Take a look at how 'Shining Inheritance' stars Kyline Alcantara, Kate Valdez, Michael Sager, Paul Salas, Roxie Smith, Seth De La Cruz, and Charuth prepared for their roles in this online exclusive video.
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00:00Hello, I'm Jo Makasa. I facilitated the acting workshop for Shining Inheritance.
00:15Basically, what I did during the workshop was to put the actors together in one session
00:26so they could start getting to know each other.
00:29Some of them will be working for the first time with each other.
00:35We did some stretching exercises with the warm-up for the actors
00:41so that their senses would be awakened.
00:46This exercise is called the Ragdoll exercise.
00:50It's a relaxation exercise.
00:52This happens after the warm-up.
00:55After the warm-up, the body is physically stretched.
01:02After that, I made them do a relaxation exercise called the Ragdoll.
01:07After this Ragdoll exercise,
01:10we went into their personal and sensory inventories.
01:25These exercises all sound alien to some,
01:28but basically, these are all preparatory exercises for the actors to open up.
01:35Once they're open up, what do you mean by open up?
01:38Emotionally, physically, mentally.
01:41It means that they're very vulnerable.
01:45They get to a vulnerable stage where they can absorb any kind of emotion
01:49and they can get affected by any kind of stimulus.
01:53As you can see, it's a bit blurry.
01:56This is another preparatory exercise.
02:01It's called the Sensory and Personal Inventory.
02:06That is a stage where we make the actors very vulnerable
02:10so that in preparation for the scene work,
02:13they get into work mode in layman's terms.
02:18It's like they conditioned themselves and their bodies to be ready for work.
02:24Because, of course, I'm getting into a workshop mode sometimes,
02:28especially if you're new to acting.
02:35It's hard to get into the zone.
02:37But these exercises bring you to a phase of your psychologically, mentally, and emotionally
02:51into a place where I'm all set for work.
02:55You acknowledge everything that bothers you.
02:58You acknowledge every discomfort that you feel in your body.
03:01That way, once you acknowledge it, you make it less important.
03:05That way, you get into a phase of,
03:09okay, let's go, I'm ready to work.
03:11That's what we did.
03:13Where you see them talking to each other,
03:15talking about a certain topic, holding hands.
03:18It's an exercise where each of them is obligated
03:22to share something very personal about themselves,
03:26about probably their work, or their family, or their childhood.
03:33But normally, it's something that they don't know about each other.
03:37Because once you start sharing something about yourself to someone,
03:42right away, a connection is formed.
03:46So right away, trust is formed, they form a bond,
03:51and a connection is also established between actors.
04:03Like I said, this is a familiarity workshop.
04:07So it's very important that the people who you see in your TV screens,
04:15like for example, Seth and Kay, they're brothers and sisters.
04:20They just met each other, they're working together.
04:23You can't just establish that relationship on set.
04:28So in this exercise, you already see them relating to one another.
04:34You can see how they're making the relationship real,
04:43that they're really brothers and sisters.
04:45And at the same time, it's a scene work, it's an improvisation.
04:51As an acting coach, I always believe that first and foremost,
04:57an actor should trust his instinct.
05:01He should believe what he feels like doing at that moment.
05:07And whatever that instinct is, he should do it.
05:11Because normally, the first instinct is the right one.
05:15So here, there's no right or wrong.
05:18Because you know, the workshop is the place to fail.
05:21Because when it comes to the set, we can't fail, right?
05:24So in improvisation, there's no right or wrong.
05:27Do whatever you feel like doing.
05:30Trust your instinct.
05:32That's the objective of this scene work.
05:36And that way, these actors are given the stage,
05:42you know, given a playground so that they can play.
05:49Okay, this is character work.
05:52Actually, this is an assignment that I normally give to actors.
05:56And then, what's nice about this session is that they do it as a group.
06:02So as they listen to another person share his or her thoughts
06:07about his or her character,
06:09they also get to know each other.
06:11Ah, so that's the character of Kate here.
06:15So that's how she is here.
06:17So they understand Paul's character.
06:20They understand Paul.
06:22Ah, so this is how I should relate to her.
06:24Because that's how he understands his character.
06:28So if you remember, when we were doing this exercise,
06:33everybody started contributing also for the others.
06:37Right?
06:38It's like they're volunteering information about another actor's character
06:43because they also get to know each other as we went along.
06:46So that's actually endless discovery about a character.
06:52This is just preliminary.
06:59The Shining Inheritance cast is so fresh.
07:03You know, the mix is so beautiful.
07:07So it's a very good mix of different actors
07:12that you can only see now together.
