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Who Am I?

February 19, 2005

I had rehearsals for my new thing yesterday. The new thing, you may remember, is a student film being shot on my school’s campus. There’s a big difference between acting for the stage and acting for film. I hadn’t considered this when I went to the audition. The first thing I was asked was whether or not I had theatre experience. When I mentioned that I had a bit of experience on stage, I was told to forget everything I knew about acting on stage. It took a bit of getting used to, but I eventually got it.

During the audition last week, the director asked me to read for Sarah, the small part. I didn’t really mind that. The director had classmates and other friends who wanted to be part of it, so it made perfect sense to me that she’d put the unknown in the least important role. Sarah doesn’t have much to say, but she gets to stand around and watch the other girls talking. So, I would be seen, but not so much heard. Quiet and shy would be a stretch for me, but hey, I’m an actress now! I was up for the challenge.

Shi (the director) told me right away that I could have the part of Sarah if I wanted it. Of course I wanted it. We began rehearsals immediately following the audition. Some of the roles had been cast before the audition, so there were just a few of us there for the rehearsal. Since my part was small, I was asked to also read for the part of Grace, which is a considerably larger role. By the end of rehearsal, Shi told me I could have the role of Grace instead of Sarah if I wanted it. Of course I wanted it.

That brings us back to yesterday’s rehearsal. There are four female characters, Madison, Grace, Rachel, and Sarah. Of the four, only Madison was a sure thing. Madison seems to be the lead role, if there is one. The writer of the script chose to take that part, which left the other three up for grabs. I thought I was going to be Grace. I spent the week between rehearsals thinking like Grace. I dressed up a bit for rehearsal yesterday, just to get a feel for the character. I started off as Grace during rehearsal. But sometime during the day, Shi wanted to mix things up and I got to read for Madison. That was difficult because I was already thinking like Grace. I guess Shi didn’t notice I was struggling though because now, somehow, I have the part of Madison. She’s a very interesting character, so I’m pretty happy with it.

Maybe at next week’s rehearsal I’ll get to be the director.

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4 Responses to “Who Am I?”

  1. D.T. Says:
    February 19th, 2005 at 2:00 pm

    WOW! Thats gotta be some good acting, you do there…To go from a small part to the lead role, is truly amazing!

    It reminds me of this book I read, back in sophomore year, called “American Star.” In it, the main character, Nick, wants to be an actor and moves out to Hollywood. He has a small role in a big budget movie, but ends up getting the lead role, because the actor that had the part was always drunk.

    So yeah, that pretty awesome…

  2. Oz Says:
    February 19th, 2005 at 2:05 pm

    Cool. So is this a feature length film? Or like a student 15-30 minute dealie? How long will it take to finish shooting it? Sounds like fun.

  3. Chuck Says:
    February 21st, 2005 at 5:59 pm

    Sounds like you might get to edit it too…

  4. Whimsy Chick Says:
    February 25th, 2005 at 10:43 am

    D.T. - Thanks! I’m pretty excited about the whole thing.

    Oz - It’s a student film which I’m told is about 45 minutes long. I get my final script today, and I believe we’re filming just one day in March.

    Chuck - Editing? Sounds fun! Where do I sign up?

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