HOW TO BE AN ACTOR OR ACTRESS

15 Questions To Help You Plan Your Acting Career

noreply@blogger.com (Kirk Douglas Forney) — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:44:00 +0000

By Anthony Lee Smith

For personal reasons, I spend a lot of time in Italy throughout the year. When I went to New York from Italy to study and work the last time, I was more focused than I had been in the past. I had more clarity about what I wanted, about who I was as an actor, about my capabilities, strengths and weaknesses. I did a SWOT self-analysis (which you can see in more detail on the website actingcareerstartup.com) and I was as honest and as forthright with myself as possible. I also asked myself and answered the questions that helped me to see my vision for the future of my life as well as with regard to my long-term acting goal. Then, I got even more specific and asked myself a series of questions designed to help me clarify my short-term acting career goals. This article is about the 15 questions I asked myself to help me clarify my long-term goals. Here they are:

1. Where would you like to be five years from now? What will your life be like? Visualize it. Think about where you will be living, what kind of job you will have (acting job that it is! If that's really what you want.).

2. How much would you like to earn? Be specific.

3. How does acting fit into the overall scope of your life? Do you want it to be the way you earn a living or will it provide the necessary skills to do something else, like speak in public, achieve greater self-confidence, integrate into training seminars, etc.)

4. What kind of acting career do you want? What genre are you particularly interested in? (film, tv, theatre, daytime, prime-time, etc.)

5. What kinds of roles do you see yourself interpreting? What type are you? Doctor, housewife, tough guy, evil witch, ivory soap girl, detective, etc.?

6. Is there a particular type of show, program, sit-com that you can identify with and would like to be part of?

7. What kinds of people will you need to surround yourself with who will be able to help you achieve your goal? Do you know anyone like that now who can help you and who you would like to take with you on this journey?

8. What resources will you need to reach that goal that you don't currently have (financial, character traits, skills, contacts)?

9. Where will you be living?

10. How will you promote yourself?

11. How will you keep in contact with casting directors and agents and other industry professionals?

12. How will you find acting work?

13. How will you compliment the work that your agent is doing? In other words, what will you do to promote yourself aside from what he or she will already be doing for you?

14. What will you do to promote yourself in a way that is different than most of the other actors?

15. What kind of person will you need to become in order to achieve what you want? In other words, what characteristics will you have in the future that you don't have now that will help you get where you are going?

Asking these questions for starters is part of a proven method of goal achievement, that can be applied to any career. It's what I learned in my life as a corporate senior manager in Nike and Levi's. It's what has helped me over the years to achieve goals over and over again. It's what has helped me thus far in my new endeavors as an entrepreneur, writer, motivational speaker and actor, having done film, television, industrials, voice-over, commercial work. Going through these crucial first steps can seem like a waste of time, but it's all about positioning yourself for success. Having said that, I will leave you with a quote from Abraham Lincoln who once said:

"If I had three hours to chop down a tree, I would spend the first hour sharpening the axe."

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Eleven Jobs That Can Help You Stay Focused On Your Acting Career

noreply@blogger.com (Kirk Douglas Forney) — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:31:00 +0000

by Anthony Lee Smith

1. Try to get work in a casting director or an agent’s office. Sometimes in the industry trade papers agents and casting directors advertise for assistants and people to work a few hours a week opening mail and doing office chores. It’s a great way to learn what goes on in their offices. You get to see the kinds of mail other actors send in, overhear telephone conversations, and just basically see what it’s like first hand.

2. The Actors Connection is an organization in New York that provides a great service to actors by giving them the opportunity to meet and audition for agents, casting directors and other industry professionals who are not always the easiest people to be able to meet. They do this in the form of seminars every evening and often even on Saturdays. During the seminars there are what I call “gate keepers” who keep the time and ensure that all the participants get an equal share of the industry professional’s time who is conducting the individual session. At times AC is looking for people to work, usually flexible hours as one of the “gate keepers”. That is also a great way to meet first hand casting directors and agents, listen in on the question and answer sessions before the individual, one on one sessions take place. A great way to learn!

3. In addition, there are other acting schools around the city that look for assistants.

4. Theater companies looking for stage personel and production assistants often with no experience necessary. Prerequisite is to be responsible and a fast learner.

