Acting From All Angles
Making It Reel!
Feel dismal about your reel? Or that you just need to spruce it up? Get some really great acting on it? Well, here at Actors In Action Conservatory of Film and Theatre, we have some ideas about that.
Why not write and shoot your own stuff for your reel? That’s right! Get into your wheelhouse . . .
Emotional Blocks
Do you ever feel totally shut down and unable to access your emotions when you’re acting? For a lot of actors that can be a big problem. Sometimes we are in the habit of disassociating from our feelings in life and that can boil over to our acting work. Sometimes we just get blocked from a particular feeling we need to delve into. Sometimes we’re just having a bad day, or week, or month and we feel as dry as the Sahara Desert emotionally.
So what do we do? Steven Spielberg ain’t gonna wait for our emotional tide to turn.
Don’t Want to Look Like an Amateur?
Do you hold yourself back with your acting career because you’re afraid of being wrong or that you’ll make yourself look like an amateur?
That’s a common condition for a lot of actors, in my experience. Even ones who are “established”. But why do we do that? Hold back and don’t try to get an agent or better agent? Stay stuck in our 9 to 5 getting more hopeless by the day? Go weeks or even months without letting those wild horses of our acting drive out to tear up the fields?
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Creating Traction As An Actor!
How does an ice climber feel a the bottom of a frozen waterfall? Daunted, perhaps? Maybe, but once they clamp on those crampons, they know they’re going to have added traction to get to the top. Steel-toothed feet, how could that not give you confidence?
Well, if you’re feeling like where you want to go with your acting is a huge, slippery, wall of ice and you just can’t seem to figure out how to climb it—we just need to get you some steel-teeth for your feet.
But how?
First of all take heart, every actor feels daunted at times. Even famous actors. The best thing to do is start where you are. And then do what you love. Even if it’s for a smidge of time during your work-packed day.
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In Search of Perfect Self-Tape Lighting?
Self-taping your auditions is becoming more and more common for actors. And will probably one day completely eclipse going into the casting office. There are some advantages to that and disadvantages. Meeting one-on-one can be a great way to build relationships with casting directors. But with self-tapes you get more than one try to knock that audition out of the park. Which can be HUGE.
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Name Changer! Game Changer!
How important is branding to an actor? Will it set you apart with casting directors? Will it get you better auditions? Will it help you nab more call backs? Will
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Got Goals?
It’s goal making time! And we want to hear yours! Not sure how to come up with some great purpose for the year? Not sure how to reach those peaks you want to climb? Lacking on a inspiration? Watch our video and get your mojo going for your next conquest!