Acting Exercise Transcript
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[11:39] Dan Undertone: Ok
[11:39] Dan Undertone: Hi Everyone, Welcome!
[11:39] CDB Barkley: Hello
[11:39] Larry Pixel: hey there!!
[11:39] Dan Undertone: I'm Dan Zellner from Northwestern University A few words to give you some background and then we'll get started.
[11:39] Dagmar Kojishi: Hi!
[11:39] Haven Colville: HELLO
[11:40] Walter Witte: hi everyone
[11:40] Dan Undertone: I work in the Digital Media Services unit of the Library and also am Artistic Director of Studio Z - a company that does multimedia theatre work.
[11:40] Dan Undertone: The purpose of the acting exercises we're doing today is to inform a project I'm working on along with members of Penn State University, University of Georgia, and Teatro del Vicolo (Italy)
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[11:40] Dan Undertone: Collaborators include
[11:41] Dan Undertone: Magy Seif El-Nasr (Penn State), David Saltz (University of Georgia), Antonio Fava (Teatro del Vicolo), Jason Woolfrey (Penn State), Sam Wootten (independent artist)
[11:41] Dan Undertone: he project is called Canovaccio: virtual Commedia dell'Arte workshop. We will be working to deliver create this workshop on the NMC Campus.
[11:41] Larry Pixel: way cool!!
[11:41] Haven Colville: Sounds Awesome
[11:42] Dan Undertone: Our special thanks to Larry Johnson for his support and encouragement.
[11:42] Larry Pixel: awwwww
[11:42] Dan Undertone: Ok! let's get started.
[11:42] Dan Undertone: We are going to do some basic acting exercises.
[11:42] Dan Undertone: If you'd like to play along feel free to come up on stage.
[11:43] Dan Undertone: it may be a little crowded :-)
[11:43] Dan Undertone: buth that's cool
[11:43] Davee Commerce is Offline
[11:43] Dan Undertone: You can also simply watch if you like.
[11:43] Dan Undertone: This is a first time we've done this so I'm sure we're going to be stumbling around a lot.
[11:44] Anne Clellon: Yes, stumbling! :)
[11:44] Dan Undertone: We are going to play games and between each game take some time to talk about discoveries, challenges and anything else that came up.
[11:44] Haven Colville: Surley some one else is coming up?
[11:44] Dan Undertone: First game is simply is... FOLLOW THE LEADER
[11:44] Anne Clellon: Come on!
[11:44] Dan Undertone: Come up if you'd like to play
[11:45] Dan Undertone: I will designate someone as leader and everyone will simply follow that person.
[11:45] Dan Undertone: I will say SWITCH and the person in front will go to the back of the line and the next person in line will lead.
[11:45] Haven Colville: cool
[11:45] CDB Barkley: yikes
[11:45] Anne Clellon: Okay!
[11:45] Dan Undertone: I will let you know when to WRAP UP and we'll then discuss the exercise.
[11:45] Dan Undertone: Sound good?
[11:46] Walter Witte: sure
[11:46] CDB Barkley: c'mon up here!
[11:46] Anne Clellon: Do you want us to stay on the stage/
[11:46] Dan Undertone: yes just use the stage as your playing space
[11:46] Dan Undertone: Let's try it.
[11:46] Dan Undertone: Haven can you lead?
[11:46] Haven Colville: Yup cool :)
[11:47] Dan Undertone: Everyone line up behind Haven
[11:47] Haven Colville: ok ready
[11:47] Dan Undertone: Ready be nice to your fellow players
[11:47] Dan Undertone: GO!
[11:47] Susi Spicoli is Offline
[11:48] Dan Undertone: OK SWITCH
[11:49] Dan Undertone: Switch
[11:49] Haven Colville: Anne ur leading i think
[11:49] Anne Clellon: Oh!
[11:50] Larry Pixel: easier said than done.....wow
[11:50] Dan Undertone: Yeah well
[11:50] Haven Colville: ummmm lol
[11:50] Anne Clellon: This is much harder than it should be! :)
[11:50] Dan Undertone: you can stop and regroup
[11:50] CDB Barkley: ummmmmmol
[11:51] Li Xi: Is Anne leading? I'm confused
[11:51] Anne Clellon: I think that's a great idea. AM I leading?
[11:51] Dan Undertone: Try lining up again
[11:51] Walter Witte: the hegemony is breaking down!!!
