How do you become an actor? My class interviewed Cullen Chaffen, a young man who is training to become an actor. We interviewed Cullen at French Settlement High School on September 12, 2017. Cullen is 20 years old and was born and raised in Louisiana. He is currently attending college in northern Louisiana. Cullen wore a blue shirt with designs on the front and had curly hair that looked like it had been styled with hair gel. He sounded and acted a little nervous. One of the questions we asked him was who his role models are. His answer was, "I think that my role models would be the friends I made at school." I think this was a reasonable answer because your peers at school usually influence what you do and how you act, and if you have good friends then it will influence you in a good way. Another question was if he always wanted to be an actor, and his answer was, "Actually, I used to want to be a bus driver, but my parents said no." I am glad his parents said no because we would not have been interviewing him for our English 1 assignment. …show more content…
He considers it a job because it takes a long time to create a theatrical piece of art such as a play or short film, but it's a job he enjoys. His sister influenced his choice to become an actor because she was an actress as well. Cullen is very involved in theater at this point in his life. He has performed in ten plays, four different movies, and two musicals. The plays he performed aren't very well-known, but they include Curious Savage, 12th Night, and Once Upon a Mattress. Cullen must be very talented to have been asked to play roles in all of these theatrical works. A quote that leads me to believe this is, "I have performed in about ten plays, four different movies, and two
In the iconic film, The Breakfast Club, five random high school students must spend their Saturday together in detention. Each teen is in detention for a different reason. The Jock (Andrew), the Princess (Claire), the Brain (Brian), the Basket Case (Allison), and the Criminal (Bender) must put aside their differences to survive their grueling eight-hour detention with their psychotic and rash principal Mr. Vernon. While in detention, they are expected to write about “who they really are” in one thousand words. Throughout the day, their actions reveal their innermost struggle involving their cliques and their home lives. As the movie progresses, we find out the reason each teen is in detention that culminates in a climactic discussion about
debut as an actor. Although he never made it to Hollywood, he would often appear
Interviewer face towards the camera: That was a lot of information and thoughts for the students to take in. Meanwhile we will get back to Mr Shakespeare.
The participant requested that he only be referred to as Bob within the confines of this paper. I'd like now to sum up Bob's life in the way you would see in a newspaper testimonial. Bob is a forty one year old supervisor in a well-known factory. He has a wife and three children within the confines of his nuclear family. Bob identifies as agnostic, though he was raised in the Christian faith, and does not have a specific political alliance as he feels the government today is dominated by extremes on both sides and finds the system to be broken. He lives in rural Illinois and his socio-economic status is middle class. I've always felt that those type of summaries do not properly capture who a person truly is. I feel that we have to hear a person's story to understand who they are. A turning point in his life would be when he made the decision to get his degree. Not actually getting the degree, just deciding to do so. He realized his past experience meant nothing and he had to make a change to better provide for his family. It seems a point of pride that he achieved this with no one telling him that he had to do it, but it was his own drive that pushed him toward it. A positive experience from his childhood would be when his third grade teacher, Mrs. Thomas, told him he was a very good writer Bob notes that though he has never written a book he still prides himself on his writing abilities citing being able to write an English paper the night before and still receive an 'A'. A negative childhood memory that still haunts Bob is when a girl, in junior high, that he wanted to ask to be his girlfriend rejected him in a public, and humiliating manor. He looks back now and notes that it was merely "kids being kids", never the less it e...
The process of looking for a job in my eyes is getting online and going directly to Craigslist.com or Monster.com. I thought that’s how everyone does it. The journey an actor or actress goes through is much more grueling then I could ever imagine, their hustle is ongoing and sometimes crushing when they don’t land parts. I normally apply for a job that I am already experienced in, a job that does not need much training, just direction. Actors and actresses are doing similar things however their learning curve is a bit different. They have a lot of options available to get them ready for any kind of opportunity that may be available.
To day we talked about scholarships. How to sign up for them, why they're important and how we can find them. He started off by asking which of the students were cisneros and who were juniors. After that he asked which students had already signed up for scholarships. He talked about why it was important and how it could help with paying for a lot of the colleges. He went on to talk about the difference between grants, loans, and scholarships. He explained how scholarships are the best option. Once he was done with that he went on talking about the schools access to scholarships.
As we begin the interview, I settled into the desk across from my eighth grade english teacher. Ms. Doherty tucked a strand of brown curly hair behind her ear as she smiled warmly at me, awaiting the interrogation. “Good afternoon.” I started, chipper. “Nice to see you again, Kellie.” she replied, nodding her head in acknowledgement. “So where did you grow up?” I asked, shuffling around a few papers.
Interview Ms. Baker: Hello, Welcome back to the show. We are going to have two social thinkers coming on and explain the cause of homosexuality as a deviant behavior. So let’s first welcome Howard S. Becker to the show! Hello Becker takes a seat. It is an honor to have you on this show.
An actor is a person who performs on a stage or on the screen. To be a thespian
3. How does the student interact with peers? Are there times the student appeared more interactive than others? What were the circumstances (subject of the conversation)? Why is this important?
The instructor that I choose to interview was Dr. Jennifer Donahue. She was my instructor last semester for my African Studies course. Dr. Jennifer Donahue is an Assistant Professor with a Ph.D. in Literature from Florida State University. Donahue research and work focusses in present Caribbean literature with an emphasis on the connection between history, suffering, and sexual political beliefs. For her exposition, she expanded her research into a volume script designated Trauma, Shame and Silence in Caribbean Women’s Writing. The writing in it disputes that body and sexual politics behave as systems of micro trauma that stimulate circumstances fluctuate from shame to psychosis. Donahue investigation and educational interests comprise of Caribbean
I had an interview with my resource teacher, Mr. Kriegel on Thursday, February 4th. His full name is Mark Kriegel. He was raised as a farmer in his family, but something told him farming wasn’t going to be his life career. Being the 3rd oldest of 12 siblings can definitely make your personality different from the rest. (Kriegel).
After all the seven interviews, the interviews that impacted me the most are my grandpa’s, Mr. Huy Dinh’s, and Andy McTigue’s. My grandpa’s interview impacted me because he showed me how I had to respect and that I had to obey elders. When my grandpa was in the car, he told me, “ I’m just so happy that you are such a good grandchild and that I’m happy that you were able to survive.” “ I’m happy that you were able to become the child who are so I’m thankful that you are raised well.” And I started to cry and so did my grandpa. Mr. Huy Dinh’s interview impacted me because he showed me how you should really love and care for your parents because they are not going to live forever therefore, you have to make them feel like they had the best life
“Every day, we are each given an opportunity to be a role model. The choices we make change so much more than just our own lives.” - Anonymous. Everyone obtains role models in their lives. People aspire to be their role models and live like them through their examples. Throughout my life, I acquired numerous role models, and they come in all sorts of ways like movies, tv shows, and even real life and their stories deeply impacted me, myself as a child and as a teenager.
With continued encouragement and motivation, Dewey starts to gain the trust of his skeptical and untrusting class. Throughout the movie you witness the transformation of each student as they learn to eliminate the “voice of criticism” and start believing in themselves. For example, Tomika, a shy and insecure girl who was afraid to sing in front of her peers because of fear she would be teased about her weight, blossoms into a courageous backup singer who rocks it out on stage at the Battle of the Bands concert. The nerdy keyboard player Lawrence, who Dewy calls “Mr. Cool”, also learns to emerge from his shell and find his inner groove.