00:00Hello, I'm Jo Makasa. I facilitated the acting workshop for Shining Inheritance.
00:15Basically, what I did during the workshop was to put the actors together in one session
00:26so they could start getting to know each other.
00:29Some of them will be working for the first time with each other.
00:35We did some stretching exercises with the warm-up for the actors
00:41so that their senses would be awakened.
00:46This exercise is called the Ragdoll exercise.
00:50It's a relaxation exercise.
00:52This happens after the warm-up.
00:55After the warm-up, the body is physically stretched.
01:02After that, I made them do a relaxation exercise called the Ragdoll.
01:07After this Ragdoll exercise,
01:10we went into their personal and sensory inventories.
01:25These exercises all sound alien to some,
01:28but basically, these are all preparatory exercises for the actors to open up.
01:35Once they're open up, what do you mean by open up?
01:38Emotionally, physically, mentally.
01:41It means that they're very vulnerable.
01:45They get to a vulnerable stage where they can absorb any kind of emotion
01:49and they can get affected by any kind of stimulus.
01:53As you can see, it's a bit blurry.
01:56This is another preparatory exercise.
02:01It's called the Sensory and Personal Inventory.
02:06That is a stage where we make the actors very vulnerable
02:10so that in preparation for the scene work,
02:13they get into work mode in layman's terms.
02:18It's like they conditioned themselves and their bodies to be ready for work.
02:24Because, of course, I'm getting into a workshop mode sometimes,
02:28especially if you're new to acting.
02:35It's hard to get into the zone.
02:37But these exercises bring you to a phase of your psychologically, mentally, and emotionally
02:51into a place where I'm all set for work.
02:55You acknowledge everything that bothers you.
02:58You acknowledge every discomfort that you feel in your body.
03:01That way, once you acknowledge it, you make it less important.
03:05That way, you get into a phase of,
03:09okay, let's go, I'm ready to work.
03:11That's what we did.
03:13Where you see them talking to each other,
03:15talking about a certain topic, holding hands.
03:18It's an exercise where each of them is obligated
03:22to share something very personal about themselves,
03:26about probably their work, or their family, or their childhood.
03:33But normally, it's something that they don't know about each other.
03:37Because once you start sharing something about yourself to someone,
03:42right away, a connection is formed.
03:46So right away, trust is formed, they form a bond,
03:51and a connection is also established between actors.
04:03Like I said, this is a familiarity workshop.
04:07So it's very important that the people who you see in your TV screens,
04:15like for example, Seth and Kay, they're brothers and sisters.
04:20They just met each other, they're working together.
04:23You can't just establish that relationship on set.
04:28So in this exercise, you already see them relating to one another.
04:34You can see how they're making the relationship real,
04:43that they're really brothers and sisters.
04:45And at the same time, it's a scene work, it's an improvisation.
04:51As an acting coach, I always believe that first and foremost,
04:57an actor should trust his instinct.
05:01He should believe what he feels like doing at that moment.
05:07And whatever that instinct is, he should do it.
05:11Because normally, the first instinct is the right one.
05:15So here, there's no right or wrong.
05:18Because you know, the workshop is the place to fail.
05:21Because when it comes to the set, we can't fail, right?
05:24So in improvisation, there's no right or wrong.
05:27Do whatever you feel like doing.
05:30Trust your instinct.
05:32That's the objective of this scene work.
05:36And that way, these actors are given the stage,
05:42you know, given a playground so that they can play.
05:49Okay, this is character work.
05:52Actually, this is an assignment that I normally give to actors.
05:56And then, what's nice about this session is that they do it as a group.
06:02So as they listen to another person share his or her thoughts
06:07about his or her character,
06:09they also get to know each other.
06:11Ah, so that's the character of Kate here.
06:15So that's how she is here.
06:17So they understand Paul's character.
06:20They understand Paul.
06:22Ah, so this is how I should relate to her.
06:24Because that's how he understands his character.
06:28So if you remember, when we were doing this exercise,
06:33everybody started contributing also for the others.
06:37Right?
06:38It's like they're volunteering information about another actor's character
06:43because they also get to know each other as we went along.
06:46So that's actually endless discovery about a character.
06:52This is just preliminary.
06:59The Shining Inheritance cast is so fresh.
07:03You know, the mix is so beautiful.
07:07So it's a very good mix of different actors
07:12that you can only see now together.
07:15Kate Valdez, I have worked with her several times
07:19since she was new in the second Encantadia.
07:22And then, until she gave birth to Marai.
