On Director Jonathan Demme by Charles Napier

mo | Blog | May 23, 2010

www.ExploreTalent.com Actor Charles Napier discusses working with the great film director Jonathan Demme – The Silence Of The Lambs – (Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins) – Philadelphia – (Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington) – The Manchurian Candidate (Meryl Streep, Jeffrey Wright). Charles Napier (Austin Powers International Man of Mystery, Cold Case, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) gives an actors point of view about working with this academy award winning director. Actor tips, acting, actor insights and professional acting advice by Charles Napier. Explore Talent helps actors find auditions and casting calls in their local area for theater, film and television.

Which method for acting am I supposed to use?

mo | Blog | May 22, 2010

For those of you who know ‘method’ acting taught by Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler’s version of method acting, which method do you think is more effective.
Thanx

Tips for Actors – Casting Director Vlog #2

mo | Blog | May 22, 2010

I’m going to be a casting director but right now I’m a film school student casting film school films aswell as getting experience casting outside projects. Series of vlogs about whats it like to cast student films! Vlog #2 – Tips to actors when emailing casting directors! Read the breakdown. You wouldn’t believe how many actors apply but haven’t read what they’re applying for properly! Ask me! formspring.me Or email me sfswebmiss@hotmail.co.uk

Celebrity Method Acting Boot Camp

mo | Blog | May 22, 2010

Celebrity Method Acting Boot Camp with Brian Timoney. Melinda Messenger and Jasman Harman attended an intense method acting course with Brian. www.briantimoneyacting.co.uk

Video: Creative Uses for Bubble Wrap

mo | Blog | May 22, 2010

Video: Creative Uses for Bubble Wrap
Bubble wrap isn’t just for packing and popping as three young people display their new uses in a cash competition.

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The Five key traits of Method Actor Oscar Winners

mo | Blog | May 21, 2010

Here estão the five essential caracterÃsticas of the actor me ©todo são the winners of the Oscar.

1. They’re dedicated to character. They go into intricate detail and often create unique physicality by mimicking an animal. Robert De Niro played a crab in Taxi Driver – he thought the character was indirect and tended to shift from side to side.

As Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire, Marlon Brando played by a monkey, while Dustin Hoffman played in a ferret Midnight Cowboy. In the training method acting, actors have to work in specific courses of action in animals.

2. They don’t fake emotion. Method actors tend to recreate their own feelings by thinking about something from their own life to produce the correct emotional response. They need to know their own psyche and their own conditioning.

If you’re going to play somebody else, the theory goes; you have to understand yourself first. Method Acting drama schools have acting courses focused on affective memory – one of the acting tools used by Method Actors which they develop during their actor training.

3. They use their own lives to make it personal to them. Christopher Walken said that when he did the Russian roulette scene in The Deer Hunter; he was recalling being sent to summer camp by his parents, which he hated. He felt betrayed, ostracised, and alone – all of which he felt the character was experiencing at that point in the film.

4. They’re highly disciplined. They need a high level of concentration to think about their own experiences, and to generate the right emotion before the shoot. There’s a myth that Method actors are out of control – but it’s actually the exact opposite. They have trained for many years to precisely manipulate their emotions. The Method drama courses are constructed to allow the actor to investigate their own emotions.

5 They sacrifice its prà ³ prio ego of the personage. They in £o são blasé or arrogant, them tend to be humble. Of Niro é you £o tÃmido, difÃcil é to believe that it this ¡ playing these characters. The people who têm great egos in £o são capable to suppress its prà ³ prio ego the sufficient to interpret the personage.

Great actors aren’t worried about how they’re being perceived; it’s more about playing the character truthfully.

An Acting Guide- p3of4 – Ajay Nayyar

mo | Blog | May 21, 2010

An Acting guide – Young british actor and rising star Ajay Nayyar gives advice for any young people wanting to be involved in the film industry and acting. Ajay recently played a CTU agent in season 8 of 24 working alongside incredible talents like Kiefer Sutherland and Freddie Prinze Jr . He has also appeared on NCIS and has a number of exciting film projects on the go. He shares his expereinces of life acting in the uk and LA and gives inspiration to other young talents with dreams of being actors or filmakers. Official trailer for Rejouer – www.youtube.com 24 season 8 trailer – www.youtube.com Presented Camera & Post by Russ Nelson

How do I use method acting techniques and self-hypnosis to improve my writing? What are some things I can do?

mo | Blog | May 21, 2010

To help my writing I think I need to get in touch with the characters more. How do I get into his head and really feel what he’s feeling – like method actors do? Assuming I know nothing about this, any tips?

What are some tips about becoming an actor?

mo | Blog | May 21, 2010

Do you know any sites where to find the practice scripts

Lee Strasberg on Acting (Clip 1)

mo | Blog | May 20, 2010

Today the Strasberg legacy continues at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute where his concepts are taught to the serious actor of today. His technique has generated an exciting new legion of actors such as Alec Baldwin, Angelina Jolie, Claire Daines, Scarlett Johansson, Bridget Fonda, Uma Thurman, Rebecca De Mornay, John Leguizamo. The Theatre world today is filled with discussions about acting – the Stanislavski system, the controversy about the Method, the laboratory work of Grotowski, the experiments of the Living Theatre, the theories of Artaud, of Brecht, and many others. Nonetheless, it remains true that for over 2000 years the problem of the actor has been misunderstood and has been superficially divided into an external or internal approach. Now, through our expanding knowledge of human behavior, The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute is able to train actors to use both their physical and emotional expression in order to do ultimate justice to their own talent and artistic voice.