Western\u2019s 48-Hour Film Festival<\/a>. This film competition challenges filmmakers to condense their creative process and produce their vision within a short time frame. Each team is given a genre, prop, line of dialogue and character at random.<\/p>\nBouc has participated in the 48-Hour Film Festival twice. In the latest competition, she was assigned a drama called \u201cRising Star,\u201d where she was cast as Jackie Rabbits, a snooty performer.<\/p>\n
To prepare for this role, Bouc said her director had her participate in a rather unusual warm-up routine to get in character.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince the director knew I was a standoffish person, he had me stick socks in my crotch and walk around like I had a big d \u2014 -,\u201d Bouc said.<\/p>\n
During the last festival, her team had to record scenes and immediately \u201cdump\u201d the footage for editing with few breaks and barely any sleep. Though this experience was challenging, Bouc really enjoyed getting into character, singing and the all-around experience.<\/p>\n
However, Jackie Rabbits wasn\u2019t Bouc\u2019s only confident character.<\/p>\n
In the play \u201cThe Great American Trailer Park Musical,\u201d Bouc played a stripper named Pippy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was the most fun I\u2019ve ever had as a character, because I went to a Catholic high school, and we never would have done something like that,\u201d Bouc said.<\/p>\n
This role was challenging for her because she not only had to work on her character role development, but she also had to work on her confidence. Bouc wasn\u2019t used to being so over-sexualized on stage and, at first, worried about the wardrobe.<\/p>\n
\u201cImmediately I told the director I\u2019m a self-conscious person, and I don\u2019t like to show a lot of skin,\u201d Bouc said.<\/p>\n
The director eased her mind and assured her that Pippy could be a partially-conservative stripper. The daytime outfit consisted of high-waisted shorts, a cropped flannel and red cowgirl boots. For the evening outfit, Bouc wore leather shorts, a fringed bra and a leather button-up jacket.<\/p>\n
But the wardrobe was only the beginning of Bouc being pushed out of her comfort zone. She also had to learn and perform a pole dance, as well as a striptease.<\/p>\n
Bouc knows this won\u2019t be her last challenging role. She enjoys how theatre pushes her boundaries and allows her to make new friends and grow as a person, as well as an actress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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