07:15Kate Valdez, I have worked with her several times
07:19since she was new in the second Encantadia.
07:22And then, until she gave birth to Marai.
07:26She has always been a serious and reliable actress.
07:31You know, she's so passionate.
07:36She gives her heart and her soul to her work.
07:41It translates to her scenes.
07:48One thing about Kate is
07:52sometimes she brings home her best scenes.
07:57That's it.
07:58She's that serious.
08:00So, but you know,
08:03if it takes too long, she won't be able to learn on how to release.
08:09Right?
08:10On how to cut.
08:12It's hard to say to an actress,
08:16you shouldn't be able to feel that.
08:18It's cut.
08:19Because that's what they do for a living.
08:22They're there to feel.
08:23It's their job to feel.
08:25So, they can't just say,
08:28Hey, it's done. That's enough.
08:30Right?
08:31So, sometimes she brings it home.
08:33That's Kate.
08:34But even her senior stars
08:37are still affected even if it's cut.
08:39Right?
08:40So, it's okay.
08:42It's not a major setback.
08:48I'm just worried for her sometimes.
08:50But she can do it.
08:52Kailin,
08:54this is actually my first time to work with Kailin in a teleserie workshop.
09:00And I've seen her work.
09:03And she's still young.
09:07But Kailin,
09:10she has a wide range.
09:13She can be pitiful.
09:16She can be poor.
09:18She can be rich.
09:20She can be naive.
09:22She can be insensitive.
09:24She can be a villain.
09:26She can be a villain.
09:28She explores all kinds of characters.
09:32And she's so fearless.
09:35She's a fearless artist.
09:37I've known Paul since he was very, very young.
09:42He was just a kid.
09:45He was just doing sitcoms.
09:47He's a QTV artist.
09:49And it's so nice to watch him.
09:52He has maturity in his performance.
09:56And he asks the right questions.
09:58And he's a different kind.
10:02He has become a thinking actor.
10:04I was really impressed.
10:07Charuth,
10:11Charuth,
10:12Charuth,
10:13she's a challenging artist.
10:17I think she's doing sitcoms and gag shows.
10:22And she's doing her own content.
10:25But she's smart.
10:27So, you know, to be able to direct yourself in your own content,
10:31not just anyone can do it.
10:35So you can see,
10:36you can see that she really wants to
10:39widen also her horizon and, you know,
10:42explore other opportunities.
10:44And I think she's on the right track.
10:47Michael,
10:48I have seen his work in
10:53the videos that Sparkle posts,
10:55like Ana Peleo, in her workshops.
10:58This is my first time also to work with him.
11:00And I saw in the videos that
11:04he's like,
11:06he's going to go places.
11:10Because he's like,
11:13he's like Kailin.
11:15He can be antipathetic.
11:18He can be sympathetic.
11:20You know?
11:21And I think now,
11:23I'm so impressed with actors now
11:26who are not afraid to try different genres
11:29in terms of their characters.
11:32It's okay that I'm a contrarian.
11:34It's okay that I'm supporting.
11:36It's okay that I'm a leader.
11:38So yeah, what they bring,
11:40every character,
11:41it's quite impressive.
11:43As for Seth,
11:44this is the most demanding role
11:48that he got.
11:49Instead of a child with autism.
11:54Our workshop with Seth became more extensive
11:57because right after this,
11:59we had another session
12:01with Seth and a psychiatrist.
12:04And he sits with the psychiatrist.
12:06It was the whole afternoon of
12:10learning, really.
12:12And acquiring new knowledge
12:14about kids with autism.
12:17And we learned a lot.
12:19In fact,
12:22some of the learnings that we got
12:25from that session with the Flora Babes
12:28that we shared with Direct Joron,
12:31they decided to use it also
12:33in the series.
12:35You can watch it here in the series
12:38that whenever Seth is in a tantrum,
12:41Katie will suddenly tell him,
12:44do the butterfly, do the butterfly.
12:47Because you cannot just order
12:50a child with autism to shut up
12:52and be quiet when he's in a tantrum.
12:55You have to calm them.
12:57You know, you have to make sure
12:58that you get through them.
13:00And one of them is to teach them
13:02how to calm themselves.
13:03So we came up during the workshop
13:06with a butterfly.
13:11They pat themselves on the shoulder.
13:13And we told Kate, who was also
13:15a whole night of Kate.
13:24She also attended that session
13:26with the psychiatrist.
13:27So Kate also had a lot of questions
13:29at that time.
13:31She knew how to handle Seth
13:33in the middle of the scene.
13:35So that was one of the things
13:37that Kate learned at that time.