“Actors are some of the most driven, courageous people on the face of the earth. They deal with more day-to-day rejection in one year than most people do in a lifetime. Every day, actors face the financial challenge of living a freelance lifestyle, the disrespect of people who think they should get real jobs, and their own fear that they'll never work again. Every day, they have to ignore the possibility that the vision they have dedicated their lives to is a pipe dream. With every role, they stretch themselves, emotionally and physically, risking criticism and judgment.With every passing year, many of them watch as the other people their age achieve the predictable milestones of normal life - the car, the family, the house, the nest egg. Why? Because actors are willing to give their entire lives to a moment - to that line, that laugh, that gesture, or that interpretation that will stir the audience's soul. Actors are beings who have tasted life's nectar in that crystal moment when they poured out their creative spirit and touched another's heart. In that instant, they were as close to magic, God, and perfection as anyone could ever be. And in their own hearts, they know that to dedicate oneself to that moment is worth a thousand lifetimes.”- David Ackert LA Times
Friday, December 21, 2012
SAG-AFTRA ACTOR
SAG-AFTRA ACTOR
Do you find yourself to grow as an actor everyday, of course you do and personally speaking i find myself everyday researching, continuously studying, stopping at mirrors and just breakdown re-creating new character pe...rformances for auditions and film roles that have past and say damn now that was wayyy better should have used that, hey next time thats all we do our best at the time we have to see fit one should never dwell on your short comings we live, breathe, learn, grow and most of all have fun with it, not the end of the world so don't give in keep at it and entertain the world the audience needs us likewise. Although i have had smug remarks gestured at me for doing so, actually people use mirrors everyday and to improve on oneselves image and the stem off of their own personal performances for well since they could reflect off a body of water without ever conciously concieving the notion of acting perhaps mundane even to them, now for actors we have a pre-disposition as where we recognize and except whom we are and fortunately a mirror happens to be a valuable tool for cause of effect to act and react.~ Christopher Alan
Actors do not utilize mirrors enough, there are many instances in my classes at CnC-Studios, where I sent someone to mirror because they were not seeing an involuntary body motion or similar. I hear about so many on-camera classes that are nothing more than "a filmed monologue" that spends ZERO time on actual camera technique. The bad side of using a mirror is the potential of being "too aware", but in most cases it is a plus. ~ Jagger Kaye
Do you find yourself to grow as an actor everyday, of course you do and personally speaking i find myself everyday researching, continuously studying, stopping at mirrors and just breakdown re-creating new character pe...rformances for auditions and film roles that have past and say damn now that was wayyy better should have used that, hey next time thats all we do our best at the time we have to see fit one should never dwell on your short comings we live, breathe, learn, grow and most of all have fun with it, not the end of the world so don't give in keep at it and entertain the world the audience needs us likewise. Although i have had smug remarks gestured at me for doing so, actually people use mirrors everyday and to improve on oneselves image and the stem off of their own personal performances for well since they could reflect off a body of water without ever conciously concieving the notion of acting perhaps mundane even to them, now for actors we have a pre-disposition as where we recognize and except whom we are and fortunately a mirror happens to be a valuable tool for cause of effect to act and react.~ Christopher Alan
Actors do not utilize mirrors enough, there are many instances in my classes at CnC-Studios, where I sent someone to mirror because they were not seeing an involuntary body motion or similar. I hear about so many on-camera classes that are nothing more than "a filmed monologue" that spends ZERO time on actual camera technique. The bad side of using a mirror is the potential of being "too aware", but in most cases it is a plus. ~ Jagger Kaye
Thursday, December 20, 2012
“Actors are some of the most driven, courageous people on the face of the earth. They deal with more day-to-day rejection in one year than most people do in a lifetime. Every day, actors face the financial challenge of living a freelance lifestyle, the disrespect of people who think they should get real jobs, and their own fear that they'll never work again. Every day, they have to ignore the possibility that the vision they have dedicated their lives to is a pipe dream. With every role, they stretch themselves, emotionally and physically, risking criticism and judgment.With every passing year, many of them watch as the other people their age achieve the predictable milestones of normal life - the car, the family, the house, the nest egg. Why? Because actors are willing to give their entire lives to a moment - to that line, that laugh, that gesture, or that interpretation that will stir the audience's soul. Actors are beings who have tasted life's nectar in that crystal moment when they poured out their creative spirit and touched another's heart. In that instant, they were as close to magic, God, and perfection as anyone could ever be. And in their own hearts, they know that to dedicate oneself to that moment is worth a thousand lifetimes.” -David Ackert, LA Times
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
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