[11:51] Walter Witte: run for your lives
[11:51] Dan Undertone: Anne you lead
[11:51] Haven Colville: we swithed when Dan said SWITCH
[11:51] Anne Clellon: Alright!
[11:52] Dan Undertone: Take it slow
[11:53] Dan Undertone: Switch very slowly
[11:53] Haven Colville: That makes me leader again?
[11:53] Dan Undertone: Yes
[11:53] Anne Clellon: I forget to look at the chat......oops!
[11:53] Haven Colville: cool
[11:53] Haven Colville: FOLLOW ME
[11:53] Anne Clellon: okay!
[11:54] Dan Undertone: Ok let's wrap that up - stay in a line on stage
[11:54] CDB Barkley: whew
[11:55] Dan Undertone: What were the challenges in teh game?
[11:55] Li Xi: OK. I get the slapstick award, right?
[11:55] Walter Witte: lag!
[11:55] Haven Colville: Theres something floating on stage here, very annoying
[11:55] CDB Barkley: movement is awakrd
[11:55] CDB Barkley: imprecise
[11:55] CDB Barkley: Hard to watch and move at same time
[11:55] Walter Witte: fits and starts -
[11:55] Walter Witte: impossible to be natural
[11:56] CDB Barkley: bumping
[11:56] Haven Colville: everyone has differnt lag experiences
[11:56] Dan Undertone: was it easier when you went very slowly
[11:57] Anne Clellon: Yes, slow and simple was easier for sure.
[11:57] Haven Colville: yes but more bumps
[11:57] Li Xi: Slower was easier, yes
[11:57] Dan Undertone: Are there other tactics you could try?
[11:58] Li Xi: Having a pattern to follow might help
[11:58] Haven Colville: hmmm we could give defined space between each other
[11:58] Li Xi: tow bars?
[11:58] Dan Undertone: Do you want to try working out a pattern and/or spacing
[11:59] Anne Clellon: Yes, let's give it a whirl.
[11:59] Haven Colville: pattern
[11:59] CDB Barkley: ok
[11:59] Dan Undertone: Ok
[11:59] Dan Undertone: would announcing your move first work?
[11:59] Dan Undertone: ex 2 steps forward
[11:59] CDB Barkley: hard to type and walk
[12:00] Anne Clellon: I agree...
[12:00] Dan Undertone: type then walk
[12:00] Ninmah Ash is Offline
[12:00] Dan Undertone: or type then move
[12:00] Haven Colville: Say we follow a defined pattern to be announced before we move, like figure of eight?
[12:00] Anne Clellon: Right, if we tried it in separate steps, it might work.
[12:00] Dan Undertone: Sure go for it
[12:00] Dagmar Kojishi: Would mouseview be any easier? Harder?
[12:01] Dan Undertone: try the figure eight idea
[12:01] Dan Undertone: go ahead haven
[12:01] Anne Clellon: ooooooh!
[12:01] Li Xi: I tried mouseview and found it easier to see all from a distance
[12:01] Haven Colville: OK Figure of eight guys
[12:02] Haven Colville: not bad :)
[12:02] Li Xi: Yes!
[12:02] Anne Clellon: hey hey!
[12:02] CDB Barkley: 8
[12:02] CDB Barkley: 8
[12:02] Dan Undertone: someone else take the lead and announce a move/pattern
[12:03] Dan Undertone: CONGRATS!!
[12:03] Haven Colville: ok im doing 1 step forward and then readjust direction if that helps?
[12:03] Dan Undertone: the 8 works
[12:03] CDB Barkley: Same pattern?
[12:03] Li Xi: ok
[12:03] Dan Undertone: Whaterver you'd like
[12:03] CDB Barkley: ok, a wider 8
[12:04] Dan Undertone: HOw was that?
[12:04] Haven Colville: easier
[12:04] Anne Clellon: Is there a way to adjust how many steps are taken with one mover forward?
[12:04] Dan Undertone: You alll seem to be getting it together
[12:05] CDB Barkley: Do we have different step sizes?
[12:05] Haven Colville: Yay Westend here we come :)
[12:05] Dan Undertone: Could be because you're different heights
[12:05] Dan Undertone: try again - new pattern
[12:05] Delia Lake is Online
[12:05] Dan Undertone: go for it Walter
[12:06] Walter Witte: how about a simple oval?
