For a group of San Diego actors, the end of in-person classes, performances and audiences does not mean the end to perfecting their craft. Since the shutdown began, these actors have started a web series to make light of the foibles of Zoom hang-outs and buying toilet paper. A new episode of “Socially Distanced” is released on YouTube every Monday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“We came up with this idea of utilizing Zoom in creating this web series where we can safely practice social distancing and in a satirical way talk about some of the concepts and ideas that are going on right now with COVID-19,” creator Jeff Willy said.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Cada episodio est\u00e1 escrito y producido por Willy y Kristen Trammell y se centra en una familia exc\u00e9ntrica en aislamiento social entre s\u00ed. Reclutan a un cuadro de actores locales para interpretar a la familia, muchos de los cuales conoc\u00edan a trav\u00e9s del LA Acting Studio en San Diego. Los episodios est\u00e1n escritos con cada miembro de la familia uni\u00e9ndose y saliendo del chat de video en diferentes momentos.\u00a0<\/p>\n “It’s a balance between being scripted but then also having a little bit of improvisation within it,” Willy, who directs and acts in the episodes in addition to writing and producing.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Los actores han tenido que adaptarse a este nuevo m\u00e9todo de actuaci\u00f3n. Los retrasos en Internet e incluso el hecho de no estar en el mismo espacio f\u00edsico hace que reaccionar ante otros actores sea m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil. Algunos de esos retrasos y cortes se han mantenido en los episodios porque le dan un aire de autenticidad a lo que la gente est\u00e1 experimentando.\u00a0<\/p>\n “We try to time it with cues and we do some rehearsals, but a lot of this is really just being flexible and trying to adapt to figure out how to interact with people and act in any medium,” Willy explained.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Cuando el coronavirus lleg\u00f3 a los EE. UU., las oportunidades de actuaci\u00f3n se agotaron r\u00e1pidamente. A medida que ha continuado, algunos de ellos se han recuperado nuevamente, seg\u00fan Willy. Hay muchas competencias de actuaci\u00f3n en l\u00ednea, como desaf\u00edos de mon\u00f3logos y convocatorias de casting. Las audiciones se llevan a cabo a trav\u00e9s de Skype. Ciertos estudios de San Diego tambi\u00e9n han tra\u00eddo sus clases de actuaci\u00f3n en l\u00ednea, incluido el LA Acting Studio del que forma parte Willy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Many of the actors in San Diego are non-union so do not have the benefits of being in the SAG-AFTRA union to weather out the pandemic. The creators of “Socially Distanced” have yet to find a way to monetize the series, so the focus of the endeavor is giving the actors a creative outlet during a time of stress.\u00a0<\/p>\n “It’s more about the art form, more than anything. It gives people a medium to express themselves creatively and just continue to connect, even though we’re not physically connecting,” Willy said.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Find the webisodes at bit.ly\/2T0tNe8\u00a0o encu\u00e9ntrelos en el canal de entretenimiento de la cuarta pared en YouTube. o encu\u00e9ntrelos en el canal de entretenimiento de la cuarta pared en YouTube.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n