Feedback from my StageMilk submission this month – “One Way Love”. Think about the beginning and the end of the scene. The actor speaks in a continuum, not in isolation. I need to think about how to enter and exit the scene, so I present it as a flow, rather than a cold start and […]
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My notes from the script analysis calls with Michael Abercrombie this week. What I like about Stephens’ work is the way that his characters are not perfect. Far from it. In fact, they are flawed and are simply trying to make do with what they have. I like that a lot. No pretence. It’s realistic […]
Continue Reading“Cosi” (Doug)
Damian’s (StageMilk) feedback from my Doug monologue. Technical stuff Eliminate these distractions from my acting. Get these technical things sorted so they don’t take the audience’s attention. White shirt, white background = floating head. Don’t do it. Microphone was poor. I knew this already. I used the internal microphone in the camera. Bad move. I’ll […]
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