5. There are also a host of casting websites and organizations, such as Actors Access, Breakdown Services, NYCastings as well. If you do a Google search, you will find a slew of others. Why not see if they need help or could use your services?

6. There are also showcases and industry events that are organized to help actors promote their careers. It's a great way to meet casting directors and agents. The organization of those events is a big to do and they need hosts and hostesses to help the event go smoothly. You can find information about such events by simply keeping abreast of what’s going on in the industry. Read the trade papers regularly and check the top acting/casting websites.

7. Why not see if the local union offices of SAG, AFTRA and EQUITY could use some help? Find out where their offices are. See if you can find out what they might be looking for. Find out who the person is you need to contact and if your approach is to send a cover letter, then address the person by his name as opposed to To whom it may concern.

8. Do you have skills that one of the trade papers could be interested in, maybe to work in one of their offices? Could be an idea to contact Backstage, Ross Reports, probably the most read of the industry papers. Have a look on the internet or in the Drama Book Shop in New York to see some of the other possibilities that exist.

9. There are many production companies who are looking for good people with skills.

10. Do you have the skills to form a production company? I know someone, a fellow actor, who has done just that. It’s a great way to make industry contacts with people who could also help you further your career as an actor.

11. Do you have the skills to start and run your own small business, form your own company? What do you love to do? Could you turn your hobby into a business? If so, do you know other responsible and reliable people who share your same passion and who have good business skills? If so, maybe you could form your own company together with those people. Why not? As time goes on, you could gradually distance yourself from the daily business of running your small company and dedicate more and more time to acting and promote your acting career. The whole point of this article is to help you think. If you don't have a steady stream of residual income that will permit you to focus 100% of your time on your acting career and you have to work in the traditional sense to make ends meet, then at least do something that will keep you connected to the industry and at the same time help you grow in some way as an actor.

How to Become an Actor or Actress

noreply@blogger.com (Kirk Douglas Forney) — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:18:00 +0000

Career advice on how to become an actor, get started in your acting career and achieve your dream of becoming a working actor.

Do you have a desire to perform? Do you enjoy entertaining friends or imitate life and people around you? If so, you may already have what it takes to break into the professional acting business.

To become a working actor, all it takes is a bit of research, a passion for acting and patience to wait for your chance to break into the show business.

“I have wanted to act for as long as I can remember. This guide gives me all the answers I couldn’t find anywhere else. It tells you how to find out about auditions, how to get an agent, how to meet casting directors and a lot more.”

Cool Facts about Being an Actor or Actress

The most obvious benefit when you become an actor is the chance to pursue your dream career and become a superstar, but there are others:

Self satisfaction when you do a great job.

You will meet other actresses, actors, and famous people.

You get to do what you are passionate about for a living.

You will get to see yourself on the silver screen.

The money is very good if you are a popular actor or actress.

You will get to go to glamorous parties and wear designer outfits.

You will likely get to travel to some exotic places for shooting.

You will get praised for your work and build a loyal fan base.

Steps To Become an Actor or Actress

When you decide on this career, you should lay out a plan that will guide you to how to become an actor, and meet your goal.

First and foremost, you will want or move to live in a major city. Living in a major metropolitan area can give you opportunities in independent film communities or live theaters that will help build your resume. While it is still possible to find acting work in a small town, however, the fact is it is not easy to get any major recognition for it.

The best actors study their craft, so as any aspiring actor or actress, you need to take some acting classes. Ask around for references from those actors you admire before enrolling.

Have some professional headshots done and a resume written. Keep revising your resume and adding new work, as well as dropping earlier projects (like school theater.) Read trade papers like Variety, Backstage, and Dramalogue, for casting calls and keep up with the internet sites that post auditions as well. Send headshots and notes directly to producers and directors requesting acting auditions.

Accept all invitations to industry auditons, parties and events. You never know who you will meet – and who you know is vital in this industry.

Income Potential of an Actor

More than almost any other profession, this is a completely wide open range. Beginning actresses and film extras might be paid just a few hundred dollars. However, the flip side of that is that A List Hollywood actresses (think Sandra Bullock and Angelina Jolie) regularly pull in $15 to $25 million per film.

In between those two extremes, you will find daytime television actress making $72,000 their first year, and up to $5,000 per episode for a well-known, seasoned actress like Susan Lucci.

