Hi all 🙂
Today I played a tiny bit more with colours (the carpet is now purple) and added and posed some figures. So I thought that I would tell you my philosophy about posing figures. It is based upon my little bit of experience in amateur theatre. You see, back in the 1980s I had this cunning plan to meet girls. The plan involved being one of a small number of males amidst a much larger group of females. The obvious place was amateur theatre groups. So here are a few pictures from those days:
In the top picture I am the guy at front of stage in the white pants. Below in Godspell I am the bloke in pink overalls behind Jesus (the clown figure). I must admit, I loved acting. Turned out that I was quite the ham. Interestingly enough, I did not get a single date from doing this. LOL
So what did I learn from four years of acting. Well, the major thing was that actions and cues need to be exaggerated. One example is the old back of hand to the forehead and a slight backward lean to the head
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I did a few years in a school drama club when I was in my teens. The director was of the Meyerhold school of thought, so we were taught to exaggerate like crazy. I still do it, offstage and unconsciously. One of the reasons people find me weird =)
Here’s a neat article about Meyerhold vs Stanislavski:
https://anitastheatre.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/stanislavski-and-meyerhold-the-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/
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Cool! I must admit that also still exaggerate my movements when i make a point on a topic that i am pssionate about. Old habits, eh? Interesting article ? Thankyou ?