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The Great Acting Blog: “The Power Of Idealism”

20.03.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 57 Comments

[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] Idealism is an extraordinarily powerful thing. It can inspire us to undertake great works, overcome enormous obstacles, and provide our lives with meaning and direction and energy - we all know the feeling when we do something which we truly believe in. And...

Noirish Project Blog: “Working The Scene”

17.03.2013 , Noirish Project , 0 Comments

[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] We had a wonderfully intense and productive rehearsal today. What I'm talking about here is script analysis, which means sitting around with the script and thrashing out what we think the characters are literally doing in the scene, reducing the scene down to...

The Great Acting Blog: “Use Your Imagination”

[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] Work on Noirish Project continues apace...

Noirish Project Blog: “Using Improvised Scenes With A Script”

08.03.2013 , Noirish Project , 0 Comments

[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] Mostly, we are making Noirish Project from a fully crafted script. However, there are certain sections in the film which we will be improvised. I know in advance the broad purpose of these sections in terms of the storytelling, but the specific content...

The Great Acting Blog: “Poetic Acting In Noirish Project”

06.03.2013 , Noirish Project, The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] As many of you probably already know, filming began on Noirish Project recently, and, generally, it went very smoothly. We all had worked together before, and we all wanted to work on this material, which created, despite the early start on a cold...

Noirish Project Blog: “3 Things Needed In Order To Do Great Work”

03.03.2013 , Noirish Project , 0 Comments

[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] Today’s shoot went really, really well. Despite a 7.30am start and a long day in cold weather, we were relaxed, energised, and focussed all day, which meant we were also highly productive and maintained high standards. There were, I believe, three very simple reasons...

Noirish Project Blog: “Never Just Move Onto The Next Thing”

02.03.2013 , Noirish Project , 0 Comments

[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] One must compare what one was trying to do, with what one actually did, and make adjustments accordingly. If your creation is not upto the mark, then do it again, and keep doing it until it is upto the mark. It's easy to lie...

Noirish Project Blog: “The Joys Of Locations”

01.03.2013 , Noirish Project , 0 Comments

[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] Location scouting is one of my favourite parts of the filmmaking process, for me, it’s where alot of the work is done. It is a solitary activity, peaceful and contemplative, it allows me to use my imagination; when I look at a certain...

The Great Acting Blog: “Actors Are Not Children”

27.02.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] That actors are children, is a myth put about by certain theatre directors, the object of which, is to help those directors maintain a position of power - it functions as a Trojan Horse: the comment is a designed to seem like some...

Test Shoot For The Character, “Jimmy”

25.02.2013 , Noirish Project , 13 Comments

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