Saturday, February 7, 2009
Teresa: The One Who Reaps
At rehearsals in Póvoa de Lanhoso we've been working on a play about Teresa, the first Portuguese Queen. It's going really well for me because I'm seeing my character coming alive without even being given a character. We're just letting the characters happen in us, keeping the interesting stuff and adding the new things we find out everyday. But unfortunately I'm now missing three rehearsals because I had to come to Lisbon to shoot my first Portuguese short since I came back from LA.
I like my character in this short-film (her name's also Teresa), and I always have fun acting, but I honestly wish the script was better and that some of the directors knew how to get what they really want. But I'm cool, I'm used to working with young people that are still learning. And I get to finally testify the huge differences between the American and the Portuguese Film Schools. In LA (at least at the New York Film Academy), the filmmaking students start working outside school with the camera in the first week of class and each one of them gets to direct their own projects. Here, they study for a year or longer without dealing with actors, locations, team work etc. And at the end of the Program, they all write a short, but only one is selected and everybody has to work together in the same film, so each one gets to direct just one or two scenes of their final project.
Ah... I miss Hollywood!
posted by Ana @ 1:35 PM
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February 12, 2009 11:10 AM ,
Sassy Mohen said...
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I want to see it when it's done! I can't wait!
And I can't wait for you to come back!!! Hollywood misses you!!
also i'm putting all our posts on the myspace :)
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February 15, 2009 6:37 PM ,
tonta said...
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Olha, andam a falar mal de ti:
http://bloguex.blogspot.com/2009/02/posta-descomposta.html
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February 15, 2009 8:18 PM ,
Ana said...
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Altos elogios! A ver se também mostro esse post ao meu advogado, pode ser que seja mais uma ajudinha para o visto :P ahah
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February 16, 2009 3:08 AM ,
tonta said...
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Tu, querida, vai até Espanha e deixa-te de disparates. Já chega.
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