College Admissions Essay: A Career As An Acting Class

I decided to take an acting class because acting has always been apart of my life. Since I was a kid my dad had my siblings and I in front of the camera, making dorky little skits and creative movies throughout the summer just to find someway for us all to bond, and it didn't stop when we grew up either. As I got older I started taking interest in directing the films just as much as I took interest in acting in them and because of this we would spend weeks upon weeks coming up with different ideas and clever ways to make movies and plays that would grab someone's attention. We didn’t care if they didn’t make sense or how goofy we were, we just wanted to have fun. Unfortunately though, life …show more content…
I had to start thinking more logically and what was best for my future so I gave up the dreams of acting and looked into more “serious” careers. That is when I started my first year of college and I was completely …show more content…
It also excited me as well though, I wanted to push myself and prove that I can do anything I put my mind too. The warm ups in the beginning of the class were the biggest help for me. It was such an easy way to get to know everyone in the class and to see that we were all there for the same reason. No one cared about how goofy you were or if you messed up, they just wanted to see you succeed. It was fun having to think quickly for some of the warm ups and use your creativity. I was relieved when the first project was a group project, even more relieved when we didn't have to pick our own partners. Everyone in my group instantly clicked and it was fairly easy to come up with an idea that worked for all of us. I enjoyed getting to put in my own ideas that would work for our short skit and getting to collaborate with the others and combine our ideas that seemed fair for everyone. I felt our presentation was a bit more on the goofy side but I don’t think i'd prefer it any other way. The second project that I was apart of was a bit more challenging. Unlike working with my first group, not everyone clicked as easily in the second group. Our ideas