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The Great Acting Blog: “Know What You’re Doing And Know What You Want”

08.05.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 9 Comments

"Nobody respects us". - Something I overheard an actor saying this week. The director-actor relationship is unique. During the course of his work, the actor makes himself incredibly vulnerable, which is to say he loses his self-consciousness (which is a tool for protecting the self) in...

Noirish Project, New Stills

03.05.2013 , Noirish Project , 0 Comments

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The Great Acting Blog: “Notes On A New Theatre”

01.05.2013 , Uncategorized , 0 Comments

[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] This week I went to look at a venue which I may be able to turn into a theatre. I have been thinking about starting my own theatre for many years, but the stars had needed to be in a certain alignment for...

The Great Acting Blog: “Build It On Solid Craft”

24.04.2013 , Noirish Project, Uncategorized , 19 Comments

In last weeks post, I mentioned that I finally felt a sense of harmony between my acting and filmmaking activities, that I'd finally cast off the clumsiness which had hitherto accompanied my attempts to switch between the two roles. I had never suffered this clumsiness...

The Great Acting Blog: “Steps Towards Actor-Filmmaking”

17.04.2013 , Noirish Project, The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] One of the great things about acting (if you're diligent and willing) is that you can improve your work very, very quickly. Why? Because of it's simplicity. The only thing you need in order to act is yourself, you don't need personnel or technology...

Noirish Project Blog: “Once More Into The Woods, My Friends, Once More”

13.04.2013 , Noirish Project, Uncategorized , 0 Comments

I often think that if I've done something once, then it means I can do it again, and I will be armed with this mantra as we once again head into the woods to complete the filming of scenes we weren't able to do last...

The Great Acting Blog: “What Is Going On Here?”

10.04.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 3 Comments

Being an actor is about being a student of human behaviour. Actors spend a great deal of their lives analysing scripts, or, to put it another way, they spend a great deal of their lives trying to work-out just what the hell is going on....

James Devereaux as Jimmy in Noirish Project

07.04.2013 , Noirish Project , 14 Comments

Noir-ish Project (66 mins, UK, 2018) Bleak, melancholy, neorealist feature film masquerading as film noir. A couple of low-lifes try to make some quick cash but end up just waiting around. Noirish Project is a melancholy and gently comic feature film about Billy, who steals his family’s...

The Great Acting Blog: “A Very Physical Challenge”

03.04.2013 , Noirish Project, The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

The next work to be done on Noirish Project will be scenes near the end of the film. They aim to show Jimmy's isolation and aimlessness. There will also be no dialogue in these scenes, everything about the character will be shown physically here. Naturally,...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Power Of Idealism – Part 2”

27.03.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 17 Comments

[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] Following on from my piece last week on Idealism, I wanted to define better what I thought idealism actually was, and came up with the following; Idealism is belief in an idea, which goes beyond career, or accolade, or material gain, and it is...

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