Lesson One

We started the lesson with RELAXATION. This was in all essences, an exercise to relax the body, enough so that it could be used to the full potential and manipulated, and also, relaxation focuses the mind and releases it of thinking of something other than the character or task at hand. The relaxation technique was the Alexander Technique.

We then moved on to the WARM UP. This is what we have come to know and refer to as 'side stretch'. It begins in the samurai pose then you reach from side to side by the count of 8. I personally like the warm up as it is not too intense, but just easily wakes you up and compliments the previous relaxation, other wise, without the warm up, you may be left too sleepy. The work up worked on core muscles, balance and reaction time, which essentially helps with improvisation. The warm up involved live stillness, which requires focus and attention in order to react on cue.


MAGIF IF, i found personally effective, i liked asking myself "what if this was real?", but then i much preferred EMOTION MEMORY, as i found it easy to recall a memory. However, this can fall through, if you've never experienced the thought or incident that your character is.