False Profile
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
GARLIC PORK CHOPS
THE ENERGY IS TOO STRONG TO …
A day had already past but just recalling the explosion of flavors in my mouth from the garlic pork chop I had made me want to scream as loud as I could - the energy was just too strong to just talk about it. - GL
A day had already past but just recalling the explosion of flavors in my mouth from the garlic pork chop I had made me want to scream as loud as I could - the energy was just too strong to just talk about it. - GL
THE PROPOSAL
Creating a short Personal Story video or a short Virtual Theater scene
PROJECT DEVISING NOTES
Devising notes will be journaled here
THE SEEKER
The “thought” and memories of my lifelong fascination with discovering, exploring, experimenting and learning about myself and others were triggered by this “impulse” … this feeling that the energy is too strong to …
The “thought” and memories of my lifelong fascination with discovering, exploring, experimenting and learning about myself and others were triggered by this “impulse” … this feeling that the energy is too strong to …
RELATED THREADS
IDEA FOR “CASTING STORIES” AND “TRAINING STORIES”:
- THE BRING-YOUR-OWN MENU PUPPET SHOW
IDEA FOR “TRAINING STORIES”:
- THE BRAIN: AN ENERGY DIRECTOR
IDEA FOR “PERSONAL STORIES”:
- THE POOL PHOTOS
- MY MOM’S PAINTING CLASSES