Notes from an Actor (continued)October 17th 2007 |
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From Adam Luckey
October 17
In theory, we are supposed to have our show start at 7:30 this evening. We may be starting a little late, but come hell or high water, we are going to be performing Hamlet tonight for the first time with an audience. The majority of the multi media work will be implemented for the first time tonight, too. Come to think of it, it is a lot of firsts tonight. Everyone is so anxious to see the work that Kirby and Gail and their tireless assistant Al have literally spent days and days working on, usually 18 to 20 hours at a time. As I write this, Gail and Al are having breakfast. It is 4:00 in the afternoon.
I spent an hour today working with myself on scren. Adam acting with Adam. It was pretty interesting, and I was pretty good. Surprisingly. This was the film work that I did a few weeks ago. You know, that stuff I was filming at 3:00 in the morning under the weather? It turns out that we were able to use the film work and incorporate some of the brilliant sound work that Andrew did. Add his work to the brilliant editing and effect work that Gail worked did and you have a pretty powerful scene. I’m pretty impressed with myself in that scene, I must say. As is Kirby, Gail, Steve, Scott, Eric, Andrew, and just about anyone else in the room when we ran through it. A sight to behold. I feel honored to be a part of it.
I’ve been fine tuning and tweaking for the past few days. Concentrating on my speech (I’ve been dropping “R’s”!) and furrowing my brow a little too much. And I found that when Hamlet is a nice guy, he can be sweet and endearing, even when he is being an ass to Polonious, Claudius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. So I am trying to plug in some niceties and crispness into Hamlet. Last night I discovered that there is still a hell of a lot that Hamlet can do with himself and with (or to) others. The enjoyment of it all is starting to catch up with me. Gotta have fun. And I am having fun.
Breathing deeply, running scenes, exits and entrances, trusting myself and the folks around me. That is all I can do. It is all I should be able to do.
Here it comes.
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