Here are the notes I made during the Macro Neato sets (AKA 'Sweep'). They're very choppy, so I apologize in advance. At the very least, you can use these notes to remember exactly what you did during your scenes.
November 22nd
Thinking
- I’ve been thinking
o Noticed the hair on my legs
§ Pondering over this dilemma
o Dinner’s Ready
§ You don’t er your din
o Paper or Plastic
§ One is good for the environment
o Time Machine
o Lumberjack
§ Tree was down
§ Did you hear a sound
o To be or not to be
§ Do or do not
o Do you love me?
§ “This has a lot of factors”
- Ready for this Exam
o Everything’s flying at me
o I didn’t get your resume
o Anchovies on this pizza
o Honey I’m ready
o Pilot
Time
- Are we late?
o Train
o First day on the job
§ Too early cut Brian
o First born child
o Where were you at 7:30 PM
- Urr urr urr urr
o Time periods
o Flat earth
o Teaching gorilla
o Inertia is a property of matter
o Planes fly
- Brian is a clock
o In joke on death watch
o Looked at the sky and wondered how insignificant we are
o Wanna buy a watch
o Is life, just, one big long TV show
- Spaghetti – Put some thyme on it
Electronic – Give them a couple more seconds cos I started late
- ACTIVATED
o Robots are invading the Earth
o Lightning Storm
o Programmed to kill John Connor
o Mr Roboto, don’t kill my family
§ DOMO ARTIGATO – LAME
- Lol!
o I can’t believe you’re in English
o Elizabeth is Southern – Cell Phone confusion
§ What magickry is this
o JUST GOT A HOME RUN
§ TWEET THIS
§ MYSPACE IT
§ GOOGLE IT
o All you ever say is lol
o Hitler is texting
- Mr Electron, why so negative?
o There’s nothing good in the world
o iPhone 4.0
o Sorry, sentenced to die by electric chair
o Lightbulb
§ Pieces of the sun
- Cool Video
o Dancing with words on her arms
Eternal
- Renan has seen many things in his life
o I’m 61 is a gag
o He shot Lincoln
- Brian is dying
o Graham, come closer
- San Diego
o Olympic Torch
- So I’m thinking about living forever
- Lines at the DMV
o Bus is taking forever
o Harry Potter
o Clock just stopped
§ Middle of the Lecture
- Give up my immortality for you
Eugene, don’t clap (You were clapping in the background, and it was distracting)
November 29th
Musical
Eugene and Renan
- Problems in high school
- Tap dancing and singing about the future
Elisabeth and Renan
- Bet your bottom dollar (Amazing)
- Renan, you should have sung
Brandon and Elisabeth
- Baby baby baby oooooh
- Brandon, don’t take out the driver
Eugene and Brandon
- Justin BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
SWEEP
Renan and Sahaj
- Murder on our hands
- B flat killed C sharp
- A Sharp! And F Flat!
- Needed a French horn
Eugene and Sahaj
- Just can’t hit that A sharp
- Gotta work at it
Renan and Sahaj
- Wanna be just like Justin
- Don’t cry
Callum and Renan
- The Fat Lady is singing
- You are going down in a pit of flames
Bilal and Callum
- Listen Gila
- NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
Renan and Bilal
- Got Rick Rolled
Fancy
Graeme and Renan
- Disgusting bowl of soup
- Hair in the soup
Sahaj and Graeme
- Muddy Pigs
Eugene and Graeme
- New Baby boy
Erin and Graeme
- Close up
Sahaj and Graeme
- Nobel Prize
Renan and Eugene
- Nuclear bomb just destroyed everything
Elisabeth and Graeme
- Hair in the soup
Erin and Graeme
- Don’t touch me please
Callum and Graeme
- Pants make me big
Bilal and Graeme
- Cocktail dress
- It’s revolting
SWEEP
Eugene and Sahaj
- Hair is like a blonde ocean of blonde
Graeme and Eugene
- Bunny
Callum and Eugene
- It’s so CUTE
- Leprechaun
Elisabeth and Eugene
SWEEP
Renan and Sahaj
- Order for a Golden Watch
Bilal and Renan
- Bilal – Don’t delay too much when going in
- Balrog
Be more engaged in the background!
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There you have it. From what I can recall, here are some specific notes:
1) Take time to establish your platform. It will make the characters more clear and it will make the 'driver' more defined.
2) The driver is the same character in every scene. Put him or her in more and more heightened scenes! (i.e. play the Game, raise the stakes!)
3) Be engaged in the background. Think of Macro like a sporting event. You're all on the bench at a basketball game. Be ready to jump in at any point!
4) Once the Game has been heightened a few times, sweep the scene! Don't worry about coming up with an idea. Go for the Object, Emotion, Visceral and you'll be fine.
5) If you feel as though a scene is tanking, sweep it! You need not be polite!
And boom goes the dynamite.
See you all next week!
Cheers,
Cliff
