My favourite assignment would have to be Technique Exercise #6. It was the one that I did with Lindsay where we both were restricted to 3 lines each. I really enjoyed working with her and I liked our performance very much. I felt that we had great chemistry and worked well on stage.
My least favourite assignment would probably have to be Technique Exercise #4, where we had to recreate a phone conversation. I did not enjoy doing this assignment because I found it more difficult than the others. Also, while rehearsing I found myself feeling a bit awkward pretending to talk on the phone with someone.
One of the processes that helped develop my acting was something that Ms. Maxwell-Steele taught us to do and that was to already be in character before we walk on stage. I feel that it is something that helped me throughout these exercises and with other performances as well.
I remember one presentation that Dylan Draper did. It was the exercise where we had to walk into a room with a purpose, not say anything and leave. What Dylan did was walk into a room, forget why he walked into the room and leave. I thought it was a very clever and funny idea and I enjoyed it very much.
I learned that method acting is much harder than people might think. First and foremost, you always have to stay committed because if you don't you will never do nearly as well as you could. Also, I learned that there are many things you need to do and know when it comes method acting. It's not just you get a character and a script and go from there. You have to really analyze and plan out everything in order for it to work well and be understandable.
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