This is the first of two rehearsals held prior to the shooting of my short film Bar Bonding. I regard the process of making this film the current high-point in my construction of homosocial film practice. This rehearsal has been edited down and divided into the following sections:
Opening Discussion: 00:00
First Table Read: 01:15
Script Content Discussion: 06:24
Masculinity Discussion: 10:30
Dialogue & Intention Discussion: 12:59
The First Rehearsal (without scripts): 19:02
The Second Rehearsal (with scripts): 27:00
Post-Rehearsal Discussion: 33:00
Introducing the Meisner Repetition Exercise: 38:12
Trying the Meisner Repetition Exercise: 44:13
In-Character Improvisation: 52:30
Planning The Next Rehearsal: 01:01:31
The Third Rehearsal (first without, then with script): 01:02:54
The Fourth Rehearsal (with script, new direction): 01:14:32
Final Discussion: 01:23:42