We just finished our first Launch weekend and we are wiped out! It was from 10-7 on Saturday and 1-7 on Saturday, also throwing homework and church in between there too. SO much to learn and do! I feel like I've got about eight separate topics I want to write about now, so I'll just jump in and stop when it gets too long.
So first of all, there are a lot of different showcases you can sign up to perform at Shine. The first three you choose are included, and then each additional one is $75. We started out thinking well good grief, we're paying quite a bit as it is, and she's young and inexperienced, so three will be plenty. She'll do runway and photography since that's her focus, and then on-camera for acting. Done.
Now that she's seen and gotten to practice all of them, she also is really interested in, and pretty good at, scene read, cold read, product endorsement, and tv presenter. And you know really, this is why we're going. She feels called to do this, and it only makes sense to get her out in view of the VIPs as much as possible. What's the point of doing the minimum if we're going to be there a week? So now we're looking at doing six or seven showcases instead of three, which means more practice work and also more wardrobe. I need to do several more shopping excursions to get the proper pieces before photo shoot.
Photo shoot is scheduled!! It will be September 29. That means I have only three weeks to get everything bought and ready. Our team leader says it's not at all uncommon to bring two or even three suitcases to the shoot. Then you lay out all your shoes in a row, all the shirts and jeans and pants and skirts.... and they go through all your stuff and mix and match and layer and tell you what to wear for the shoot, but also for every showcase you're planning to sign up for, so that you're dressed properly for the week. I can take pictures of each outfit they plan for us and just pack according to that. So I'm bringing as many things as I can possibly find that I think maybe might work.
And now my girl needs the computer to do teleprompting practice. She's kicking me off. :) So more later.
This is very cool!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I can imagine that reading a teleprompter is very hard. How do you read sentences if you don't know if they're statements or questions?
Once, we visited a news station in BR on a field trip. They turned on the teleprompter and it IS very difficult.
ReplyDeleteYou said my fav phrase- shopping excursion. UGH, love. DO NOT think that you're getting away with not showing me what you've got/bought.