Actress in da making
Sat, 31 Jan 2004, 11:10 amWalter Plinge6 posts in thread
Actress in da making
Sat, 31 Jan 2004, 11:10 amHey
I'm a 13yr old girl, with a passion for acting. I am in two acadamys for acting, and have been in lots of plays (usually a main role). It used to just be a hobby, but I want to step it up as a possible career, because I love it so much. Even if I am not sucessful, I will be happy coz I am doing somthing I love. I want to try an audition for a movie so I can really see my potential as an actor, and decide whether to become really serious about it, or keep doing plays as a hobby, and get a proper career. My acadamy teacher says I have massive potential, and the ability to be sucessful, but I really have to decide while I still have my future ahead of me- a hobby or career- hence the movie audition. Problem: I dont know where the hell to find out about auditions! My parents are prepared to get me an agent, but is that really necessary?
Thanks
cc: Zaz
I'm a 13yr old girl, with a passion for acting. I am in two acadamys for acting, and have been in lots of plays (usually a main role). It used to just be a hobby, but I want to step it up as a possible career, because I love it so much. Even if I am not sucessful, I will be happy coz I am doing somthing I love. I want to try an audition for a movie so I can really see my potential as an actor, and decide whether to become really serious about it, or keep doing plays as a hobby, and get a proper career. My acadamy teacher says I have massive potential, and the ability to be sucessful, but I really have to decide while I still have my future ahead of me- a hobby or career- hence the movie audition. Problem: I dont know where the hell to find out about auditions! My parents are prepared to get me an agent, but is that really necessary?
Thanks
cc: Zaz
My Obss-ss-ssession
Sat, 31 Jan 2004, 11:23 pmJustin wrote:
>
> Also, I would like to say that your obssession with people's
> spelling is most disturbing. Everyone knows that we (you and
> I) like to write essays and post messages to perfection, but
> others do not, nor do they really care for it. If someone
> out there would like spelling and grammar lessons, I'm sure
> you'd be the first person they'd call. Then they would call
> me because your excessive use of the comma and ellipses are
> not grammatically correct.
>
> Cheers,
> Justin.
Thanks Justin.
I can't deny that I'm happy to disturb people about their egregious errors if it makes them more aware. But you're right, there's probably not a lot of evidence that it actually does.
I certainly don't comment on EVERY error I read; I wouldn't have time for anything else! The ones I draw attention to virtually always involve a fair degree of irony, which is actually more the element I am obsessed with.
I'm surprised, actually, that no one else has been bold enough to tell me to lay off! I don't quite agree that those who need spelling lessons would ever call; without me pointing out the error first, how would they know they needed to?
But I'm happy to cop it back whenever I deserve it. Thanks for warning me of my slips with the ellipse.
Poor language skills are abundant everywhere, and generally do not warrant such focussed attention. But on a website about the art of theatre, where the most popular type of post seems to be, "How can I make myself noticed and convince you that I am an employable thespian?", one of the best answers I can think of to give is, "Improve and demonstrate your ability with language".
Irony is abundant in all their poorly-articulated pleas for advice: poor grammar does get them noticed, but not in the way they'd wish.
It truly is a shame that no one, as you say, seems to care for it - because I honestly rate it one of the highest skills you could attain if you want to achieve success in this (or any!) field.
One final irony before I shut up about it for a while: shouldn't your final sentence read, "... your excessive use of the comma and ellipses IS not grammatically correct"?
Don't expect the phone to ring hot. :-)
Cheers,
... Craig
>
> Also, I would like to say that your obssession with people's
> spelling is most disturbing. Everyone knows that we (you and
> I) like to write essays and post messages to perfection, but
> others do not, nor do they really care for it. If someone
> out there would like spelling and grammar lessons, I'm sure
> you'd be the first person they'd call. Then they would call
> me because your excessive use of the comma and ellipses are
> not grammatically correct.
>
> Cheers,
> Justin.
Thanks Justin.
I can't deny that I'm happy to disturb people about their egregious errors if it makes them more aware. But you're right, there's probably not a lot of evidence that it actually does.
I certainly don't comment on EVERY error I read; I wouldn't have time for anything else! The ones I draw attention to virtually always involve a fair degree of irony, which is actually more the element I am obsessed with.
I'm surprised, actually, that no one else has been bold enough to tell me to lay off! I don't quite agree that those who need spelling lessons would ever call; without me pointing out the error first, how would they know they needed to?
But I'm happy to cop it back whenever I deserve it. Thanks for warning me of my slips with the ellipse.
Poor language skills are abundant everywhere, and generally do not warrant such focussed attention. But on a website about the art of theatre, where the most popular type of post seems to be, "How can I make myself noticed and convince you that I am an employable thespian?", one of the best answers I can think of to give is, "Improve and demonstrate your ability with language".
Irony is abundant in all their poorly-articulated pleas for advice: poor grammar does get them noticed, but not in the way they'd wish.
It truly is a shame that no one, as you say, seems to care for it - because I honestly rate it one of the highest skills you could attain if you want to achieve success in this (or any!) field.
One final irony before I shut up about it for a while: shouldn't your final sentence read, "... your excessive use of the comma and ellipses IS not grammatically correct"?
Don't expect the phone to ring hot. :-)
Cheers,
... Craig