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The Acting Room has a great post on how to substitute to achieve real emotions. I personally believe this is useful to start with, but once you have connected, you need to feel the characters emotions as your own, not substitute them. Make his emotions yours, not the other way around…
There is a world of difference between the actor who is
caused authentically to do what his character must do and the actor whi
only indicates of self-generates his actions.
Meisner didn’t invent this concept but it is the principle upon which his technique is based.
The technique is often mistakenly identified exclusively by his
signature repetition exercise. Repetition encompasses the basic
principles of his technique, however it is only the beginning…
After reading Stanislavsky’s dictum about the necessity of the actors being private in public, Strasberg created the private moment exercise. He viewed the exercise as a corrective for actors who were inhibited by the presence of an audience. By enacting a moment of true privacy in front of people, Strasberg hoped to get them to [...]
Here is a great article from Broadway Mouth that exemplifies how modern theater actors need change and an evolution in techniques that is paralell to the one happening in the medium. For the full article…Click Here.
Here is a wonderfully clear example of WHAT NOT to do when acting on film. Enough said.
In film, you sometimes encounter actors who think they’re going to steal the scene by being big, and bombastic. Proving their value. Those actors are using their bodies and voices instead of their brain! They don’t realize in terms of voice and action, less is more…
Sometimes as actors we feel the need to be recognized for our job. And what better way that a grand award ceremony where other experts in the industry get together to hand you a statue? So for all of you out there trying to earn an award, know there are litterally hundreds of these to hand out. Here is a List of some of the most prominent ones:
Pain is the basis for all humor. Its a simple fact that if nobody gets hurt, it isnt funny. This includes both physical and emotional pain. For example, when Teety hits Sylvester in the foot with a mallet, and he hops screaming, stars streaming from his foot, thats funny…
Here is our weekly lesson on things you might find boring but NEED to know as an actor. Or you might find them fascinating and so even better for you! But little snippets are always more fun than one long text. ..
It is impossible to tell someone’s screen potential by just looking at him. Nobody knows what the “secret ingredient” is, and until you see an actor on the screen doing his work, you can’t tell what’s going to happen. There are just some fortunate people out there whom you, an I, and millions of other people want to look at…
Donating plasma to make a couple of extra bucks?… (The simple dollar)
What gadgets do you use to keep organized?… (Gizmodo)
Simple Formula for a fulfilling career… (Life Optimizer)
Terminator wants Schwarzenneger for his Head, not his body… (Defamer)
The real history of movies is much, much older than we think. The obsession of reproducing the moving image, emulating as much as we can the reality before us, has chased man since he became man…
Many times actors are faced with one important decision. Should they choose one method and enroll in a professional acting school for several years commitment, or should they go to many different classes with different teachers and methods? Lets look at the pros and cons. Studying drama professionally for several years in school gives you a very in-depth learning tool on one particular method. . And remember that knowing all there is to know on an acting technique
For thousands of years it had been believed that if an actor played a madman, he would lose his mind, or if he played a sick man, would get the disease! This all started when Greeks stated that human beings were composed of 4 basic fluids: black bile, yellow bile, red blood and phlegm. These 4 fluids controlled our emotions and when they were imbalanced would cause sickness (which they equated to emotions)…
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