first day! extremely excited but very tired to go into the city at eight in the morning. arrive at nyfa building in time for 10 o'clock orientation. teacher: jessica, teaching "Acting for Film". class of fourteen students; one boy and thirteen girls. intro to acting for film- first day and already filming for the camera! first, we slate and each tell a funny, inspirational, whatever comes to mind kind of story. then we partner up for a short simple scene and film. my parter is noah, we are running away from home and is trying not to get caught. NOTES:

• stella adler, meisner, and strasberg; the three methods
• listening - reading honestly
• onjective - figuring out what your character neesd from the other character; what is at risk?
• actions/beats/tactics
• emotions - finding the emotional hook