Today was a good day. I met up with two of our stars, Lizet Benrey and Larissa Garcia, who play the mom and daughter with a very complicated relationship. We rehearsed their scenes and chatted about their characters, and by the end, I came out feeling very confident about the progress we had made. It's great to see actors 'click', and these two definitely did. It is worth mentioning that this will be Larissa's first film, even though she has a wealth of theater experience. Most people don't understand that acting for the theater is very different than acting for film, and it looks like Larissa is going to be able to make the shift beautifully.
Watching these two become mother and daughter, to argue like mothers and daughters do, to comfort each other, was really inspiring. It's also lovely to work with actors who readily take direction, and are able to adjust their performance and expose their raw emotions and take risks just because I ask. While watching these two go through their scenes, I could actually see every shot and every nuance edited together as a complete scene. It was pretty fantastic. I'm really looking forward to our other rehearsals with the other actors, where I'll get to see the rest of the film spring to life. It's really going to be something. I can't wait.
Watching these two become mother and daughter, to argue like mothers and daughters do, to comfort each other, was really inspiring. It's also lovely to work with actors who readily take direction, and are able to adjust their performance and expose their raw emotions and take risks just because I ask. While watching these two go through their scenes, I could actually see every shot and every nuance edited together as a complete scene. It was pretty fantastic. I'm really looking forward to our other rehearsals with the other actors, where I'll get to see the rest of the film spring to life. It's really going to be something. I can't wait.
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