Acting is BIG! I have this composite image of all the past students who labored to figure this out. Heres what I would like them to know. Acting is REALLY BIG! You have to see all four years of the training before you understand the first day! You have to see all four years, twice, before you begin to see the patterns in learning emerge! After the 5th go round you get the BIG picture. Trying to figure out the training is not unlike trying to figure out a Boeing 747. The Boeing 747 has over 6,000,000 parts, half of which are fasteners, about 1,500,000 are moving parts. Assume that all of the parts are simple objects that are interchangeable, but which need to be placed in specific x-y-z coordinate positions, with specific angular theta-x theta-y theta-z values (with respect to a uniform airplane-construction frame-of-reference). So, each part has 6 degrees of freedom (6 independent parameters). How many bits of information do I need to specify, in order to place the 6 million parts in correct positions (x,y,z, theta-x, theta-y, theta-z) to assemble a 747 airliner? Now, each part needs to be placed in position with a specific accuracy (which depends on the part, and its function in the plane). These specific-accuracy values will be different for different parts. For ease of calculation, let’s assume that the range of coordinate values (that we choose to consider) for placement of a part is 128 times the placement-accuracy value needed for that part… Example: If an object needs to be fitted into the 747 airplane, with a lateral placement accuracy of 1 millimeter, we assume that the range of possible values that we consider as options for placement of that part are 128 steps of that placement-accuracy-value (= 128 millimeters = 12.8 centimeters = less than 6 inches). Is it clear when I say it that way? Is it clear that Acting is BIG and your efforts to figure it out could be spent practicing and really learning the thing?
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 19:39:47 +0000