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Acting, can or do you act?

TheCatWoman

I've never really been into acting or drama and I don't think I could do it, or rather not screen acting, I think I could do theatre, I can't get my head around how to act disconnected scenes rather than a whole dialogue thing. It would really discombobulate me if I had act scenes out of sequence because of locations, like if part of the film was outside a stately home and all the scenes inside were filmed in a studio and you had to do all your pieces muddled up.

Sorry I'm not explaining this very well, but do you know what I mean?

Do any of act, apart from masking which is an act but totally different. 

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  • No. The idea of performance makes me shudder. I could never be able to reliably learn lines. I managed to give the occasional conference presentation and seminar, but I had to evolve coping mechanisms: do not stand at a lecturn (rabbit in the headlights effect), move around (a moving target), do not read from a script, ad lib using cards with just headings on, do not look at the audience, just at the wall at the back or the steps in the aisles, use lots of visuals (deflect attention from me). After giving such a presentation I would be close to catatonic afterwards and be unable to work usefully for at least a day. This is the reason I could never even consider applying for lectureships.

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  • No. The idea of performance makes me shudder. I could never be able to reliably learn lines. I managed to give the occasional conference presentation and seminar, but I had to evolve coping mechanisms: do not stand at a lecturn (rabbit in the headlights effect), move around (a moving target), do not read from a script, ad lib using cards with just headings on, do not look at the audience, just at the wall at the back or the steps in the aisles, use lots of visuals (deflect attention from me). After giving such a presentation I would be close to catatonic afterwards and be unable to work usefully for at least a day. This is the reason I could never even consider applying for lectureships.

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  • in reply to Martin

    Interesting. Almost the exact opposite of how I coped with lectures: stand at lectern (hiding behind it); hold sides of lectern (obeying the command not to fidget that was drummed into me at school); do not ad lib; keep to the script (but perform it, don't merely read it); look at the audience (but studiously avoid eye contact). But I do recognize the after-effects you describe (my first stop after giving a presentation would be a nice quiet darkened room).

    Perhaps I'm a masochist. Unlike you, I have applied for several lectureships over the years (without success; I couldn't manage the social communication skills needed to get past the interview stage).