On acting and being Gothic
Posted: December 13th, 2004, 2:46 pm
Today for acting, we had to be in character which means I was gothic and wore raven black makeup on my lips, something I haven't done in at least 3 years. I realized I outgrew that gothic-looking phase a very long time ago (although I do wear eye makeup every once in a while) especially such a dramatic color, it feels foreign and weird on my lips and I felt it wasn't me anymore. I am still gothic/punk/rock in attire most of the time, but I realize how off it feels to have gunk on my face. I've always been very natural with my look, I don't really believe in makeup anyway....
So I did my scene, feeling like my lips were the size of two watermelons. For all of you who aren't acquainted with the character I've created: she's an ultra paranoid, semi-gothic extremely impatient, semi-mean, insecure, nervous and overall weird person. But for today's scene, I had to be afraid of something and act it out, so I made believe I was confronting my character's worse fear, a banana. I revealed a somewhat endearing aspect of her, she wasn't so mean and egocentric and there's something tender about her sincerity. I'm all about improvisation, especially with comedy routines and this surely was a good presentation, I had everyone rolling when I started jabbing at the innocent banana with an umbrella. My teacher dug it completely and I felt great about it. I love acting!
But I had to get rid of the lipstick after class, I couldn't deal with it anymore.I am going to wear it for next week's final where we have to be in character for 2 hours straight and improvize. But thats about it for me and black lipstick. Our love affair ended many years ago and it cannot be rekindled. I am still very much a gothic-hippie-chic, but I've definitely grown up and evolved past that title (I never liked labels to begin with) I realized this a while ago. Now I know its not me.
Bye bye gothic look
I'll see you around sometime
So I did my scene, feeling like my lips were the size of two watermelons. For all of you who aren't acquainted with the character I've created: she's an ultra paranoid, semi-gothic extremely impatient, semi-mean, insecure, nervous and overall weird person. But for today's scene, I had to be afraid of something and act it out, so I made believe I was confronting my character's worse fear, a banana. I revealed a somewhat endearing aspect of her, she wasn't so mean and egocentric and there's something tender about her sincerity. I'm all about improvisation, especially with comedy routines and this surely was a good presentation, I had everyone rolling when I started jabbing at the innocent banana with an umbrella. My teacher dug it completely and I felt great about it. I love acting!
But I had to get rid of the lipstick after class, I couldn't deal with it anymore.I am going to wear it for next week's final where we have to be in character for 2 hours straight and improvize. But thats about it for me and black lipstick. Our love affair ended many years ago and it cannot be rekindled. I am still very much a gothic-hippie-chic, but I've definitely grown up and evolved past that title (I never liked labels to begin with) I realized this a while ago. Now I know its not me.
Bye bye gothic look
I'll see you around sometime