— Page 67 of 102

The Great Acting Blog: “An Extraordinary Mechanism For Helping People”

15.10.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Remember those times in rehearsal when you solved a complex problem the director couldn't solve, and made that troublesome scene work? That feeling of breakthrough, seeing the weight physically lift from the director's shoulders, is exhilarating. Why? Because we used our skills to help someone out...

Noirish Project Blog: “The Second Of Our Podcasts On Sound Design”

14.10.2013 , Noirish Project , 0 Comments

"it forces the audience to think about what's going on" Have a listen to the second in our series of podcasts with Jay Harris, about the sound design for Noirish Project. The conversation took place via telephone. https://soundcloud.com/noirish-project/second-podcast-with-jay-harris Subscribe and get email updates about the film’s progress...

Creativity And Daydreaming | The Great Acting Blog

14.10.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 25 Comments

“Give me two hours a day of activity, and I’ll take the other 22 in dreams.” - Luis Bunuel. If you, like me, were bored out of your skull when you were at school, especially during double geography on a Friday afternoon, then you probably spent...

The Great Acting Blog: “Discovering Artistic Fulfilment”

12.10.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

It can be a shock when we see our performance on the screen for the first time. It rarely matches our concept of the role or what we thought we were doing at the time. What we are seeing on the screen is the reality...

Acting In Experimental Film

12.10.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 83 Comments

My extensive article written for Experimental Conversations, about the acting techniques used in my collaboration with filmmaker, Rouzbeh Rashidi. ...

The Great Acting Blog: “Independence”

12.10.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

We hear the phrase “independent filmmaker”* too much these days, and most times it’s used inaccurately. Independence has got nothing whatsoever to do with the means of production or lack thereof - I've known people who've self-financed their productions and censor themselves as though they were...

Noirish Project Blog: “Independence”

11.10.2013 , Uncategorized , 13 Comments

We hear the phrase "independent filmmaker" too much these days, and most times it's used in-accurately. It's time to repeat on old mantra. Independence has got nothing whatsoever to do with the means of production or lack thereof. It's got nothing to with aesthetics or the way...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Ultimate Humiliation”

11.10.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Humiliation is kissing the ass of someone who has threatened us in order to please them. The most common example of this of course, is the employer, who says "unless you do a b and c, you're out". Humiliation kicks in when the threat is...

The Great Acting Blog: “Responding To Shabby Behaviour”

10.10.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 28 Comments

Dealing with other human beings can be exhausting, demoralising and incomprehensible. It's like an endurance test designed by somebody with a particularly cruel imagination. A colleague, who we thought we had a good working relationship with, slights us for no apparent reason. A potential employer...

The Great Acting Blog: “Commitment Creates Energy”

08.10.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

By committing to a task we are telling ourselves that it is important, and consequently, our mind and body are energised. If you think about acting in a scene, whenever we are not properly committed to our action, our performance is unfocussed, it lacks precision and our intensity is...

Categories