Today was the first time Jeff Tendall and Harold Lance met each-other, and what ended up happening was fantastic. Jeff will play the main character, Paul, while Harold will be playing Peter, one of Paul's good friends. Of course without knowing the "story" of this film, these character names don't mean much of anything at the moment. I promise I'll tell you what the story is a bit later.
I wasn't sure how to begin this process tonight, so we dove right into a scene. Even though production won't begin until sometime around the beginning of August, it's never too early to start rehearsing.
Scene 66/67, Pages 61 to 66. 6:00pm - 8:30pm
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| Jeff |
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| Harold |
We did a dry run, then broke it down by beats, then broke it down to find the meaning behind the dialogue. I gave notes and feedback, Jeff and Harold gave notes and feedback. From a mixture of fleshing out what the scene is about and receiving fresh input from bother actors, something wonderful happened with each pass we made. We went through the scene about 15 times. Or maybe it was 20. Jenn says more like 22 to be exact. I can't recall.
Tonight I found out that both actors really enjoy Michael Mann. That doesn't have anything to do with NICOTINE, but oh did that made me happy.
Until next time.
-JCA
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