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Class 3 Progress Reel

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

So here we are ladies and germs! We’re at the end of Class 3 – Advanced Body Mechanics. It’s been a great class, despite numerous external factors hampering my ability to dedicate proper time to my assignments in recent weeks. So without prattling on too much longer, here’s what 3 months of hard AM work has bestowed upon me:

As I said, it’s been a great class and seems to be a welcome addition to the AM syllabus. Although I don’t feel like I’ve actually learned anything “new” as such (I think the lectures are still in need of reshuffling/revamping), this term has been awesome for really solidifying the concepts of body mechanics from Class 2 and indeed the fundamental principles we learned Class 1.

What’s more, Bryan has been a superb mentor to me this term. I was in a bit of a weird place after Class 2 (I think it was that tap dance that nearly finished me off!) and it carried over into Class 3 as well. I was under a lot of pressure from various quarters and things were pretty bleak for a while. Thankfully I had Bryan to pick me up each week during the Q&As and the critiques.

It’s definitely the most open I’ve been during Q&As; it’s quite weird when you’re venting in front of people you barely know, but it was incredibly cathartic and I felt a lot better for it. Just as well Bryan is a pro at keeping you motivated! At no point did he ever tell me to just “man up” or anything like that. Always understanding, always encouraging. It was just what I needed so thanks a lot Bryan, you’re awesome!

Bring on Acting in Class 4 (right after I’ve had my week off! :P)!

Class 3 – Advanced Body Mechanics

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

As I mentioned in my previous post, I worked ridiculously hard last term and whilst it produced results, I felt it had a fairly detrimental effect on other aspects of my life (“Weekends/sleep/free time? What are they again?”). In order to strike a decent balance between AM/work/not work I think I’m going to have to take it a little easier this term. That’s easier, not worse. No more EPIC dance routines, for example. I’m going to try and keep it simple, short and spend time polishing. Looking forward to it!

I’ve also got my first Q&A session with new mentor Bryan Engram at 2.30am tomorrow. It’s a pretty brutal time slot but I think I can manage! Trying to talk to me on a Friday might be a bit of a write-off for the next 3 months, who knows! It should be good regardless as Bryan is Animation Director at Reel FX Entertainment in Dallas. He is also responsible for this.

I think there is a lot I can learn this term! :D