Acting Classes with Guest Victor Chi
Victor Chi, this week’s Notes on Acting guest, is an actor based in Los Angeles, California. In this podcast, Victor …Read the Rest
Category Archives: Notes on Acting
Character is Behavior
You can create a character by building it from the ‘outside in’ by finding your walk, posture, and rhythms. Or …Read the Rest
More on Actor’s Research
To get inside a script, you need to read, brainstorm, research, and visualize. But sometimes you need more. Since professions …Read the Rest
Acting in the Age of Google
Before the internet existed, actors actually had to go to the library to do research. They had to stand in …Read the Rest
The Unbroken Line
Music is composed of notes and rests and has a clear beginning, middle, and end. During the rests there is …Read the Rest
You Can’t Become Someone Else
Watching Daniel Day-Lewis play Abraham Lincoln, audiences felt like they were seeing the real man. They felt that the actor …Read the Rest
Everyone Gives A Bad Performance Sometime
If you act for any length of time you will give a bad performance. Since even the very best actors …Read the Rest
Life Spills In
When you make an entrance in the theatre, you are just walking from off-stage to on-stage. But that reality is …Read the Rest
Personalizing the Set
A set in a theatre generally has three walls and just offstage you can see actors and crew people. In …Read the Rest
Restoring the Balance
One of the most important elements of a script is the concept of balance. Scripts generally start with the characters …Read the Rest
Personalizing Your Props
It is our job as actors to make the props we handle on stage and in movies come to life. …Read the Rest
Actor Rituals
Your call time is one hour before curtain. When you arrive, you sign in and after your hellos, it is …Read the Rest