Month: March 2021
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What is the Stanislavski Method?
Filed under: ActorsThe Stanislavski Method is a system of acting technique for training actors that was developed by the Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski. The method involves an actor’s four levels of skills – physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual – and focuses on a type of imaginary behaviour in which an actor gives a convincing portrayal of…
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How to Balance Acting and a Job
Filed under: ActorsThe majority of actors don’t get enough paid acting work to keep a roof over their head, but then struggle to work out how to balance acting and a job which pays the bills. It’s a struggle which has got harder, because casting directors now set casting calls for anytime during the week, including weekends…
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Setting up the best ring light for self tapes
Filed under: ActorsSetting up the best ring light position improves the quality of any self tape, brightening your eyes, hair and skin tones, and helping even the tiniest of facial expressions bring the character to life. It’s also great for filming your first showreel with a well executed monologue. But it requires a few experiments in positioning…
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Great (and easy) Fake Blood Recipes
Filed under: FilmmakingDiscover how to make movie blood with these great fake blood recipes. Warning – the page and video include images of fake blood! Every filmmaker and film makeup artist discovers how to make movie blood. Fake blood is in everything from war and zombie action scenes to fights and accidents in student short films. Commercial…
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Tongue Twisters for Voice Actors
Filed under: ActorsRemember the childhood fun of struggling through ‘red lorry, yellow lorry’ and other tongue twisters? Well, tongue twisters for voice actors are just as fun, but more importantly they improve articulation by coordinating your facial muscles, lips, and your breath. The key to doing tongue twisters properly is to start slowly. Gradually speed them up,…
