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lgcxmiyeon:
acting was something that miki was mildly interested in. a side project of some sorts really that had originally started out as something that she was concerned about due to its potential of being an alternative career…just in the event that she wasn’t going to make it to be an idol.
who knew that she would have enjoyed acting so much to the point where she was participating in cram school, modelling and also currently attending a versatile workshop based on acting itself? if she was to ask herself a year ago if this was what she was going to be doing, miki was a 100% sure of the fact that she would simply have laughed it all off and shook her head, disbelieving.
but–here she was.
trying to find a group to act out the task that was given to them, but mortifyingly crippled by her own terribly meek and shy personality.
“ah…” she squints, jerking up completely in alarm and half in surprise as she chances upon jiwoo, lips lightly parted in a slight little ‘o’ as she blinked for a moment, taking a good chance to consider what the other had said. she wanted to do well in acting. more so for herself than that for others. that was what she had briefly decided for herself just a while ago.
“well…i was wondering how to do crying scenes.” she mumbled slightly, brows furrowed together in a confused little frown. “i mean, i can cry, but it always takes a long time for me to be able to work up to the right emotion for it.” she huffs softly, thinking deeply to herself. “any tricks that i could…listen to for some help on that? and singing while acting. that’s so difficult to maintain your breath and do all that at the same time.”
“crying scenes?”
jiwoo hasn’t had to do many. it’s not easy, for sure. she taps her chin as she thinks about miyeon’s question.
“sometimes, it might actually be better not to cry, if it’s really forced. it can come across as insincere. i mean, the director might really want it, and that’s fine. but you say you can cry?” jiwoo hums to herself, choosing her next words carefully. her word choices don’t matter all that much as long as she gets the point across, but jiwoo wants to put her best foot forward, and be the best instructor she can be. imagine if she got to run exclusive workshops of her own someday! like, all the time! she needs to do well at her first one to even make that opportunity happen. “if it takes you a long time to get there, have you thought about using that? you know, you don’t always have to burst into tears at the start of a sad scene. in real life, a lot of people slowly start crying, when they can’t hold it in anymore. something like that. i’m not much of a crier, so it’s something i’ve always struggled with myself. it’s physically really difficult for me to cry. i had to practice hard.” she pauses. none of that really specified any tips though. “tapping into my own saddest moments is the only thing that works for me. those rare times that i have cried. nowadays, that works pretty easily for me.”
“singing while acting is the same deal -- practice makes perfect.” jiwoo says with a shrug. she’s not really sure what else to say for this one. “you know how to dance and sing, don’t you? it’s kinda the same. a lot of the time, it’s literally the same. y’know, some shows are really dance heavy. but i’m guessing you’re talking about acting heavy songs, right? it’s like that too, except instead of focusing on the choreography while you sing, you have to channel it through your blocking and stuff. i guess blocking could be considered a choreography of sorts in itself, if it helps to think of it that way.”
