Casual Fridays

An actor looks for events in the scene he/she is playing. Events are changes. Could be a revelation of knowledge, a burst of anger because of careless words, or a number of other elements. I was directing two actresses this week in a training exercise. The scene began with one sitting on the couch for …

Here’s a great example of marketing mystery. The box below was sent to owners of ISPs. Inside was a fortune cookie with the URL “whatsmyfortune.com” imprinted on its slip of paper. No salesheet. No business card. No fancy graphics (yikes! designers). How mysterious. By the time you go to the website, you’re committed to find …

Relationship In his book Audition, Michael Shurtleff gives twelve guideposts for actors to follow in order to “get the part.” The first guidepost mentioned is relationship. Shurtleff stresses the importance of understanding your character’s relationship with the other characters in the scene. He encourages actors to ask themselves “feeling questions” about their emotional attitude toward …