07:26She has always been a serious and reliable actress.
07:31You know, she's so passionate.
07:36She gives her heart and her soul to her work.
07:41It translates to her scenes.
07:48One thing about Kate is
07:52sometimes she brings home her best scenes.
07:57That's it.
07:58She's that serious.
08:00So, but you know,
08:03if it takes too long, she won't be able to learn on how to release.
08:09Right?
08:10On how to cut.
08:12It's hard to say to an actress,
08:16you shouldn't be able to feel that.
08:18It's cut.
08:19Because that's what they do for a living.
08:22They're there to feel.
08:23It's their job to feel.
08:25So, they can't just say,
08:28Hey, it's done. That's enough.
08:30Right?
08:31So, sometimes she brings it home.
08:33That's Kate.
08:34But even her senior stars
08:37are still affected even if it's cut.
08:39Right?
08:40So, it's okay.
08:42It's not a major setback.
08:48I'm just worried for her sometimes.
08:50But she can do it.
08:52Kailin,
08:54this is actually my first time to work with Kailin in a teleserie workshop.
09:00And I've seen her work.
09:03And she's still young.
09:07But Kailin,
09:10she has a wide range.
09:13She can be pitiful.
09:16She can be poor.
09:18She can be rich.
09:20She can be naive.
09:22She can be insensitive.
09:24She can be a villain.
09:26She can be a villain.
09:28She explores all kinds of characters.
09:32And she's so fearless.
09:35She's a fearless artist.
09:37I've known Paul since he was very, very young.
09:42He was just a kid.
09:45He was just doing sitcoms.
09:47He's a QTV artist.
09:49And it's so nice to watch him.
09:52He has maturity in his performance.
09:56And he asks the right questions.
09:58And he's a different kind.
10:02He has become a thinking actor.
10:04I was really impressed.
10:07Charuth,
10:11Charuth,
10:12Charuth,
10:13she's a challenging artist.
10:17I think she's doing sitcoms and gag shows.
10:22And she's doing her own content.
10:25But she's smart.
10:27So, you know, to be able to direct yourself in your own content,
10:31not just anyone can do it.
10:35So you can see,
10:36you can see that she really wants to
10:39widen also her horizon and, you know,
10:42explore other opportunities.
10:44And I think she's on the right track.
10:47Michael,
10:48I have seen his work in
10:53the videos that Sparkle posts,
10:55like Ana Peleo, in her workshops.
10:58This is my first time also to work with him.
11:00And I saw in the videos that
11:04he's like,
11:06he's going to go places.
11:10Because he's like,
11:13he's like Kailin.
11:15He can be antipathetic.
11:18He can be sympathetic.
11:20You know?
11:21And I think now,
11:23I'm so impressed with actors now
11:26who are not afraid to try different genres
11:29in terms of their characters.
11:32It's okay that I'm a contrarian.
11:34It's okay that I'm supporting.
11:36It's okay that I'm a leader.
11:38So yeah, what they bring,
11:40every character,
11:41it's quite impressive.
11:43As for Seth,
11:44this is the most demanding role
11:48that he got.
11:49Instead of a child with autism.
11:54Our workshop with Seth became more extensive
11:57because right after this,
11:59we had another session
12:01with Seth and a psychiatrist.
12:04And he sits with the psychiatrist.
12:06It was the whole afternoon of
12:10learning, really.
12:12And acquiring new knowledge
12:14about kids with autism.
12:17And we learned a lot.
12:19In fact,
12:22some of the learnings that we got
12:25from that session with the Flora Babes
12:28that we shared with Direct Joron,
12:31they decided to use it also
12:33in the series.
12:35You can watch it here in the series
12:38that whenever Seth is in a tantrum,
12:41Katie will suddenly tell him,
12:44do the butterfly, do the butterfly.
12:47Because you cannot just order
12:50a child with autism to shut up
12:52and be quiet when he's in a tantrum.
12:55You have to calm them.
12:57You know, you have to make sure
12:58that you get through them.
13:00And one of them is to teach them
13:02how to calm themselves.
13:03So we came up during the workshop
13:06with a butterfly.
13:11They pat themselves on the shoulder.
13:13And we told Kate, who was also
13:15a whole night of Kate.
13:24She also attended that session
13:26with the psychiatrist.
13:27So Kate also had a lot of questions
13:29at that time.
13:31She knew how to handle Seth
13:33in the middle of the scene.
13:35So that was one of the things
13:37that Kate learned at that time.
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