Likewise, television actors in comedy or drama shows start out at the low end. Their pay can go up, depending upon the success of the show and their star power. For instance, Charlie Sheen earns $825,000 per episode of Two and a Half Men, and Mariska Hargitay earns $400,000 per episode of Law & Order.

Tips & Warnings

Do not move to Hollywood and expect to land a major film role. It takes time and perseverance.

Stress and lack of sleep are constants in the industry.

You must be able to handle criticism and rejection. There will be a lot of no’s before you get a yes when you become an actress.

You will need a “day job” until you get your break, to account for periods when you have no work, and no flow of acting money.

When you do get a role, be aware that there can be long hours of rehearsals, and sometimes 70 and 80 hour work weeks.

Personal relationships are often difficult because of the schedule an actress keeps, and traveling is frequent.

Always be on your game. That means you need to always look your best, and keep your attitude optimistic and ready.

How Actors Can Make Good Use of YouTube for Their Career

noreply@blogger.com (Kirk Douglas Forney) — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:09:00 +0000

If you’re an actor trying to expand your brand, in that case as many artists have discovered out, if you are not using the Internet, you’re getting put aside. What a lot of people do not realize is always that show business is a business. Therefore, any organization owner, or any business artist has got to use the new ways of advertising. So, you will need to show people why they should be serious about you, and in the product you should offer. The type of Internet tool that will allow you the chance to get your stuff available is YouTube.

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How to Become an Actress???

noreply@blogger.com (Kirk Douglas Forney) — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 01:43:00 +0000

Have you always dreamed of becoming an actress? Imagined being wrapped in the glitz, the glamor... Constantly thought about that feeling of pure and raw energy coursing through you when you deliver a dialog? Or felt the exhilaration that you would, when the spot lights focus on to your face? The definitive moment when the director says 'Action!' and you walk slowly and surely over to where the suave lead waits for you... Sigh! If only all this could come true. Who says it can't? Just follow our lead on how to become an actress, and soon enough you'll be prepared to enthrall the world with your performances. So you want to learn how to become an actress right? Read on.

Let's get one thing straight right now, becoming an actress is not easy. It cannot happen with the click of a finger. It requires hard work and a lot of talent. Many girls dream of being spotted at a mall by an agent, who then goes on to hire them and they become great actresses. First of all, agents do not keep scrounging the street all the time for talent, and two, (surprise surprise!) that is not the only route to becoming an actress. There isn't any point depending on fate in that manner. Instead we should focus on things that are in our own hands,

Becoming an Actress

Get Perfect

If you want to become an actress with no experience, it won't work. You HAVE to know your craft to perfection. If you aren't confident of acting, do everything you can to become perfect first. Take acting and dance classes. Maybe even voice modulation or speech classes. If you don't have the money to spend for classes, then try borrowing acting tapes from your local library. Read as many books as you can on acting as well. Learn the different types of acting. These are some of the most crucial points to follow for how to become an actress. Read more on acting tips.

Practice

Practice whenever you get the opportunity. Stand in front of the mirror and study yourself. A better option is to record yourself and then view the footage to know what your strengths and weaknesses are so that you can hone or improve them respectively. Practice with a group if possible. This will allow you to learn important skills about sharing space with other actors and how to play off their dialogs.

Become Active

Start to put yourself out there. Take part in community plays, school theatrics, etc. There is a chance someone might notice you. Or that you might meet people who can help you with your career. And the best thing is that it will help you to develop your acting skills.

Brush Up on Dialogs

Learn and prepare several monologues. Perfect these dialogs and the technique you will use to deliver them. Sometimes at auditions, the producers might ask you to exhibit something. At this time, having a monologue ready will help. It will show them that you were well prepared and your versatility will be seen through the dialogs.

Focus on Appearance

Learn to focus on your appearance. Try not to be shabby and unkempt. It is not necessary to look glamorous and put on a layer of make up every time you leave the house, but make sure that you look good. Eat well and keep fit. Highlight your good features. This will give you confidence and style.

Prepare a Portfolio

Get a portfolio shot with maximum focus on head shots. This is what will help the producers remember you. The best option is to have your resume printed on the back of the head shots. This will help the producers in knowing everything about you. Read more on beauty tips - looking thinner in photographs.

