I’m just waiting for you to take the lead. - GL
He stood in the middle of the studio staring at me as I stared back at him waiting for some sort of signal from him. After an uncomfortable silence - for him not for me - he finally asked: aren’t you going to tell me what to do? To which I answered: I’m just waiting for you to take the lead. - GL
THE PROPOSAL
A short Training/Casting Story video about the concept of Bring-Your-Own-Menu - a very important element in the Absolute Theater approach, my work with models in photography and pretty much anything I do.
PROJECT DEVISING NOTES
Devising notes will be journaled here