interesting job coming up.

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone,

Well, on a somewhat lighter note…..

My agent has got me a very interesting acting job. I’m

to be a role-playing actor – depicting a Psychiatric patient for a test

for trainee Psychiatrists.

So Friday week, I’ll be showing up at a prominent Melbourne

Hotel to train during the day; and on the Saturday, I’ll be ushered into

a consulting room at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, where these poor trainee

Psychs will have to interview me to determine just what disorder I suffer from,

and then how to tackle me as a patient. I feel sorry for the poor

guys (and ladies) with a couple of Examiners looking on and ticking off scores

and assessments on a sheet. I’ve been told by a Psychiatrist

friend that they get terribly nervous about it. he did his similar

exam in New Zealand some 14 years ago.

There are I believe over a dozen of us actors booked for the

job. presumably they’ll be looking at us and saying “you’re

Schizophrenic” and “you’re Bi-Polar” and

etc. it’s going to be just

fascinating. Be awfully funny if they wanted to give me the part of

an Autistic!!! They know already that I’m Aspie and

have written a book. Happily it didn’t put them

off. It’ll be worth upwards of $500 gross to me for the

two days work.

On a recent Commercial shoot, (doing a Beef commercial), one of

the other extras was telling me that she did one of these role-playing jobs

some three years ago, and enjoyed it very much. Presumably very

challenging. I’m most interested to know just how much

initiative we are allowed. Do we have to stick strictly to the ‘script’

they give us? Can we improvise body language for the various

conditions? Etc etc.

I’ll give you a report afterwards,

Cheers, Ron.

[Guest guest]

Ron, thank you for the update! Sounds like you are completely mended from your

surgery last year and back in business again. You are an inspiration ... hope

I'm at least half as active as you are when I got to where you are now. (Helen

.... a " spring chicken " at 55..)

>

> Hello everyone,

>

> Well, on a somewhat lighter note...

>

>

>

> My agent has got me a very interesting acting job. I'm to be a

> role-playing actor - depicting a Psychiatric patient for a test for trainee

> Psychiatrists.

>

> So Friday week, I'll be showing up at a prominent Melbourne Hotel to train

> during the day; and on the Saturday, I'll be ushered into a consulting room

> at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, where these poor trainee Psychs will have

> to interview me to determine just what disorder I suffer from, and then how

> to tackle me as a patient. I feel sorry for the poor guys (and ladies)

> with a couple of Examiners looking on and ticking off scores and assessments

> on a sheet. I've been told by a Psychiatrist friend that they get terribly

> nervous about it. he did his similar exam in New Zealand some 14 years

> ago.

>

>

>

> There are I believe over a dozen of us actors booked for the job.

> presumably they'll be looking at us and saying " you're Schizophrenic " and

> " you're Bi-Polar " and etc. it's going to be just fascinating. Be

> awfully funny if they wanted to give me the part of an Autistic!!! They

> know already that I'm Aspie and have written a book. Happily it didn't put

> them off. It'll be worth upwards of $500 gross to me for the two days

> work.

>

>

>

> On a recent Commercial shoot, (doing a Beef commercial), one of the other

> extras was telling me that she did one of these role-playing jobs some three

> years ago, and enjoyed it very much. Presumably very challenging. I'm

> most interested to know just how much initiative we are allowed. Do we

> have to stick strictly to the 'script' they give us? Can we improvise body

> language for the various conditions? Etc etc.

>

>

>

> I'll give you a report afterwards,

>

> Cheers, Ron.

>

[Guest guest]

Ron:

How awesome. Have fun and let us know how it turns out.

[Guest guest]

Please, Ron, do let us know how it went! We shall be waiting with baited breath... ~ "Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal."--Albert Camus Sent from my VZW BlackBerrySender: aspires-relationships Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:48:01 +1100To: <aspires-relationships >ReplyTo: aspires-relationships Subject: RE: interesting job coming up. Hello everyone,Well, on a somewhat lighter note….. My agent has got me a very interesting acting job. I’mto be a role-playing actor – depicting a Psychiatric patient for a testfor trainee Psychiatrists.So Friday week, I’ll be showing up at a prominent MelbourneHotel to train during the day; and on the Saturday, I’ll be ushered intoa consulting room at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, where these poor traineePsychs will have to interview me to determine just what disorder I suffer from,and then how to tackle me as a patient. I feel sorry for the poorguys (and ladies) with a couple of Examiners looking on and ticking off scoresand assessments on a sheet. I’ve been told by a Psychiatristfriend that they get terribly nervous about it. he did his similarexam in New Zealand some 14 years ago. There are I believe over a dozen of us actors booked for thejob. presumably they’ll be looking at us and saying “you’reSchizophrenic” and “you’re Bi-Polar” andetc. it’s going to be justfascinating. Be awfully funny if they wanted to give me the part ofan Autistic!!! They know already that I’m Aspie andhave written a book. Happily it didn’t put themoff. It’ll be worth upwards of $500 gross to me for thetwo days work. On a recent Commercial shoot, (doing a Beef commercial), one ofthe other extras was telling me that she did one of these role-playing jobssome three years ago, and enjoyed it very much. Presumably verychallenging. I’m most interested to know just how muchinitiative we are allowed. Do we have to stick strictly to the ‘script’they give us? Can we improvise body language for the variousconditions? Etc etc. I’ll give you a report afterwards,Cheers, Ron.

[Guest guest]

Hiya Helen and Ron......

Sounds like Ron's doing much better. A " spring chicken " at 55? Must make me

reborn at 43 and lovin' it

>

> Ron, thank you for the update! Sounds like you are completely mended from your

surgery last year and back in business again. You are an inspiration ... hope

I'm at least half as active as you are when I got to where you are now. (Helen

.... a " spring chicken " at 55..)