[12:06] Dan Undertone: Cool
[12:06] Li Xi: cool
[12:06] CDB Barkley: k
[12:06] Anne Clellon: sure
[12:06] Walter Witte: here we go
[12:06] Susi Spicoli is Online
[12:06] Dan Undertone: Wow that was good!!!
[12:06] Anne Clellon: That was pretty good!
[12:07] Dan Undertone: Li Xi you try
[12:07] Haven Colville: thats was easier as we kept moving
[12:07] Li Xi: Ummm. How about an X . sort of an eight but with sharp corners and a jump in the middle
[12:08] Dan Undertone: go for it
[12:08] CDB Barkley: yi
[12:08] Haven Colville: yikes !
[12:08] Dan Undertone: lol
[12:08] Dan Undertone: Fancy
[12:09] Haven Colville: hmmmm lol
[12:09] Dan Undertone: Bouncy
[12:09] Dan Undertone: Anne you try
[12:09] Anne Clellon: ok
[12:09] Anne Clellon: lets zig zag
[12:10] Li Xi: hehe
[12:11] Shukran Fahid is Online
[12:11] Anne Clellon: not so easy to move when others are where you want to be. haha
[12:11] Dan Undertone: Mr. Barkley want to give it a try?
[12:11] CDB Barkley: oops
[12:11] CDB Barkley: ok
[12:12] CDB Barkley: thinking
[12:12] CDB Barkley: We'll walk backwares across the front of the stage....
[12:12] Walter Witte: omg
[12:12] CDB Barkley: Then forward in a diagonal, and back to the start
[12:12] Li Xi: good one
[12:12] Dan Undertone: lookout
[12:12] Anne Clellon: sure
[12:12] CDB Barkley: triangle of sorts
[12:12] CDB Barkley: ready?
[12:13] Dan Undertone: How wa that? Moveing bakcwards
[12:13] Haven Colville: cool
[12:13] CDB Barkley: awkard
[12:14] CDB Barkley: aim an dgo
[12:14] Li Xi: Knew I shoulda brought my rear view mirror
[12:14] CDB Barkley: aim and go
[12:14] Anne Clellon: needed to chage my pov
[12:14] Walter Witte: yeah.
[12:14] Dan Undertone: Ok here's a very tricky game
[12:14] Dan Undertone: pair off
[12:14] Anne Clellon: what up walt?
[12:14] Dan Undertone: if there is one extra just make a group of 3
[12:15] Walter Witte: :-)
[12:15] CDB Barkley: 3?
[12:15] Anne Clellon: ok
[12:15] Walter Witte: k
[12:15] Dan Undertone: try to mirror the movement of your partner.
[12:15] CDB Barkley: ?
[12:15] Dan Undertone: identify who will lead
[12:16] Walter Witte: i vote for anne
[12:16] Dan Undertone: the other will follow hte movements of the leader
[12:16] CDB Barkley: anne
[12:16] Haven Colville: ok mirror as in face on to each other?
[12:16] Dan Undertone: Yes
[12:17] CDB Barkley: /clap
[12:17] Haven Colville: Li Xi lets make space for those 3 they need it
[12:17] CDB Barkley: I don;t clap!
[12:17] Walter Witte: haha
[12:17] Walter Witte: /nod
[12:17] Anne Clellon: Over here!
[12:17] Walter Witte: haha
[12:17] CDB Barkley: huh?
[12:17] Shukran Fahid is Offline
[12:18] Dan Undertone: How is it going
[12:18] Walter Witte: don't know that one
[12:18] CDB Barkley: me either
[12:18] Anne Clellon: scissor
[12:18] CDB Barkley: Un-huh!
[12:18] Haven Colville: Xi Li u lead, im gona stand a little away from you, as ur so little i cant see u in my norml view point
[12:18] CDB Barkley: /scissor
[12:18] Walter Witte: /scissor
[12:18] CDB Barkley: not in my bag
[12:18] Walter Witte: no dice
[12:18] Dan Undertone: make it as easy as possilbe for the other to follow
[12:18] CDB Barkley: not activated
[12:18] Li Xi: ok, here goes nuttn
[12:18] Anne Clellon: hmm?
[12:18] CDB Barkley: gestures
[12:19] Anne Clellon: yeah. sorry. i thought that was the game.
[12:19] CDB Barkley: np
[12:19] Anne Clellon: shall we walk arou nd more?
