I was having coffee with a casting director friend of mine the other day. We started chatting about slates. For anyone who doesn’t know, a “slate” is when you look into the camera and state your name so the casting directors, producers and directors...
The Meisner method defines stereotypes as distorted views of people and their characteristics. They do play a large role when it comes to creating a character. Despite this, actors have to ensure that they do not allow the stereotype to dominate the character. Even a...
As any good commercial acting class with teach you, a successful actor must consider human emotion and nature in any and every performance. However, an actor does not need to suffer in order to successfully perform in auditions and land meaningful roles. How can an...
Some stereotypical aspects of a character may be helpful in a performance as it will allow your audience to quickly gain at least a partial understanding of your character. Later on, the character must be given complexity or the audience will become disenchanted and...
When discussing identity and stereotypes, the term that must be discussed is distortion. Regardless of whether the actor is learning commercial acting techniques or methods for other types of acting, distortion is a necessary talent. Every performance, from film to...
