ACTING TIP from Instructor Leeann Dearing - “CHARACTER VOICE”
I have lots of students ask me about creating a character. Of course, there’s a lot to it! However, I want to bring up one area of character development that I find to be commonly underdeveloped.
An effective way to explore characterization is through voice.
Larry Moss, famed acting [...]
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Arizona Actors Blog: “From the Agent’s Perspective”
Arizona Actors, part of your acting training comes from being informed. Please take the time to educate yourself, not only in your acting technique, but in all facets of the business. Take the time to listen to Dustin Leighton’s new podcast. Episode one, entitled “Know The Business, Know Your [...]
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Arizona Actor Tip: “Private Moment”
All around you, you can hear the sounds of lights being shuffled, crew members talking and laughing. Suddenly the director yells “QUIET ON THE SET!” With all faces watching you, he suddenly utters the words “Action!”
Actors face the tremendous challenge of creating the illusion of living out a character’s private life [...]
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Arizona Actor Tip: Emotional Triggers
Part of the reason children make such wonderful actors is their ability to imagine. When we are young we have an incredible gift: the power to make-believe. Take a moment to remember your favorite games from childhood. For many of you, they will involve memories of role playing. A simple prop [...]
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Arizona Actor Tip: Gratitude
I am amazed at how many actors fall into the traps of entitlement and conceit. This week we want our Arizona actors to remember one word: Gratitude. In order to perform well, whether at your job, on stage, film, or at an audition, you need to put yourself in the right frame [...]
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Arizona Actor Tip: Breath
The relationship between body and mind is far more powerful than most people recognize. Everything we do with our physical being has the power to affect our intellect, our will, and our emotions. Consider one of the most basic human body functions: breathing. We rarely think about it [...]
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Arizona Actors Tip: Don’t Play the Obvious!
Our earlist black and white movies show people pantomiming their emotion. In other words, if a scene called for happiness the actor would simply give a huge smiley face. A dramatic, pouty frown would be the ultimate way to convince the audience of the opposite. This idea [...]
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The first step toward mastering your delivery is memorization. Whether it’s commercial sides, a scene or monologue, unless you are free from worrying about the words, you will never be free in your performance. But what happens after memorization? How do we start to take a performance past the written words and into living, breathing [...]
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The actor has to think of his body as his instrument. All of the various elements must be in tune: mind, body, emotion, movement and voice. If even one ’string’ is off key, the entire song he/she plays can be altered. We must be meticulous about each detail as artists.
I am disappointed to [...]
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Auditioning is one of the greatest challenges we face as actors. Very often we are given short notice. We get anxious over memorizing the script, giving the “perfect” read, and winning over the casting director. In the process, we lose sight of the whole reason we are drawn to acting. We forget to feel joy!
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