[12:19] Walter Witte: i guess we're supposed to move opposite to you
[12:19] Dan Undertone: Stop for a moment
[12:20] Li Xi: Hmm. I would think Mirror would mean you'd follow the same direction.
[12:20] Dan Undertone: HOw is it going
[12:20] CDB Barkley: We dont have the same actions
[12:20] Anne Clellon: We dont all have the same gestures available
[12:20] Haven Colville: well i was following a symmetrical mirroe
[12:20] Dan Undertone: Ok try very subtle movements
[12:20] Dan Undertone: just move yoru head
[12:20] Anne Clellon: But the ones we did have were pretty funny
[12:20] Anne Clellon: qua?
[12:21] CDB Barkley: head follow the mouse
[12:21] Anne Clellon: ooooh
[12:21] Dan Undertone: try just imitating head movements
[12:21] CDB Barkley: look up
[12:21] Dan Undertone: you can move your head with the mouse
[12:21] Haven Colville: hmmm trouble is u cant see what the others are doing
[12:21] Dan Undertone: ok
[12:22] Dan Undertone: what if you use mouselook?
[12:22] Anne Clellon: And I can't hold my head in one position. It moves on its own
[12:22] Dagmar Kojishi: You can alt-focus on the other person, I think.
[12:22] Haven Colville: as soon as i look up i loose LI Xi
[12:22] Dan Undertone: We had a suggestion to use alt focus
[12:23] Anne Clellon: How does one do that?
[12:23] Dan Undertone: do you want to talk us through that
[12:23] Dagmar Kojishi: Hold down the Alt key. Your cursor changes to a plus sign. Whatever you click on, you focus on. You can move your mouse back and forth to get closer or further away.
[12:23] CDB Barkley: option on a mac
[12:23] Dagmar Kojishi: Holding Ctrl at the same time will allow you to change the angle of elevation.
[12:24] Walter Witte: but when you move, focus returns to you
[12:24] Dan Undertone: lets try it
[12:24] Dagmar Kojishi: True. Hmmm.
[12:24] Anne Clellon: ooooooay....
[12:24] Dan Undertone: that's hard
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[12:24] Dan Undertone: Let's wrap on this one and debrief
[12:24] CDB Barkley: If you alt-focus on an av, and he/she moves, it will follow...
[12:24] Haven Colville: CTRL mouse works well
[12:25] Haven Colville: ALT mouse sorry
[12:25] Anne Clellon: ALT mouse is the grooviest
[12:25] Li Xi: I see. By clicking on various things, I can move my head toward it. If I don't move too far, I can still see Haven all the while.
[12:25] CDB Barkley: Useful for taking photos
[12:25] Dagmar Kojishi: It's a good way to stay focused on someone who is moving, but I don't know what it does to the avie's own head.
[12:25] Anne Clellon: am I nodding?
[12:26] Dagmar Kojishi: Yes, you are.
[12:26] CDB Barkley: yes
[12:26] Dan Undertone: Did you all find that alt mouse helped
[12:26] Anne Clellon: cool. Then where my focus is, also turns my head.
[12:26] Haven Colville: li xi who am i looking at?
[12:26] Li Xi: dan
[12:26] Haven Colville: cool
[12:26] Haven Colville: now
[12:26] Li Xi: anne
[12:26] Haven Colville: now
[12:26] Dagmar Kojishi: I think it's a way to simulate eye contact as well, if you focus on each other.
[12:27] Li Xi: me
[12:27] Haven Colville: wow ALT mouse works well for head
[12:27] Anne Clellon: yea, I agree!
[12:27] Li Xi: click on the ground by your feet and you can look down, too
[12:27] Dan Undertone: That's good to know
[12:28] Walter Witte: just like my classes. everyone staring at the floor
[12:28] Dagmar Kojishi: LOL
[12:28] Anne Clellon: hahahaha!
[12:28] CDB Barkley: or alseep....
[12:28] Li Xi: hehe
[12:28] Dan Undertone: One last game
[12:28] Haven Colville: kk
[12:28] CDB Barkley: alt-lunch
[12:28] Li Xi: It looks like our audience has nodded off
[12:28] Dan Undertone: that sounds good
[12:28] Dagmar Kojishi: Not all! :)
[12:28] Haven Colville: we are that exciting
[12:28] Dan Undertone: it's called MAchine
[12:29] Haven Colville: to be or not to be that is the question?
