INDEX

A	B	C	D	E
F	G	H	I	J
K	L	M	N	O
P	Q	R	S	T
U	V	W	X	Y Z

 'ACTING 101' - FIRST YEAR OF ACTING TRAINING

You have experience of acting in school or pre-university courses? Here is advice for a college or university acting course. Or for an acting school.

 This 'ACTING 101' course plan aims at achievable results for a wide range of students.

KEY PAGES

Welcome page to Acting Site
FIRST STEPS TO PROFESSIONAL ACTING TRAINING
'ACTING 101' - FIRST YEAR ACTING TRAINING
ONSTAGE - techniques for onstage acting
BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE BEGINS - REHEARSAL AND PREPARATION

A

ADVICE FROM ALAN BECK - FIRST STEPS TO PROFESSIONAL ACTING TRAINING

Agents, resumes and other information

AMERICAN PLAYS - Dialect (and American plays)

'ACTING 101' - FIRST YEAR ACTING TRAINING

'ACCIDENTS' ONSTAGE - Suppose you drop something or your costume gets undone or a drink is spilt.

B

Do not choose a 'boxed-in' character

C

CRITIQUES - You have to seek critiques - from teacher and from fellow students and from audiences...............

CASTING - 'NATURAL CASTING' - ONLY CHOOSE ROLES THAT ARE NEAR TO YOU (age and gender).

CHARACTER - Do not choose a 'boxed-in' character

D

Dialect (and American plays)

Directing component in an acting course

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES - Terms and conditions for this web site.

 

E

Jones, Ellis, Teach Yourself Acting, 1998, London: Teach Yourself Books.

LADDER OF EMOTIONS - you must reveal the full process of your character's emotions

Entrance - Exit - find your justification

Excerpt acting - Work with excerpts from plays - and especially with those scenes which give you the most intense material.

ENTRANCE - THE MOMENT BEFORE (= the moment before you arrive on stage)

 

F

FEET - no wandering!

FILL IN - IMPROVISE A BIT WITH THE SCRIPT IN PERFORMANCE TO AVOID UNCOMFORTABLE SILENCES

 

 'ACTING 101' - FIRST YEAR OF ACTING TRAINING

You have experience of acting in school or pre-university courses? Here is advice for a college or university acting course. Or for an acting school.

 This 'ACTING 101' course plan aims at achievable results for a wide range of students.

 

 

G

WARNING - GAP BETWEEN WHAT YOU SHOW IN REHEARSAL AND THE PERFORMANCE

H

HANDS - No UHMs - UNNECESSARY HAND MOVEMENTS

Do not hold anything in your hands for long.

Never - never - put your hands to your face

Hair must be kept away from the face.

I

FILL IN - IMPROVISE A BIT WITH THE SCRIPT IN PERFORMANCE TO AVOID UNCOMFORTABLE SILENCES

 

J

Find your justification for each moment on stage

 

K

L

LADDER OF EMOTIONS - you must reveal the full process of your character's emotions

Web sites for acting courses in London

M

THE MOMENT BEFORE (= the moment before you arrive on stage)

 

N

'NATURAL CASTING' - ONLY CHOOSE ROLES THAT ARE NEAR TO YOU (age and gender).

Never perform behind a table or a chair or a bag (at your feet) (excerpt acting)

 

O

OBJECTIONS I HAVE HEARD OVER THE YEARS FROM WANNABE ACTING STUDENTS

OBJECTION 1 = ' BUT I DID NOT GET CAST IN THE AUDITIONS'

OBJECTION 2 = 'But I cannot travel to rehearsals'.

OBJECTION 3 = 'But I do not like Director A or Actor B'. I can't work with them.

OBJECTION 4 = 'I'm afraid that people will think that my performance is rubbish'.

OBJECTION 5 = 'This university (or college or school) thing does not work for me. I've got to become an actor NOW'.

OBJECTION 6 = 'I can't get to see stage performances'

OBJECTION 7 = 'I can't get on with Shakespeare'.

ONSTAGE

Never perform behind a table or a chair or a bag (at your feet) (excerpt acting)

ONSTAGE - techniques for onstage acting

OPEN POSTURE - so we can see your body - torso (excerpt acting)

Get your character's individual rhythm

Stop-And-Start acting on stage

Hair must be kept away from the face.

WARNING - GAP BETWEEN WHAT YOU SHOW IN REHEARSAL AND THE PERFORMANCE

'ACCIDENTS' ONSTAGE - Suppose you drop something or your costume gets undone or a drink is spilt.

P

POSTURE - OPEN POSTURE - so we can see your body - torso (excerpt acting)

PREPARATION - BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE BEGINS - REHEARSAL AND PREPARATION

PREPARATION - THE MOMENT BEFORE (= the moment before you arrive on stage)

PLAYS - Challenging material

PLAYS - WHAT NOT TO CHOOSE - SOME PLAYS THAT 'DESKILL' YOU

Q

R

REHEARSAL - BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE BEGINS - REHEARSAL AND PREPARATION

Suggested reading list for 'Acting 101'

Do your research! Find out more about the play and the cultural context.

Get your character's individual rhythm

REHEARSAL - LEAVE YOUR TROUBLES OUTSIDE!

REHEARSAL - Challenging material

REHEARSAL - WARNING - GAP BETWEEN WHAT YOU SHOW IN REHEARSAL AND THE PERFORMANCE

 

S

Speech problems - here is the 'voice doctor'

Stop-And-Start acting on stage

 

 

T

LEAVE YOUR TROUBLES OUTSIDE!

'YOU TOLD ME I CAN'T ACT, SO I HATE YOU'

TEACHER - WARNING - GAP BETWEEN WHAT YOU SHOW IN REHEARSAL AND THE PERFORMANCE

 

U

V

VOICE

Dialect (and American plays)

Speech problems - here is the 'voice doctor'

W

Web sites for acting courses in London

X

 

Y

Z

 'ACTING 101' - FIRST YEAR OF ACTING TRAINING

You have experience of acting in school or pre-university courses? Here is advice for a college or university acting course. Or for an acting school.

 This 'ACTING 101' course plan aims at achievable results for a wide range of students.

KEY PAGES

Welcome page to Acting Site
ADVICE FROM ALAN BECK - FIRST STEPS TO PROFESSIONAL ACTING TRAINING
'ACTING 101' - FIRST YEAR ACTING TRAINING
ONSTAGE - techniques for onstage acting
BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE BEGINS - REHEARSAL AND PREPARATION

 

 

 

 

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