The Boards - Tuesday - 7/1

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

He'd put out the make up kits he'd bought with a brand new credit card and waited for everyone to come in.

"All right, folks. Today, we get to learn how to apply stage makeup. Girl, guy, straight, bi, gay, flesh, or, uh, not, stage make up is necessary for any performance. You might think you look perfectly fine up there on the stage, but once you're up there and the lights are on and the rest of the place is dark, it's a heck of a different story.

"After that, we're going to do some work on making sure you project without, you know, shouting. It doesn't matter how good your performance is if they can't tell what the hell you're saying."

He leaned against a pillar.

"I know what you're thinking. You're thinking 'why didn't we do this first'? And the answer to that is

"One, because I didn't think of it since I'm used to working with actors with more experience. And two, because I think it's more important to get your character down before you start worrying about all this crap. So... let's get started, shall we?"

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[rebelheartalien.livejournal.com]

Michael Guerin

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[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Amber Atkins

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[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

Gladys

Make up!

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

There's a variety of different color palettes available (including slate and white, for those of the stone persuasion). The point is to accentuate your features so they're visible.

Re: Make up!

[rebelheartalien.livejournal.com]

Michael eyed the makeup dubiously and hoped someone would help him out.

Re: Make up!

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

"I promise it won't eat your face or anything," he said brightly.

"The make up's a lot newer than the text. I swear."

Re: Make up!

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Amber could do this. She sat down in front of a mirror and started lining her eyes a dark, smokey black.

Re: Make up!

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

"Good," he commented. "You need everything well-defined. Especially since we're working with club lighting here."

Re: Make up!

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

Gladys stared at it. Then she poked it with one huge finger. This was very new territory for her, and she wasn't all sure it would even stay on her she's clay, btw, even if she looks stoned. Err, stone.

Re: Make up!

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

[wasn't sure, haven't read her book]

"Having trouble, Gladys?"

Re: Make up!

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

Naomi had never actually used make up before so she was looking at it and debating what to put on first.

Re: Make up!

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

"Go from big to little," he recommended, pointing to the biggest pot of makeup.

Re: Make up!

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

After staring in the mirror for a moment, Cal wondered if what he really needed was something to de-emphasise his cheekbones rather than enhance them. You could hide a small army of Mongols in those things...

Still, he actually did know his way pretty well around stage make up. He just pretended like he didn't. He was careful, however, not to seem too ignorant to the point where someone might think he needed help.

Re: Make up!

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

Geoffrey was watching.

Geoffrey wasn't saying anything, but Geoffrey was watching.

Re: Make up!

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Um. This was new. Jack poked at the makeup. "I'm not sure that this is the best for me," he started.

Projecting

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

Stand up on the stage and try and give a few lines. Geoffrey's all the way in the back.

Re: Projecting

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Amber said one line and she thought she said it loud enough.

"Ah, my sweet Moor, sweeter to me than life!"

Re: Projecting

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

Geoffrey shook his head.

"And pick something quieter."

He was working against the acoustics, what acoustics there were (he'd tried, but he wasn't a miracle worker), so he did have to almost shout.

Re: Projecting

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

Gladys moved to the front of the stage and, in a voice loud enough and deep enough to rattle the walls, intoned:

Princes, that strive by factions and by friends
Ambitiously for rule and empery,
Know that the people of Rome, for whom we stand
A special party, have, by common voice,
In election for the Roman empery,
Chosen Andronicus, surnamed Pius

Re: Projecting

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

...he really hoped the sign hadn't fallen off outside.

"Okay," he said, a little loud as his ears were still recovering and pretending they weren't there in the meantime. "Okay" and he was walking up "we've got to modulate you a little. Here we go."

He hopped up on the stage and pointed to the back of the room.

"I want you to speak just loudly enough that someone back there can understand you. Now, so we can do that, I'm going to start walking back. Talk slowly and get louder as I go in very little steps. I'll stop when I can't hear you until I can hear you. When I get to the back and put my thumbs up, that's just the right amount. Okay?"

Notes

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

"We're going to start doing full run throughs next week. And if anyone has any issues or needs me for anything, the place is always open. I'll unlock the door Thursday, though, if anyone wants to use the stage."

Not that he wouldn't be there.

Re: Notes

[gkar-lastkhari.livejournal.com]

G'Kar walked up to Geoffrey and tilted his head at little at him. //I am sorry that I will be unable to participate as normal today. I'm not quite...// he glanced down at his body, //feeling myself. But I shall take copious amounts of notes.//

Most of that came out as a few meows and a lot of whisker twitching. Hopefully the spots would provide a clue.

Re: Notes

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

Geoffrey looked down.

"Has someone lost a cat in here?"

He didn't precisely dislike animals, but they weren't really his cup of tea.

"I don't have any food, so you know," he informed the cat.

OOC

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

Doom and pie and doom and pie and doom and pie!

...sorry for the lateness (or near lateness!). Our websites forums were hacked at 2:30 am last night and my boss has been flailing.

I've been flailing too, to be fair, but such is life.