[12:29] Dan Undertone: One person will take stage and do a repetitive motion.
[12:29] Dan Undertone: Observe the person and when you feel like it, go up on stage and do a complementary motion - something that fits in with the other players motion.
[12:29] Li Xi: neet
[12:29] Dan Undertone: also a repeated movement
[12:29] CDB Barkley: !
[12:30] Dan Undertone: In the end we will have a motion machine with a number of movements that are related.
[12:30] CDB Barkley: last man standing
[12:30] Walter Witte: how about this?
[12:30] Dan Undertone: that's good
[12:31] Li Xi: How's he doing that?
[12:32] Dan Undertone: Ok see if you can slow down
[12:32] Lycan Demar is Offline
[12:32] Dan Undertone: now speed up
[12:33] Dan Undertone: So fast now that you explode!
[12:33] Dan Undertone: however you want to explode
[12:33] CDB Barkley: barf
[12:33] Walter Witte: /puke
[12:33] Dagmar Kojishi: If this only used up calories. :)
[12:34] Walter Witte: dizzy irl
[12:34] Dan Undertone: ok
[12:34] CDB Barkley: Are we actors?
[12:34] Li Xi: huff huff
[12:34] Dan Undertone: one question
[12:34] Haven Colville: two sugars please
[12:34] Dan Undertone: get in as close together as possible
[12:34] Dan Undertone: as a group
[12:35] Dan Undertone: really really close
[12:35] Li Xi: group hug?
[12:35] Dan Undertone: what is that like?
[12:35] Haven Colville: cool
[12:35] Dan Undertone: sure group hug
[12:35] Anne Clellon: um, cool, I guess.
[12:35] Haven Colville: apart from walter needs deodarant
[12:35] Walter Witte: typing starts to look like groping
[12:35] Walter Witte: thanks for that haven
[12:35] CDB Barkley: dsdsdsdsdsds
[12:35] Dan Undertone: does it limit your movement in weird ways
[12:36] Li Xi: tee hee
[12:36] Dan Undertone: I'm going to join
[12:36] CDB Barkley: ?
[12:36] Haven Colville: lag
[12:36] Dan Undertone: yup
[12:36] Haven Colville: or blind
[12:36] CDB Barkley: o
[12:37] Haven Colville: blind
[12:37] Haven Colville: for sure
[12:37] Walter Witte: :-)
[12:37] Dan Undertone: Old g4 dmain
[12:37] Li Xi: do mouse view and point it at the ground where you want to stand
[12:37] Anne Clellon: dag nab it!
[12:37] Li Xi: hehe
[12:37] Haven Colville: cool
[12:38] Walter Witte: why can't we all just get along?
[12:38] Dan Undertone: bizarre
[12:38] Dan Undertone: Ok folks
[12:38] Anne Clellon: yeaaaaaa.
[12:38] Dan Undertone: THank you very much for all your help
[12:38] Haven Colville: that was fun
[12:38] CDB Barkley: Thank you Dan...
[12:38] Walter Witte: thanks
[12:38] Li Xi: Thank you, Dan. VEry fun
[12:38] CDB Barkley: yay
[12:38] Anne Clellon: yea, that was fun!
[12:38] Dan Undertone: I learned a lot today
[12:38] Haven Colville: me to ALT Mouse
[12:39] Walter Witte: i guess i'm going to go shopping for SL deodorant now
[12:39] Haven Colville: lol
[12:39] Haven Colville: nahh ur ok Wakt
[12:39] CDB Barkley: big can
[12:39] Li Xi: So that's why dan wasn't getting close?
[12:39] Dan Undertone: you know how to reach me if you're intersted in playing some more
[12:39] Walter Witte: the dog comments on smells?
[12:39] Walter Witte: :-)
[12:39] CDB Barkley: web be clean
[12:40] CDB Barkley: this needs some kibbles and bits
[12:40] CDB Barkley:
[12:40] Walter Witte: i don't have an olfactory card installed on my machine
[12:40] Dan Undertone: Cool have a good day
[12:40] Walter Witte: you too dan
[12:40] CDB Barkley: thanks, bye eyeryone
[12:40] Dan Undertone: smell free day
[12:40] Haven Colville: Bye Dan :)
[12:40] Larry Pixel: Thanks to Dan -- and to all of you!!!!
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