Old school.
/So many guidelines in the film and TV industry are gone.
The times have changed. Often protocol isn’t followed, clauses in the producer/actor agreements are broken, preparation time for auditions shortened, less …
Read MoreHard work.
/When you’re preparing an audition or going on set and you know the situation, the tone, the quality, what you’re doing - try to avoid beating it to death.
You want to work hard. Good. But, ask yourself what hard …
Read MorePermission.
/In acting class, the other day, students said that they were glad to have permission to cry, swear, shout or insult.
I’m not so sure about permission. When it comes …
Read MoreA peaceful pocket of time.
/Observe when you’re in time and it’s peaceful.
You’ll be in thought then.
Seeing you thinking on screen is something we want. Try to learn when you’re in time and to identify different blocks of time.
Time can be like being on a train …
Read MoreHow your mind enjoys it's own cleverness with language.
/As you speak, your mind can be aware of the beauty and clarity of the language it's creating.
With certain characters – speakers – there is an awareness that their dialogue – their speech - is good. Or, the manner in which they are delivering it sounds good.
It’s an overlapping support …
Read MoreStop, look and listen.
/When you’re out and about stop and look at the people passing by.
Play that age-old actor’s game of guessing who everyone is. What jobs each person does. Guess they’re age, if they’re married, nationality, income. Notice their bodies, how they walk, hold their head and general bearing. Hair and make-up.What they wear – and what …
Read MoreClarity with thought.
/On hearing truisms and maxims early on in your career you learn the phrase.
Often, you go round repeating it at opportune moments without giving it a thought. The assumption is that you heard it, it was explained to …
Read MoreChemistry read.
/You’ve done the first audition and the call-back and now they’ve asked you to come in for a chemistry read.
Does the term divert you?
So many terms in the movie business need …
Read MoreThe producers like you.
/You might audition for the same series numerous times.
It’s common to wonder why they keep bringing you in and why you don’t get cast.
If you keep getting auditions for a particular series it means …
Read MoreBeginning, middle, end. 3
/In acting class, working with two beginners, one of them asked how do you do commercial auditions.
One key part is to go ready to improvise the situations they give you. Let’s do some now to see.
I made up a Coca-Cola ad. You walk …
Read MoreWhat you have.
/It’s interesting to think what you actually have.
Not what you think you should have.
You may wish you looked like a certain movie star and feel inadequate …
Read MoreSelf-tapes.
/You’re doing more self-tapes these days.
Many interesting points to consider while doing them.
Who you do the self-tape with is important. If it’s a friend or …
Read MoreThe time it takes.
/You hear people saying, ‘It takes so long to make a movie.’
Does it?
It’s actually, ‘It takes as long as it takes.’
It’s fine if …
Read MoreStudent of the game.
/At the 1990 Crossroads Blues Festival the great B.B. King plays The Thrill is Gone and in a row sit Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Jimmy Vaughn, Sheryl Crow, ZZ Top, Albert Lee, Jeff Beck, Steve Winwood, all masters in their own right
They are playing with and following the master …
Read More‘If only I knew what they wanted.’
/They don’t know what they want. That’s the TV rule.
Episodic television is very much about making it up as they go along. Searching, searching for what works under great time and money pressure.
The character description in the …
Read MoreCallback.
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Do what you did in your first audition. Wear the same clothes.
Try not to over-work or over-think prior to the callback. You want to do well, but observe what diverts you from - and what keeps - the magic that you had in the first audition.
Usually the director will be there and sometimes producers. Go as you …
Read MoreMovie's time.
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As a movie actor you are part of the art form of its time.
Now.
The movies, or all media that has moving images are ...
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