Hello, my fellow artists! I hope you’re all having a great week. For the past three weeks, I’ve been sharing my rehearsal process experiences for scenes I’m working on for my acting class. Keep reading below 🙂
In part 4, I wanted to share two videos from the rehearsal process. My scene partner (who lives in the U.K.) and I are working on a scene from “Beverly Hills Cop 2”, and we are in the second 40% of the rehearsal process. 40/40/20 is a technique created by Richard Lawson to help us effectively utilize the time we have to work on something. The first 40 percent of the time you have to work on something consists of research and gathering information. The second 40 percent of the time you have to work on something involves implementing and applying the research and information you gathered in the first 40 percent (aka getting it up on its feet.) The last 20 percent of the time you have to work on something is devoted to locking in your product and coasting towards the finish line. Keep reading below 🙂
In the first video, you will see one of the many improvisations we did to explore the history of our relationship. In this take, we decided to improvise Axel solving his first case, and the more celebratory nature of that event. This was the first time I allowed myself to relax and be a little more chill around Axel…so that was a good discovery. In the previous improvisations, I was more strict and tough with Axel. See video below 🙂
In the second video, we implemented some things like behavior and subtext frome one take to the next. The second 40 percent of implementation involves trial and error and experimentation. It’s failing forward. We are implementing the things we gathered from the first 40 percent to start bringing these characters and this scene to life. See video below 🙂
Chasing The George 