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aziul kibria I thought I was the only one. People always tell me that I’m very monotone and stoic and I’m tired of hearing it so I want to be more like a normal person.
Your 10 hour Acting Masterclass is the best acting training I’ve ever received and this is coming from someone who has been apart of 7 or 8 different acting programs. Thanks so much again, I have another Netflix audition coming up, so wish me luck!!!
the best thing i can say is pretend that youre not acting and there is no audience or cameras and that youre actually experiencing what youre character is feeling
Well I am not an actor but I do want to be an actor. All I can say is think of something that makes you REALLY ANGRY or REALLY SAD and etc. so ya that’s my best tip sorry if it is not helpful but it works for me pretty well. 😅😂 good luck
This is so ironic because 95% of the time I'm fairly happy and I have to play a role of a character who's always angry and this really helped me because I was worrying about how to work it into my role haha
I once wrote a reference for a young guy who was auditioning for Drama School and happened to mention that he had difficulty portraying 'anger'. After he did his prepared reading in front of the audition panel they asked him to do it again but this time to do it with as much anger as possible... He ended up punching a hole in the studio wall! He was accepted for the course and now, some twenty years on, is still making a good living in TV, film and theatre.
the easier emotions for me are sadness, exaggeration (sarcasm), and realistic (normal acting). the hardest emotion for me is somehow anger. i can have big arguments and be VERY angry well but i can’t be a calm angry, like a not so angry angry if you know what i mean.
It's the opposite for me I'm really good at acting calm angry but terrible at expressing like rage or outbursts one tip for you is usually like the person you're mad at is in the room keep a stern face like an angry face and sometimes And whenever they talk you can kind of use that chance to just give a rude remark or something sorry I don't know if that helped but that's what I do also when I'm mad I'm kind of sarcastic a lot so I have a deeper voice and act sarcastic yeah
I’m literally having that issue right now with anger specifically. I’m playing a character who’s hardened and dangerous and is put in life or death situation. I’m having some issues being scared and surprised and channeling that into anger. It’s hard lol
@@slytherinheiress2614 sorry for the late reply, i didnt book that job but the casting agency submitted me to a different show and i auditioned twice and booked the lead role! its not for netflix tho but my first TV job so im happy :)
@@mytynick1356 Hi! Sorry for the late response, I am signed to casting agencies in my country but never really took them seriously. Until one time, this agency called me and asked if I wanted to audition for a Netflix show. I did not book that job but it was my first audition, ever since that audition I did more auditions, signed up to multiple casting agencies etc. On my 3rd audition I booked a lead role in a TV show. It all happened very fast but my tips are to practice a lot in a mirror, practice in front of friends/family so you don’t get embarrassed practicing in front of other people and try to ‘replace yourself’ to the character you’re auditioning for. Summary: sign yourself to casting agencies and practice a lot! Do not get discouraged if you don’t book a role, because when I wrote the first comment I would have never imagined I would be cast as a lead role 7 months later. Hope this helped!
I need to work on being realistic and not being shy in front of people, I tried in front of my mom and I actually did really good with not being bervous
Everyone asking how to get auditions, I'll tell you how. Agencies sometimes put send you some mail informing you that you can either accept or decline their offer for an audition. Instead of waiting for that too happen, you should look up some agencies on the internet and once you find one do a lot of research on them so you're sure you wanna work for them. After that, you need to find an agent who works for the agency because that person will book you for auditions. You can choose who you wanna play and you'll audition that character. From there, you know what to do. Good luck, everybody! I'll see you in the hall of fame.
I think playing a character is not the right word but becoming that character. Thats what youre sometimes doing. You cant always be yourself, because sometimes it is just not you. Doesnt mean that youre playing a character. Youre just becoming somebody else and that means everything that you do or react to is from that persons point of view
ITS SO HARD, its soo hard when you have a bad trait such as bottling up emotins which i have. I basically can't cry and show fear, only angry happy and annoyed
This helped a lot. I kinda was already doing it without knowing iam doing it. Now that you made it a "tactic" it will be a much easier and more consistent tool to use at will. Thanks
really really like this video!! I've been told in acting classes tht I shouldn't be myself , tht I should become the character ... and this really confusing and stressful... I can only be me ,right ?!!!! if I want to be realistic and believable ...so this video resignates sooo much with me!!!
This thing about being youself is very appropriate, 'cuz actors who playing a caracter but still being themselves most memorable than the others, because of their persoonality we like them
That's interesting what your saying about playing "you". This is definitely a different approach then what I usually thought. I usually thought you had to "create" a totally different character, especially when it's a very different kind of person from you. I'm still not quite sure how you'd play "you" if the character says things and acts so differently from you though.
