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The Great Acting Blog: “Create, Don’t Re-Create”

05.08.2014 , Uncategorized , 1 Comment

In our work it's important to create afresh each time we do a scene, whether in rehearsal or in performance. The tendency is often to fall back onto a previous way of doing it, a way that has already worked, re-creating rather than creating. We...

The Great Acting Blog: “If You Don’t Love It, Don’t Touch It”

04.08.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

If you're going to be picking a goal, it might as well be something you love. Don't think you're making life easier, don't think you'll reduce the stress by picking something you're only luke warm about. Remember that it's going to require long hours of...

The Great Acting Blog: “Be Like Your Heroes”

03.08.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

I had a couple of hours to kill before my appointment, so I thought I'd duck into the movie theatre, a little local art-house, and catch a flick. I saw something I fancied but I wanted to know how long it was to make...

Literal Action Script Analysis | The Great Acting Blog

02.08.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 31 Comments

"If I had an hour to solve a problem, I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about the solution." - Albert Einstein The point is that we cannot determine a solution until we have correctly defined the problem. And that is why...

The Great Acting Blog: “Create A Mental Ritual Before You Act The Scene…”

01.08.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

... This will enable you to organise your mind and your energy, and focus entirely on the task ahead, ensuring that everything you do works for your performance. This is all part of having a controllable technique that stands up under pressure and enables you to...

The Great Acting Blog: “Some Words From The Great Actor-Producer, John Cassavetes”

31.07.2014 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog, The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

For those who are worried that producing work would cost them their relentless focus on acting, that they would be spreading themselves too thin - here's some words of wisdom from one of the greatest actor-producers of them all, John Cassavetes. For those who don't...

The Great Acting Blog: “Actors Are Happy In The Land Of Make Believe”

30.07.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

"In front of camera, I feel solid, satisfied. Away from it I am empty, confused." - Marcello Mastroianni It's an interesting statement from Mastroianni. Many actors feel this way though, they are more at ease when performing than when not. It's curious because most people are...

The Great Acting Blog: “It’s All An Opportunity To Learn”

29.07.2014 , Uncategorized , 0 Comments

If you're pursuing worthwhile goals, then they're probably difficult, they're probably taking you out of your comfort zone, and they may cause you to stumble and fail occasionally. It's okay to lose the occasional battle, what is important though is that you eventually win the war....

The Great Acting Blog: “Don’t Take My Word For It… “

28.07.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

... "Your chances of making a living or making a better living are increased by writing something that you would want to write badly enough that you would actually go out and raise the money to direct it. You’re much better to do that because...

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