If you’re an actor looking to attend an acting school or wanting to get some acting classes under your belt to further hone your craft; then the first order of business is to learn acting technique. It’s essential to start with this class; because it...
Many actors swear by Method Acting: an acting technique by which an actor strives to achieve complete emotional identification with their part, usually by evoking a real-life memory to trigger the emotional reaction. While this technique may seem favorable for achieving the proper emotional frame;...
It's pilot season. LA is busy. Lots of actors are booking. And lots of actors are not. Therefore, the urge is to compare oneself to other actors. Is now the time to throw in the towel? Did I do...
What does an acting career and a rollercoaster have in common? They both have their ups and downs, and some of these ascents and descents can be extremely rapid in nature. An actor can be in the business for years, before suddenly becoming an ‘overnight...
Many actors can act—there’s no question about it. However, what many actors don’t realize, however, is that, as an actor, not only do you need to act, but you need to react as well, something that is received. Films are ensemble pieces, as are television...
Actors, let’s talk for a minute about audition nerves. We all get them—that’s normal. But how can we overcome the audition nerves in the room, and therefore show the session runners and, ultimately, ourselves, that we can be confident and are the problem to casting’s solutions? Vince Lombardi once stated...
We’ve all seen athletes on TV: a lot of their footage involves seeing them constantly training, exercising, and practicing: sometimes until odd hours of the night, or hours before the crack of dawn. Sometimes, we see them repeating the same motion, like kicking, over and over again. Apparently, this...
Making the character your own is difficult, but you can make it easier by taking the right steps. Know more about this process with the help of an acting coach and “Making the Character Your Own,” a blog post by The Heller Approach Acting Studio....
As an actor, you must know how to wield your unique experiences to portray your role. Get additional insights on adding experience to your acting toolkit by checking out “How Real-Life Experience Can Boost Your Acting Performance,” a blog post by The Heller Approach Acting...
The beauty of a watching a good acting performance is that you can live vicariously through the character being played on the screen. A good performance allows you to “feel” what the character is feeling: the tension, the anger, the melancholy, the desperation, the joy,...