Miss Beldon. My first legit short film.

This was my first legit short film, Miss Beldon, for the 48 hour film festival. Loved every minute, particularly the stunts. Though I am my biggest critic.

I wanted to show how kickass my character Special Agent Buchanan was, and my inexperience caused nervousness. It's all mental. Anytime you are in front of the camera, and in life, trust yourself that you've done the work and are prepared. Trust your mind and your skill.. Otherwise you will not enjoy your work, and you may feel inadequate. Let's not have that shit cloud focus.

I got to work with this amazing cast and crew. Yelena, great clear kind direction. Evan screenplay and my partner in justice. Tyler, hilarious talent with donut. Kabrina, kind and talented. Bryan, soooooo fun to work with you on stunts and watch you perform your work! Erynn, brother of Evan... Bethany, editing is so cool! ;) The Badger-Breathing Dragons unite!

Let's Get it Done

Who I am is who I am and I'm excited for who I am to be who I am and everyone else seeing that who I am is who I am. Excited? OHhhhh yeah... i know.. it's cool we got this. you and me, baby. Let's show'em what's up around town, maybe ride a bike or two... maybe a tandem one. That's how much we got this.

thank you One Tree Hill

This past year has been a lot of hell but I'm slowly coming back. Maybe I'll mention it at some point but for now, I'm just excited to post this because it has been a year and i am finally excited enough about something in my life again. And what do you know? It's story, music, acting! And I am rejuvenated, at peace, and excited about life again.

I picked up again on One Tree Hill after a few year stint of not watching it after Payton and Lucas left. I'm back in it and I'd forgotten how great it is. Tearing up, getting emotional, scared, laughing hysterically, or getting super excited about life, it inspires me.


This one is freaky. It is a nightmare sequence. I would say viewer discretion is advised. But, it's hilarious too.

This. This is it. I love music and acting. And here we are. This song inspired some excitement in me that I haven't known for the past year. I can do this. I can do this life the way I want.

Both of the above clips are from Season 8 Episode 6 (a halloween episode, i might ad--my absolute favorite holiday)


Lip-singing with headphones in watchin the video above... feelin good and lovin it.. you can play the video above at the same time so there's actual audio. i just wanted to post this becuz it's odd but i felt so good i don't care!

Silent Lullaby

And so it goes on a Saturday night. I was going to go see Snow White and the Huntsman. I'm still going to see it. But, instead of seeing a movie, I made one.

We started about 10:40pm until final editing and uploading at 3:45am. How's that for a super saturday?

Idea for Blog Post

[not absolute on cuz i may not want to do this all the time or ever again.. who knows]


Blog Ideas
So, i just had this thought… a pretty brilliant one.. i think. that will benefit several different ways.

So first read what i write as if i'm saying it. I would just say it but that would give me a lot of ummms and likes and you knows… which i like you know umm… don't want to do.

so whatever i think to write down, i'll do, and record it as if i am saying it on the fly, then i'll have the transcript for easier finding for those of us who aren't audio people [point to me]. me.

what'd think… shall we give it a go? well it's going… and now gone. i kinda like it. how was it for you?

problem is, i'd have to memorize it all or keep looking at what i just typed which can kinda kill the idea.

which it is right now, whatever, but i'll get better at it. as for nowww. peace.

Rabbit Hole Scene Rehearsal

I play Becca, a woman whose 4 year old son was run over by a teenage by, Jason. This scene is 10 months after the accident, where Jason and Becca are meeting as an attempt to connect in some way because they both share this tragic experience. 

Click here for the written scene! Also, they made the play into a movie, with Nicole Kidman as Becca.

^my scene with Dallen. also some before-prepping and after-fun.


This is the only recording I'll have of this scene. It's rough. We worked on it a bunch since then. We worked privately with the TA who gave us some Meisner exercises to do, which were fun. We made the scene more light and real, not so dismal and blah and long. We perform it a total of 3 times in class.

Girl, Interrupted Monologue

Help me understand, Daisy.

'Cuz i thought you didn't do valium.

I do. But i'm sick, Daisy. We know that.

But here you are in so called recovery, playing Betty Crocker, cut up like a damn Virginia ham.

Tell me how this safety net is working for you.

Tell me that you don't take that blade and drag it across your skin and pray for the courage to press down.

Tell me how your daddy helps you cope with that.

I mean, you tell me daddy loves you, and I bet he does.

