21 Oct Extra Work for Child Actors
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Under certain circumstances extra work is recommended for child actors....
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10 Aug How to take a director’s notes
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Understanding how to take a director's notes What do you do when a director gives you notes? How can you best help yourself to perform the adjustments he wants to see. Understanding a director's notes will require the following. If you do a "take" or at an...
05 Jul Fundamentals of Acting
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What are the fundamentals of acting? What questions do your ask yourself when you prepare for a scene? What 4 Acting choices NEVER change? These fundamental choices NEVER change whether you are a beginner or an advanced working actor: WHO am I? WHAT do I want? WHERE...
27 May Correct Eye lines & Body positions for TV/Film Actors
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Correct Eye lines and Body positions for TV/Film Actors OK you're on set, preparing to do an emotional scene. The camera man has just measured how far your face is from the camera lens. You experience a large, uncomfortably close camera lens in your face. They...
27 Jan Best Tips to a Great Head Shot #2 Type(s)
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Best Tips to a Great Head Shot #2 What's your type? Here is a fun exercise to figure out your type. Write a long list of your traits and qualities. Are you outgoing? introverted? moody? dramatic? The class clown? Even if you think something seems silly and unimportant,...
26 Jan Best Tips to a Great Head Shot #3 Wardrobe
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Best Tips to a Great Head Shot #3 Wardrobe The following tips are designed to use as a guide. Be sure to add your own personal style! Here are the best wardrobe tips to get a great head shot. Follow this guide and you will be looking...
15 Apr Soap Opera Tips for Actors
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SOAP OPERA Tips for Actors Soap Opera Acting is "bring your A game" challenging for these 10 reasons: Tons of Dialogue to memorize. Pink Pages (last minute rewrites) 5 am memorizing. FAST pace. One Rehearsal. One Take. Truthful subtext for every scene. Close up, after close up, after close up. The long stare. Cry on...
03 May How to be your talent agent’s best client
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What Parents and Young Actors Should KnowAbout the Agent/Talent Relationship and How to be your talent agent's best client. Use these tips. Agents Love Parents and Actors Who: • Are always REACHABLE within an hour by phone, text or email. • Within 2 hours (of an audition notice) confirm...
23 Jan Tongue Twisters for Young Actors
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At our acting school, we make sure our students walk into every audition as prepared as possible. Part of that is being comfortable with commercial copy. Catchy slogans littered with alliterations are what advertisers use to make their product stand out from the rest. This...
12 Dec How Film Actors Match Shots
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Just as stage actors need to learn the rules of the stage, film actors need to learn the rules of working on camera. First, it's imperative to understand exactly what the camera is doing to give the best performance possible. First, let's start with the basics....