Working off the other actor - what is it? In performance you focus on what the other actor is doing and respond accordingly moment-by-moment. Your performance is created in-the-moment. This is very different to the 'acting-as-presentation' model, where the actor maps out every gesture, every inflection in...
Read More"The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate." Elia Kazan Kazan has been an important director for me not only because of his films but also because he unearthed a certain Mr Brando, who...
Read MoreHaving to pay close attention to what another person is saying to you, can be a bit of a pain. It requires real effort, real commitment and real discipline. We are suddenly putting someone else at the centre of our universe. It's much easier to...
Read MoreWhenever we make a big decision in life, it is always a gamble because we are not in full possession of the facts when we make that decision. It doesn't matter how much planning and researching we do, or how much experience we have, we...
Read MoreCheck out this quick teaser for our new short, Phone Box Gun. My action in the scene above, was to get my scene partner to agree with me (within the fiction of script, this amounted to Bob getting Vincent to let him buy him a...
Read MoreCheck out a clip from the film, above. For those unfamiliar with the film, The Audition is about an actor, Tony Wallis, who is being seen for a part in a play. He breaks the ice with his interviewer then starts to speak the lines...
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