Prepare a Resume

Make sure that you prepare a resume that you update regularly. It should mention your education, acting experience and credentials, along with rewards received and your contact information. It is necessary that you carry this on all your auditions. This will help the producers to know you better and lend you a very professional appeal.

Acting Records

Make a collection of all the acting gigs that you have done. This will help you to showcase your versatility as far as acting is concerned. At an audition when there are so many others vying for the part, your montage of acting might help to distinguish you from the rest. So keep it handy and it might just turn out to be the key in starting your career.

Networking

Networking and building contacts is crucial for this field. More often than not, one will get a job through contacts in this field. That is why you need to learn to get noticed and staying in the limelight. Find out where your chances of getting a job are maximum and if possible move there. Try and get to know people of that field and tell them to keep you updated if any opportunity shows up.

Hire an Agent

If possible, hire an agent. This goes a long way because there is someone else who is managing your career for you. He will help you in making contacts and tell you about all the auditions that are to happen. Some agencies do not accept actors for auditions, unless they come through an agent.

Audition

Visit as many auditions as you can. Even if it is not something that you are interested in, go for it. This will help you to become comfortable with the audition process on the whole. Other than this reason, auditions are the only way to get noticed, and up your chances for a gig.

Yes, it's not an easy process to becoming an actress and even though we have all the answers on how to become an actress, fate plays an important role too. But perfecting ourselves is what we can do, and we shouldn't shy from that. So how about it then? Ready to become an actress? All the best!

List of Free Online Acting Courses, Classes, Lessons and Workshops

noreply@blogger.com (Kirk Douglas Forney) — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:47:00 +0000

Learning acting without an in-person instructor can be challenging, but dedicated acting students can find free lessons, virtual workshops and acting tips online. Students can acquire basic performance skills and learn how to prepare for auditions through materials offered by Utah State University, MIT and Open University, among others.

Requirements and Information
Self-directed online acting workshops are open to students at any level of experience. Some OpenCourseWare (OCW) learning opportunities encourage students to work through modules in a certain order; others offer reading material on various acting topics that students can utilize according to their interest.

Students won't be able to receive feedback on rehearsals or performances, but in some cases they can ask questions and get personalized tips on discussion boards. Free courses may provide text for students to download, or recommend plays and books for student use. Academic credits and degrees aren't available for these courses.

List of Free Online Acting Resources
Acting Workshop Online at AWOL
This site offers text-based acting lessons, a glossary of acting terms and tips on finding agents, casting directors and community theater productions. It offers an extensive Q&A section where users can comment.

Metaphysical Acting for Supernaturally Good Performances at Ask a Healer
Designed for students who want to get in touch with the spiritual side of acting, this class addresses the body, voice, emotion and mind of an actor. The written tutorials are meant to be read progressively.

Acting Auditions 101 at Suite 101
This course takes students through aspects of the successful audition, including vocal preparation, audition research, monologues and headshots. Additional texts that students may need to purchase are recommended, but not necessary, for using course materials.

Acting Magazine
Students can access articles on preparing for roles and auditioning, plus information about basic theater terms, monologues, resumes and unions.

The Performing Arts of Theatre at Utah State University
This course material covers the performance and historical aspects of acting. Students experiment with acting and improvisational exercises, and can access selected course readingsfor free online.

Theater Arts: Suburbia at MIT
This course guides students through progressive aspects of a theater production using Eric Bogosian's play 'subUrbia'. Students may need special software to access audio and video examples of the production and download notes from rehearsals.

Approaching Plays at The Open University
In this course, students analyze selected plays to learn how actors use stage direction, create conflict and express emotion. A glossary of theater terms and a list of recommended reading is provided.

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Five and a Half Acting Tips Not Taught in Drama Class

noreply@blogger.com (Kirk Douglas Forney) — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:40:00 +0000

Five and a Half Acting Tips Not Taught in Drama Class

by Ruth Kulerman
The following tips are the result of working with actors, both as a fellow cast member and as a coach, actors who graduated from the best acting schools in America. Perhaps you have already discovered some of these tips on your own. If so, excellent! Continue your pursuit for more powerful skills sadly overlooked in drama school.

