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The Great Acting Blog: “Poetic Acting”

28.11.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 31 Comments

Poetic acting is expressive but not expository, it is intense but with a sense of ease, it's minimal, but most importantly, it seeks to express something in-the-moment, but which cannot always be explained away. On a practical level, the actor com...

The Great Acting Blog: “Strive To Be Great”

21.11.2012 , Uncategorized , 35 Comments

A forthcoming Daniel Day-Lewis performance is always turned into a huge event by the media - we were told his turn in PT Anderson's There Will Be Blood was the performance to define cinematic acting for all time. Then there is the psychophantic re...

The Great Acting Blog: “Non-Actors, Employee-Actors, & Artist-Actors”

14.11.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

“with professional actors they have an imaginary in between you and them. In other words they have some model in their minds about how to act, or how someone did it before, or some techniques, visual or physical, they can use...

The Great Acting Blog: “There Is No Escape From The Terrors Of The Mind”

07.11.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

This week, I journeyed to Cork City, to attend a screening of HE (the new feature film by Rouzbeh Rashidi, and where I play the lead role), which was wonderfully hosted by The Guesthouse. Rouzbeh and I participated in a Q & A session after...

The Great Acting Blog: “Directing Actors”

31.10.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Noirish Project continues apace, and I will very soon begin rehearsals with the actors. I've not directed actors within a rehearsal context for awhile, although, as an actor myself, I like to think I have an idea about what is useful direction for...

Noirish Project – Feature Film Announcement

24.10.2012 , Noirish Project , 32 Comments

A possible location for the film Noirish Project is the working title for a film noir feature film, which begins shooting next month. We will start off with a scripted premise, or a scripted Act One, and discover the rest of the film while we're...

The Great Acting Blog: “Actor As Individual Creative Artist”

17.10.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

The notion of the actor as an individual creative artist, is a notion I often advocate on this blog. That is; the actor taking responsibility for his work, defining an aesthetic, not “standing around in the dark, hoping to be picked”. The benefits...

The Great Acting Blog: “A New Body For A Lost Soul”

10.10.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 10 Comments

“Homo Sapiens Project is an ongoing series of personal video works by Rouzbeh Rashidi...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Performance In Your Head Doesn’t Count”

03.10.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Will It Stop Raining In Summer is now complete It's always a surprise when I first see my own performance on screen, because I had the image in my mind of what I thought it was, and then, upon seeing the film, I see what...

The Great Acting Blog: “Keeping Your Independence”

26.09.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

Gielgud as Hamlet "To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Ot take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them...