The Job Of An Actor

What is the job of an actor? To lie professionally? Laze around and do nothing? Or is it a doss. Well for me being an actor isn't becoming a movie star and become famous its about working hard and enjoying a career that suits you. I love acting. I love being an actress. I love waking up every morning knowing that I can be anyone I want and knowing that in doing this I could explain a political view or maybe make someone understand something better with my performance.

To me being an Actor is such a free and exhilarating job. Don't get me wrong I know its not all fun and roses but its still something to be proud of. I take great pride in knowing that whatever I do I have had to work hard for and that I might be out or work for a while -like most actors- but I know that if I work hard and keep using the passion I have I will succeed.

TENS

For tens we have decided on an idea involving the perfect image. We have named our piece, 'No food a day keeps the wobble away'. our piece is developed to shock the audience. we have decided to do this by using shocking images and grotesque movements throughout. For example we open the piece with a strange monologue by a weight obsessed teacher contradicting herself on what she thinks the perfect image is. We also have a scene were two school girls vomit after thinking they are fat. Lastly we have the sandwich boards that has multiple images starting from morbidly obese to dangerously anorexic. In this scene the girls rip off the images until they are faced with the thinnest which they both agree is the most attractive.

The piece is designed to explain how society has created this image that is both dangerous and -for most women/men - unobtainable . It also explains that most of our insecurities start when we begin secondary school and that it all starts with comments from our piers.