Short story: When my dear British acting coach came to my first production, his comment was, "At least you didn't lean on the furniture." Not much of a compliment. But even he had never mentioned the forbidden furniture-leaning rule and I certainly had never thought of it. It was pure dumb luck I hadn't propped myself up on the sofa back or leaned on the end table. My aim here is to bring to your attention some of the unmentioned--perhaps unknown--rules of acting.

1. The Ubiquitous Omnipotnet Comma. (Dethrone Immediately.)
Contrary to actors' beliefs, commas did not descend from Mount Sinai, written on stone tablets. Commas are the domain of a reader, not a speaker. Commas replace the missing human voice whose intonation helps decode written language and make it comprehensible -- a fancy way of saying, ignore commas when you act.

They belong on a page, not in a spoken line. Replace commas, not with pauses, but with vocal variety--or ignore the squiggly critters completely. Do not pause when commas cross your path. Slide right across them. We don't talk in commas, so don't act in commas either.

My slogan as the comma cop is DOWN WITH PAUSES CAUSED BY COMMAS!

1.5 The Pause the Exhausts. (Verbal exercise: stretch or leap.)
There used to be a slogan for one of the soft drinks: "The pause that refreshes." And yet in acting I have heard eighteen billion pauses, mistakenly believed to be dramatic or pregnant or sensitive or something. ("We find the defendant pause pause pause pause not guilty.") London taught me: "You have to earn a pause." Otherwise they are self-indulgent, mistakenly thought to reveal a deep and powerful soul. NOT SO.

There are lots of ways to replace pauses with interesting acting moments. To mention a couple: Stretch out the vowel in the word before and after the place you would normally pause. Ignore the pause. Stretch the vowels. Listen to a master do it, Richard Burton.

Another "pause" substitute is to leap over the pause as if you are a verbal kangaroo. Raise the pitch and leap into the word that follows the ignored pause. You can discover many other ways to lead the pause to the slaughter. Do it.

2. The Invasion of the Valley Girl Question (No Admission. Scat!)
Maybe "Valley Girl" isn't a clear description. It refers to the dreadful habit of ending every sentence with a question mark in the voice: I went to the movies? I stood in line around the block? And in the speech of Olympic offenders, the middle of each sentence is also raised into that dratted question mark. The only thing missing is gum popping "Like, you know."

This Valley Girl inflection creeps not merely into ordinary speech but also into many line readings. The astounding thing is that not one teacher mentions it. An actor I worked with inserted the Valley Girl question mark not only at the end of every sentence but also at the end of every phrase in every sentence. He repeated this monotony eternally. It is irritating. It is distracting.

Unfortunately the omni-present question mark did not stop at the California state line. It has crept into people from Illinois, Maryland, New Mexico, Canada, Connecticut and South Korea--and that's in my studio alone! Multiply that by the hundreds of studios and schools and it becomes an epidemic.

The Valley Girl inflection knows no gender lines. It is a pattern in actors on national TV shows. When it hits our great dramatic actors, we will admit defeat and the contagious Valley Girl question mark will, like the cockroach, survive forever. Horrors!

Chase it with whatever weapon you have. Especially become aware of the habit in your own speech pattern. Rid yourself of it before it takes over and becomes "To be or not? to be. Like you know? Like huh." (And "know" has a meow in the long O.)

Which leads directly into the next unrecognized line disease.

3. Conquering the Question Mark (How to ask without asking.)
In normal American speech we ask a question in several ways: (1) The subject and verb are reversed: He is here --> Is he here? (2) Certain words often imply a question: who, where, why, when, what, how. (3) Most actors see a question mark and head for the lifted sentence ending. That way lies guaranteed monotony. (Its opposite, the dreaded ever-present drop at the end of each sentence, is equally as tedious.)

Let's consider making that question into a statement, especially if the words of the sentence are obviously written to produce a question; that is, if the sentence uses one of the "question" words or reverses the subject-verb order.

So instead of going up or raising the pitch at the end of a sentence, deliver the sentence as if it were making a statement (that is, the pitch remain exactly the same as its preceding few words or the pitch lowers a half tone). Try it out. It creates interest, adds variety, and avoids the expected delivery (always a goal to be aimed for). And don't run out of energy as you finish a line, whatever pitch you select.

