Vincent
Banned
In the first instance,
it was my twenty eighth birthday last Saturday, which was a painful time, all the dreams that I had and where I thought my life would be by this age, haven't come to pass.
But, rather than feel sorry for myself, I rode my motorcycle into the hills, drank beer, listened to Green Day sing about being a waster and peered down upon Taichung from the hills. Then down to see 007 by myself. I was totally relaxed about seeing it by myself. Beat a hasty exit at the end, and after two thirds, plucked up the courage to relocate from sitting directly next to a guy and his girlfriend to creating a seat buffer so that I could flex my tired muscles.
What I did when I watched the film, was move my face in accordance with the characters. So when there was dialogue, I reacted to what they were saying physically as well as intellectually. In this way, it was an emotional connection, I was aiming for spontanious entrainment (think thats the word). This is when people converse, they automatically attune their body language (esp facial expression) to the other persons. This happens in milli seconds. But, practicing in a film is good practice for the real thing. I find it so taxing, to try and manually control my body language whilest concentrate on what is being said. Exhausting, but at least in a film, you don't have to focus on what you say, and you can mimic the actors.
Anyone else had a similar relvelation/observation?
Do you think it works or is of use?
Thanks
it was my twenty eighth birthday last Saturday, which was a painful time, all the dreams that I had and where I thought my life would be by this age, haven't come to pass.
But, rather than feel sorry for myself, I rode my motorcycle into the hills, drank beer, listened to Green Day sing about being a waster and peered down upon Taichung from the hills. Then down to see 007 by myself. I was totally relaxed about seeing it by myself. Beat a hasty exit at the end, and after two thirds, plucked up the courage to relocate from sitting directly next to a guy and his girlfriend to creating a seat buffer so that I could flex my tired muscles.
What I did when I watched the film, was move my face in accordance with the characters. So when there was dialogue, I reacted to what they were saying physically as well as intellectually. In this way, it was an emotional connection, I was aiming for spontanious entrainment (think thats the word). This is when people converse, they automatically attune their body language (esp facial expression) to the other persons. This happens in milli seconds. But, practicing in a film is good practice for the real thing. I find it so taxing, to try and manually control my body language whilest concentrate on what is being said. Exhausting, but at least in a film, you don't have to focus on what you say, and you can mimic the actors.
Anyone else had a similar relvelation/observation?
Do you think it works or is of use?
Thanks
