The Start of Something New

Recently my life has been picking up speed. Since 2024 kicked off, I have began my journey as a teacher, which has been a lot on its own. However, I have also opened up a new door in my life that I was a little scared to walk through initially.

This first quarter of 2024, I finally started acting in a movie called The Sharing Circle, directed by Micheal W. Green. I was casted as Drake Jefferson. The story and character was really fun and interesting to bring to life!

This was the first opportunity ever for me to act in my life. I had no prior experience. No school plays back in K-12. No college acting major. Not even any pre-k theater performances. I was a brand new actor hoping to land my first role, and I did.

I couldn't even believe the news when Mike announced the cast for the film way before we started filming. I was in shock to hear my name on the casted list. It took months before we finally started filming and by that time I had already started teaching.

Luckily, I serve an awesome God and he will not give me anything that I cannot handle. I was able to be a teacher during the week and act on the weekends. I put in the time and effort to learn all of my parts on the script and do the best that I could.

The Experience

Going into this film, my biggest concern was making sure that I enjoyed the overall experience. I told myself and my new friend Kenneth, that I wanted to make sure that I really enjoyed the art of acting, so I could be sure that it was something that I would be interested in doing again.

It is safe to say that I thoroughly enjoyed my experience. It challenged me, pulled me out of my comfort zone, and showed me that I have so much room to grow. Most importantly, it excited me.

I haven't felt this feeling of excitement since the first time I started playing my saxophone when I was in the 6th grade. I was eager to find new music to play and see how far my hard work and natural talent could take me.

My first day of filming had my nerves through the roof. I was afraid that I was doing things wrong and I was worried if I was even good enough due to my lack of experience. I was very subconscious about everything I did. Thankfully I had a very supportive person with me, Kenneth. We quickly became friends on set. Although he was much more experienced than me, he still helped me to remain calm and just do my best.

By the time I made it to my last day of filming, I was much more confident and relaxed while on set. It was like I was finally starting to get in my zone and take more risks with my acting. Just when I started feeling better about the craft, my time in the movie was over. Now it is time for something new.

That's A Wrap

I have always been more of a fine arts person, but never had I stepped into the acting realm. I feel as though I have so much room to grow and the sky is the limit. I hope that my eagerness doesn't die out. I want to work on another project and soon.

Now I have two things I have my heart set on doing. One: finding an acting class and two: joining an agency. I need to gather more experience and just feed this new ambition that I have.

Of course, writing will never cease for me. I am actually glad that I am done filming for now because now my weekends are more free. I can get back to writing my reviews and my blog entries.

I will say, it does feel great to be back in this blog. Writing will always be my first love when it comes to anything art related and this blog is definitely here to stay.

Until next time.

Jefferson K. Coe