With every inch of his manhood.

They didn't release you because you got better, Daisy.

They just gave up.

You call this a life, hmm?

Taking daddy's money, buying your dollies and your knick-knacks,

and eating his chicken, fattening up like a prize heifer.

You changed the scenery but not the situation.

And the wardon makes house calls.

And everybody knows. Everybody knows that he screws you.

But what they don't know is you like it. Hmm? You like it.

But hey man, it's cool. Whatever.

A man is a dick is a man is a dick is a chicken, a dad, a valium, a speculum, whatever.

Whatever.

You like being Mrs. Randone.

Probably all you've ever known, huh?

I presented this in my acting class, and it got quite a silent reaction. My TA just said, "Okay, well now we're all going to be a little scared of Karyn." 

Kinda fun :)

Class Exercise #5: Secrets

performed Thursday, February 2, 2012

#5 Objective, Tactics, Secrets -- each person has a secret of their own, either dependent or independent (the audience knows what it is, or nobody but the actor knows what it is).

Scene -- Brittini and I enter from opposite directions. I close the door behind me after doing a bunch of whispering to someone outside the door. Brittini doesn't look happy. I persist that she tell me what's wrong. she says she got a bad test grade and it'll piss off dad. I insist that she not worry about it and it'll all be alright. I make her laugh by recalling Jared's funny Bell's Palsy. Slowly i make her happy and then lead her out the door where we yell "surprise!"

OBJECTIVES:

Brittini -- to keep secret from family and dad

• Secret: got a bad test grade
• TACTICS
• to avoid eye contact
• to reject
• to ask not to tell
• to make others for sorry for her

Karyn -- to make Brittini content enough to transition her to a celebratory mood

• Secret: throwing a surprise party for Brittini
• TACTICS
• To sympathize
• To joke
• To physically readjust to show she cares
• To offer mac&cheese

WORKING WITH BRITTINI:

Got a say, i was a tiny intimidated to work with brittini because she's pre-acting and pretty so i wasn't sure if she'd be stand-offish or something. Not at all! She reminded me a ton of my younger sister April. It was so natural working with her, especially playing her older sister! She's definitely got what it takes to succeed as an actress--the right look, the right deep dark eyes, the truth that she portrays. She could be a lil more... something. i don't know. charasmatic? no. grown-up? maybe. i don't know... it's some thing. but she's definitely got a star quality about her.

Honestly, i feel a lil competition. From the combination of Dave's and Gabby's comment ["why did you ask for her phone?" is really the only thing they said to me; "i like how you said 'you know what dad will do'" is what they said to brittini], i feel that brittini did better in the skit, which she probably did. She's a natural. I feel like it is a bit easier to play the depressed, unhappy character instead of the one pushing the scene along. It's harder to play happy truthfully, i think, because everybody has different ways of showing that they're happy--hyper, content, dancy, dull, normal, whatever-- but being sad is pretty commonly known to be one certain thing -- turned off, sad, emotionally unstimulated.

I want to work with Brittini again though. I feel she takes these things seriously and responds to improv well enough. And because she's like my lil sis, it seems so natural and truthful with her. After the skit tho, i realize i need to be less aware of my lines and stuff, and more focused on responding to the improv itself.

LDS Film Festival Filmmaker [Twice] VOICE ACTING

I was part of the LDS Film Festival for the second year. Each time was the 24 hour film making marathon. There's a theme, object, and line that they give you at the beginning of the 24 hours, then it's go-time and you have to incorporate that criteria into your film.

2012 [2nd year to participate] -- Theme: Anniversary; Object: a cake; Line: "I really want to..."
Team: Moroni Taylor, Jared Garrison, Billy Machin, April Garrison. I produced it. I definitely had a bigger role this time around than last year. I also helped the film concept with April and came up with main dialogue. I was also the main voice actor. I played the character, Loretta. Take a look.

This year's films were a step above last year. We did not win this time around, or even place, which is bull, but whatever.


2011 [1st year to participate] -- 
Theme: generosity; Object: a dollar bill; Line: "What more can I..."
Team: Moroni Taylor, Clifford Taylor, Jared Garrison. My role: i basically just produced it. Entered the contest, burned it onto disc, and handed it in. All the manual labor took place in CT with Moroni, Clifford, and Jared in animation. Here's the video:

It was pretty cool. There were about 30 entrants and we placed 2nd. We won $150. And I got a cool filmmaker badge.