4. Moxie. A Pox on Modesty (Moxie: The great unacknowledged star maker.)
MOXIE defined: 1. Energy, pep. 2. Courage, determination. 3. Know-how, expertise.

I have almost shouted from the Empire State Building that talent is not all. Yes, talent counts greatly. But it is not the final decision maker in casting or star-making.

A Verifiable Case of Moxie Casting:

A discouraged singer appeared on my horizon last November, to coach her songs and to work on acting. She sang opera but also happened to have a stunning voice for Broadway musicals and a drop dead Broadway Belt, not the usual equipment for a legit lyric soprano.

We tugged, yanked, pulled, threatened and scolded her out of the traditional opera hold-your-hands-in-front-of-you and stand-like-a-tree-trunk making beautiful music. We worked on how to enter the audition room, how to smile, what to wear, how to deliver a song by relating to the words. We selected songs for auditioning. "But I love that song." "It's too long, too slow, starts with poor me and ends with boo hoo. You have to grab them in five seconds." "But that's not the way this song was done on Broadway." "Tough. The words allow for drama. The music allows for drama. Dare to try drama. Relate to the words." Since then, she has booked four paying jobs in three months. And as of this writing, has two major callbacks. But...

A few days ago she had a Broadway audition. On the floor where she was to audition was an announcement board indicating that another invited audition was being held in another studio. Our once shy opera lass asked the director when he popped out of the room if she could sing for him. "I know XYZ," naming the most famous song from the musical. "Sure, why not. Wait around." Two hours later she auditioned. Two days later she landed the role. And...

When the Production Director called with the job, I mentioned her talent and her looks. "But," he replied, "there are lots of pretty, talented singers. What got her cast was her energy, her moxie, her personality and her sassiness. She has what it takes."

Notice, he mentioned talent--in passing. But talent did not land the job. The first thing he listed was energy; the second was moxie. Moral: Talent is seldom the final word in casting. Moxie is. Energy is. They work! When was the last time you saw MOXIE 101 on a college syllabus?

The truly astounding thing is the courage she had to ask firmly and charmingly if she could crash an invited audition. Now that took moxie. And that is what it takes. Seeing and then seizing an opportunity.

And the last thing you may never have learned in drama class:

5. Semaphore Acting. (Forget their heads! Off with their arms/hands.)
Statement: But I'm Italian, Greek, Martian. I have to use my arms. Response: You don't fling them around when you talk. Why do it when you act?

A true story: The instructor in one of my London classes saw me fling out an arm for some reason (or, more likely, for no reason). She slapped my arm as hard as she could. "You are allowed one arm gesture per act. Make it count."

The red mark on my arm faded. The lesson has lasted my career. She continued, "Act with your voice, your eyes, and slightly with your face. Do not wag your head. Keep it straight. Sit as the character. Walk as the character. Be in the character's body. But do not fling your arms around. Be still. The energy must be used to enhance, not to detract."

I cannot say it better.

There they are: Commas, Pauses, Question Marks, Moxie, and Semaphores. Five tips which, if used, will not only polish your acting but will help you stand heads above your competition, even if you're 4'8". So here's to high heads! And here's to moxie without pauses!

"Actor Tips" is copyright 2006 by Chad Gracia and ActorTips.com, Inc. All rights reserved. For more articles on acting, as well as free monologues and acting supplies, visit www.actortips.com.

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Ways to Method Acting

noreply@blogger.com (Kirk Douglas Forney) — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:18:00 +0000

So you want to become an actor of actress? The ways to method acting and how to be an actor or actress and have success in the industry.

The art of approach acting was made well-liked through Lee Strasberg in the Famous actors Business and also the Team Cinema within New york throughout the Nineteen forties and 50s. It was really derived from the particular Stanislavski System which developed related tips as part of his theories, writings, as well as performing on the Moscow Art work Theatre which was produced inside 1897.

A number of Strasberg's college students involved a number of quite well-known stars for example John Newman, Ing Pacino, James Dean and a lot of other folks. The list is endless.

Technique behaving is the most difficult to instruct and to find out. Their primary characteristic is always that this lacks virtually any certain or even specialized approach to acting. It really is the supporters with this sort of performing refer to since the substitute for the actual clich?d, impractical, and so-called rubber-stamp performing. Put simply, it can be situated in realistic look along with sensible emotions.

