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Acting for Film // Character Development III

There has been a tweak in the storyline now because Jerry will be joining Jaze and my scene! 🙂

Brief profiles

Ziyu as Laraine
Pleasant personality
Driven in career, and does not mind taking care of the household as well
She loves children and can’t wait to have a family

Jaze as John
Handicapped due to an accident
Cares for his wife but doesn’t show much due to his disability (inferior)
He loves children but is afraid of raising his kids as a handicapped father

Jerry as Mr Lim
Loves to help people around him
Neighbour of the couple
A young policeman who just started his career
Enjoys being the middleman/peacemaker

The storyline is pretty much the same as the previous post (click here), except that Laraine don’t walk off at the end, but instead, we have Mr Lim entering the scene halfway and try to mediate the couple.

Start:
– Laraine entering with mother care brochures, maternity magazines and pamphlets from a baby fair
– Her husband sits on his wheelchair doing nothing
– She tries to strike a conversation with him mentioning about her colleague’s children
– He knows her purpose of the conversation and was unhappy

Conflict:
– He insists on his point of not wanting a child
– She tries to be patient and explains a plan she has in mind
– He didn’t let her finish her lines and cuts in hopes of her dropping the idea
– Mr Lim enters the scene and tries to mediate the couple

End:
– The couple realizes that they care for each other too much which led them disagreeing with each other

We are still working on cutting down lines, but here is our draft!

Click here – screenplay draft

Or see the screenshots below!

 

 

 

 

Acting for Film // Character Development II

In a post two weeks ago (click here), I mentioned about my character’s profile, personality, and conflict with her partner. With those information, the scene would be some thing like what Jaze (profile) and myself performed in class – the wheelchair scene.

Start:
– Laraine entering with mother care brochures, maternity magazines and pamphlets from a baby fair
– Her husband sits on his wheelchair doing nothing
– She tries to strike a conversation with him
– He rejects and was all gloomy
– She approaches him and he spots the brochures before she manage to say anything, and he got angry

Conflict:
– He insists on his point of not wanting a child
– She tries to be patient and explains a plan she has in mind
– He didn’t let her finish her lines and cuts in hopes of her dropping the idea

End:
– She also got very unhappy
– ends of with a “FINE!” and storms off, leaving her husband alone and upset in the scene

For Laraine’s character arc, she’d start off with being slightly lethargic (end work), and then it shows her being patient to her husband, and still smiling a little. Her mood starts to turn more and more unhappy and disappointed at her husbands attitude, and she finally got angry at him and flares up.

  • sighing
  • smiling
  • pursed lips
  • frown
  • rage mode on

working adult

  • Wheelchair
  • pamphlets and brochures
  • working bagI am still trying to work on the script of the above scene and to see if there are any enhancements to be made. I’ll also be discussing further with Jaze on how to develop our scenes to make both of our moments or acting be of equal or similar performance duration/showcase value so that we don’t overpower each other in anyway. TQ for reading 🙂

Acting for Film // Character development I

Character’s profile:
Laraine
Mid 20s
Working adult
Has been in a relationship with her boyfriend (now husband) since secondary school
They just got married a year ago

Character:
Pleasant personality
Driven, and does not mind taking care of the household
She loves children and can’t wait to have a family

Conflict:
Her husband met an unfortunate accident and is paralysed
She could not understand his point of view (inferior) and insists on wanting a child

Acting for Film // Fav Actor

HUGH JACKMAN

I loved his performance and charisma, especially in the x-men series as Logan or Wolverine. He is really some one I admire because he is already 48 years old this year and he could still perform so well in his action movies.

Apart from that, I used to be in an event company before entering university, and my company were the ones organizing the X-Men Days of Future Past movie premiere. I managed go upclose to Hugh Jackman a little as I was coordinating his media interview schedules and he popped out of the interview room from time to time. His humble and down-to-earth self really got me so inspired!