[Dan Warner]

April,

I applaud the different choices you made here, but I was a bit confused as to where you were and why you didn’t want to go in. I would like to see you connect more with your surroundings and enter with a moment before in mind. I’m not sure about the lip gloss applications either. It didn’t seem to give us any context — where you were picturing yourself or why you would do that in this situation.

I did like the little nervous behaviors you expressed throughout and I think if it were at a faster pace it would be really interesting to watch. I do like actors taking time with a piece if it serves the text and the scene, but this one calls for a bit more urgency. A casting director is not going to sit through 15 seconds of silence and lip gloss application if they don’t know what’s going on. That said, your wardrobe, lighting, and backdrop look good and I’d like to see this type of stillness in your other pieces.