Since there are numerous variants involving method performing the exact method depends on this variation, which can consist of such procedures since replacement performing or perhaps what is called psychological storage.

Sanford Meisner, who had previously been one more Group Cinema master, educated the tightly connected form of process performing. This individual differed via Strasberg's mental memory space idea and educated the one that revolved close to "fully immersing your self in the second of your personality, and also going through just about all whizzes because the persona would certainly.In .

Stella Adler got an additional way of method behaving. Her way is in line with the undeniable fact that an actor must not make use of recollections using their own previous to take up feeling, but rather use instances off their individual thoughts. She furthermore educated in which motion has been essential. The idea has not been much might know about stated yet what we should did each of us said hello.

Contemporary operating lecturers, names such as Jer Bennett, incorporate a lot of the behaving theories from the final age group regarding operating educators. These techniques utilize a variety of units including using the actor's imagination, contacting his or her life experiences in order to dive to the element, and various types of mindset exactly where famous actors are generally trained to imagine what an individual would certainly emotionally perform when confronted with the problem in the piece of software. By way of example, how could a person really reply in case another person pulled the gun to them along with ended up being prepared to shoot them? Just what terror would they think? Through that the acting professional attempts to present which mental fear within the efficiency.

Bennett additionally labored on what is called the usage of human archetypes. Archetype jobs are rooted inside Jungian Psychology plus the works regarding Erika Chekhov. Chekhov has been quite closely related to Stanislavski. Since Chekov's perform progressed, he broke far from Stanislavski, Strasberg as well as the unique people in the Class. A lot of think that later on in the existence, Stanislavski started to recognize that Chekov's work had been essential in developing contemporary behaving concept.

Even though approach acting is incredibly challenging to train and even more difficult to understand, it is still considered to be one of the most practical type of acting that there is. Many people ask how to become and actor or how to become an actress? There is no set answer it takes persistence and lots of hard work and also some luck.

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noreply@blogger.com (Kirk Douglas Forney) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:18:00 +0000

So you want to become an actor. If, by the end of this article, you still want to become an actor - you should explore The Work and Resources to find a coach that's right for you.

This article will prepare you for the job of being an actor.

Every job has things that we don't like about it - and being an actor is no exception.

One of the hardest things to do and deal with as a working actor is that you have to disassociate yourself from the "becoming an actor" or "making it". The business of being an actor is that you are always on the hunt for a new job. The actual acting - is but a small part of being an actor. Really the job of an actor is looking for your next job as an actor.

All acting jobs are temporary. That means at the end of every job (or some time before the end of that job) you'll start to look for a new job. It's a never ending cycle of meeting people, auditioning, working with your agent, talking with casting directors, meeting new directors or playwrights and always looking. Seeking. Looking Working.

If you've just started acting, and you've been working at it for at least a few months, you've started to notice this. It's not unlike always looking for a new job, and waiting for interviews. See if this sounds like you: you've just come home from a day job working in a restaurant or an office, and you're exhausted. The last thing you want to do is start looking for an acting job. You think to yourself. "If I could just get one big job" or "all I need is one good break".

Think again. Because as soon as you get the one job. You'll need another and another. And, if you're prepared to work for it. You can achieve it.

The other myth to get out of your head right away is "if I can only sign with an agent, all my troubles will go away and I'll start getting work". The fact is that actors with agents just have one thing you don't have - and that's an agent. An agent is not a magic pill. You'll go through a few agents before you find one that really works with you - and believe it when you hear that you'll harder than your agent does on your career. Remember the agent works for you. And you'll only be as successful as you work with your agent.

This constant moving from job to job is what excited many people about acting. It's really wonderful to go from role to role and place to place (set to set) and meet new people, and work with other actors. But it can be emotionally exhausting and frustrating - because you'll always be looking for that next job.

This is not something that's only at the beginning actor level either. Big stars are constantly vying for parts. Think about how many big, studio movies get made every year (less than 50) and how many young, famous stars or starlets there are out there (hundreds). You can bet that until you get to Julia Roberts, or Mel Gibson status that many of today's hottest stars still audition, they still get rejected, and they still work their butts off for their next job.

So, what should you do to succeed...

