It's not too bad!

Inception is the most diffcult project I have ever had in acting class, but this one is also the one I learned the most. This is the first project which I have to direct a short film with 9 actors. I also played the main character in this project which Ryan should play, but I had to take over for some unexpected reasons. To be honest, I have to say that people who acts in their own directing work is just genius because there is no way you would ever feel satisfied with any scene. This movie is one of the most famous movie in the world because of it’s perfect story and amazing cast. When I decided to do this movie, I know that my hard time id coming. After this project, I want to say that it was not the best directing experience, but it was definitely the best learning experience in many ways.

Through this project, I have learned two most important thing, and they are the first how to get work done when most people don’t want to work, second how to cut lines and cut scenes to fit everyone in class. The energy in class was so low, and I could almost feel Google translator was reading the script which has no emotion and character development. I would say that if I can have people’s energy level ten times higher than it was, the production will be bought to a whole new level. It was not only actors’ problem, but also my the directer’s problem because I didn’t successfully make everyone be interested in this movie and their characters. Also, I wasn’t so clear with scripts and lines at the beginning which slowed our speed. About lines and scenes, we could not all of them because of stage limits and people’s memorization issues. Anyway, we figured a way to give most people equal amount of lines. I was not so prepared at the beginning, so I made so many mistakes on lines and scenes which confused everyone. However, after I give Cobb’s lines to other people, everything worked out. I still think that if we can put more effort in the script before we start to run the scene, we will be able to give a much better show. Nothing is perfect, so the final production is actually not bad.

I was so nervous, because I am afraid that I would not be able to put all the small scenes into a film. The result is that all the short scenes look good together and the transition is not so random or awkward. I want to thank everyone in class who puts effort in this project even when we spend so long in class on only the Inception. I also want to say that everyone has improved a lot in this movie, and I am looking forward to see you all in the future acting activities!