Led by Sally Cancello

In the fifth session of the BFI academy, in the morning we had an acting masterclass. In the masterclass, we learned all about how actors interpret the script that they have. In the exercise that we did, we only had a page of dialogue, we were told that this could be all actors get in an audition. We had to pick a character from the script and we had to write briefly about what we thought their personality and status is just from that page of text.

Afterwards in small groups, we had a go at acting the page of dialogue. This is where we put into practice what we had spoke about as a group how as an actor you have to as best you can get inside the characters head and try to take as much as you can from the text provided. I believe it is something I need to develop working out from a text what a character is like. A good way for me to develop this would be by reading scripts and having a go myself at making notes of if I was an actor how I would portray the character.

In groups, we had to work together to bring the text to life in the best way possible. After the acting masterclass, for the rest of the day we in our groups had to plan for the shoot day for our short film which was only a week away. It wasn’t the most ideal preparation for our shoot because two members of my team were missing.

The three of us that were present decided we would have to make some key decisions without the input from them as we weren’t really left with much choice. Me and the rest of my group had to work together to decide which shot lists we would use for every scene. Something else that I need to learn more about is all of the different shot types that there are. Me and my group also estimated by running through the script how long our short would last. Us a group as well decided on where we would film the opening scene that is outside.