First of all you have to love the world you live in... You should immerse yourself in the world of acting... See as much theater as you can. Not only broadway shows, but 99 Seat shows. There's so much happening, and you should know about as much of it as you can. If you hear about it, read about it, or know about it - you should think about seeing it. Yes, you'll see a ton of bad theater. But you'll also see good theater, meet people and know about your business.

You should also see every movie you can. This is what you want to do right? So, you should know movies, and studios, and everything you can about the business of movies and the kind of product that's getting made. Ask yourselves these questions:

1. Which studios are responsible for the last four successful movies of the summer
2 What's the hot studio right now?
3. What director is hot?
4. What are the top movies of the year?
5. What movie won Sundance this year?
6. What independent movie directors are hot right now?
7. What indpentent movie actors are hot right now?
8. What scripts have just sold to be made into movies?
9. What movies are in pre-production right now
10.What was the top grossing move this weekend?

There are 50 other questions that need to be asked - but guaranteed that every successful actor knows the answer to at least 8 of those 10 questions right off the top of his/her head.

So, not only are you looking at what's going on in the industry, but what's going on in your craft. Who are the good acting coaches in your city. What's happening in your craft. It's easy to say you want to be an actor, but being an actor, and living the actor's life is another thing altogether.

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As you start to really know the business, and you start to see trends and things you really like, you'll start to identify companies, people and things that you want to do business with. That's when you want to start to find people who can help you meet those companies, people etc... If it's a director of a play you really liked, find out if they're at the theater the night you see a show. Tell them how much you loved the show, and ask them if they are working on anything that you might audition for... Are you starting to see a trend here? You're meeting people, you're out working on getting your next job.

Never stop. never stop.

Just remember, that the reason to become and actor is not to become famous. It's not to become rich and it's not to win an academy award. Remember, of the thousands and thousands of actors that have been in the movie business for the last 100 years, less than 70 people have ever won a Best Actor Oscar. Less than 330 have even ever been nominated. The reason to act as a career is because you love the craft of acting. Ask yourself if you'd be willing to live as modestly as you do now (maybe it's not so modest) if you were a working actor. If the answer is yes, and you have the drive to do it. You can succeed.

Good luck.

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noreply@blogger.com (Kirk Douglas Forney) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:30:00 +0000

How to Become an Actor

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The good news is there are more acting jobs today than there have ever been in the past. The bad news is there is more competition now than there ever was before. Achieving any kind of success in this business means years of perseverance and sacrificing time and money to dedicate to your craft and auditioning for roles.

Steps

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Before you do anything, start gathering information and doing research. Many people say they want to become an actor, but they really don't realize what it is they are saying. Talk to other actors, i.e. other people who are already doing what you say you want to do. Check out industry papers and websites like Variety.com, Backstage.com, Showbusinessweekly.com, Hollywoodreporter.com and so forth. Invest in some books written by casting directors who will tell you what they are looking for in the audition room, such as How to Book Acting Jobs in TV and Film. Try and get an idea of what an actor does from day to day when he/she is not yet working regularly.
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Get an education in acting. If you want to become an actor, you must study the craft. Acting isn't for everyone, so try taking a college class. That's the best way to see if you really want to make it your career.
3
Major in Theater at college. You will be doing productions and shows in front of a sizable crowd which is great practice for becoming focused on what your doing: performing in front of a large audience.
4
Look into taking summer camps and workshops to increase your knowledge and improving your skill. Some of these can be intensives where months worth of material is compressed into a period of 2-3 weeks.
5
Hire an acting coach to iron out kinks in your technique. A person like this can give you the personal attention you need, finding where your weak spots are; something like a professor in a big class might not be able to pick up on.
6
Try your hand at community theater. This can be a step above college theater if the theater is in a city known for its acting community. Get a role in one of these productions and you’ll be with others who are polishing their craft just like you and are from a higher level of competition.
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Promote yourself become pro active about your acting career, look for online sites that give you access to audition notices, sign up with a reputable site like castinguploads.com or any other site that will allow you to be pro active about your career.
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Get an Agent, decide whether or not you need a manager. At least you’ll have the experience and education behind you at this point to have a good chance at landing a reputable agent who will be able to go out there and get you work.
9
Don't forget about the business aspect. This is often overlooked. If you are an actor, you are going into business for yourself and need to treat your career as such.

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