How did you tell her? I’m trying to think of a way to tell my parents but I’m kind of nervous because the times that I mentioned the idea of acting my dad didn’t really approve and my mom was somewhat on board.
omg finally someone who i can relate to. only one of my friends know how i want to be an actress but it’s hard for that to happen when your family don’t know that lol
acting seems so hard. like in euphoria nate jacobs charcter was so realistic it didn't look like he was acting as a charcter. I want to be able to do that. I want to do acting in the future
Can u plz make a UA-cam video explaining how to portray emotions. A video giving more techniques for each specific emotion and how to really showcase the emotions. A more detailed video giving more info about how to go about it w/ some tips and tricks. I would be so grateful if u could make a video about this thx!
I literally came her to learn how to show emotions better(since im not good at it) and to fake them for manipulative purposes. I expected everyone else to have done the same but NOPE just actors
I am actually want to be an actor and I have a little bit of experience about acting but the problem is I am an introvert.. I don't know where to start and I am only 15.
Hey do you have tips on playing characters that already exist? Like for example Zac Efron with Ted Bundy. Cause it’s not you, but to act realistic you have to do you.
Hey Cece Gomez, in terms of creating different characters, every time we play another version of ourselves we are creating what we would call another character. If you are a positive person for 95% of your life, but for 5% you are negative, when you change the ratio to being 30% positive 70% negative there in itself has created a new character. When we’re negative we naturally walk and talk differently, we respond to comments differently and we look at others in a way we don’t when we’re positive. It‘s still YOU, but all you did was change the ratio of negative/positive percentage. These are of course example numbers, but you can pick/switch-out which emotions/what percentages you think would fit for a character. Sometimes in our lives we might be a bit of a jokester, not all the time, but maybe for a rare 2% moment we are. If we maintain everything we do when we are joking, but we do it more often bringing that 2% to a 40% ratio, that would create a new character. If you watch J. k. Simmons in the original “Spider-Man” franchise or you watch him in “Whiplash” it is still J. K. Simmons; we can tell it’s him, but the ratio/percentage of his emotions do not stay a constant from each role. In Whiplash he enlightens his side of rage and annoyance, while in Spider-Man he highlights his arrogance more. This is why Actors on TV shows get great opportunities to show character arks through each season, because they can change/develop the percentage that is given. This is what you and most actors will be dealing with throughout your career. Of course there are exceptions to this when you are playing a real life person or a period piece, than you have different guideline to follow (Christian Bale & Daniel Day Lewis). In those circumstances you would need to highly analyze the person you are recreating to a T. This cannot only rely on your acting though (in order to get the whole character to be found believable by the audience). The tone of the film would need to be set precisely (Directors, casting, DP’s, etc.) costuming and makeup are extremely large elements to this. Remember when we playing sides of ourselves, we are talking about the emotions and the percentage that we give them. If we know roughly what our normal state is, then when we tweak the ratio we are inherently creating a new character, but it is still us. That’s what 95% of our work will be. Of course if you feel the need to drift further from yourself you could adjust your voice, accent, and/or physicality (be careful of going overboard where it appears to caricatures though). You could do that, but you don’t need to. Examples of actors being different versions of themselves (different ratio adjustments) would be Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Robert Downey Jr., Owen Wilson, Will Smith, Liam Neeson, Robert De Niro, etc. You have to remember that our goal is to create interesting and appealing complex characters. We spend our whole lives thinking we have to be someone else when you yourself are already very interesting, you don’t need to try and recreate anything. Robert De Niro’s most popular quote is “you don’t need to do anything.” For example if you are 25 years old you have lived 25 years of your own personal life that nobody knows anything about and your 25 years is completely different from someone else’s. If we could have books written about our entire lives, they’d be the most interesting books on the planet. You already have everything you need and you don’t need to try and find it somewhere else, no character will be more interesting than you. This is why Meryl Streep’s quote is so important when she says “all we are doing is playing different versions of ourselves.” Hope this all makes sense Cheers
Hey bro I purchased your master class and I’m about to begin the voice part and I can say that it’s really helping so far. But I have just a few questions that I don’t really get, is it ok if I can contact you without comments?
i wanna be an actor since i was 5. But i gave up my hopes cause i live in switzerland. And from here it is really hard to start a career. That sucks a lot and we also dont have clubs here...like theater-clubs or sum. Yeah...i gave up but i still like to do it, yk? :)
The thing I have a problem with is crying on cue like I can cry by myself on cue but I can't do it in front of other people and so that's the problem I think I'm good at it and then I go to audition and I actually suck I also have a really hard time expressing rage to like I've never really had a breakout I don't really express my emotions a lot so I feel like whenever I try to express rage for acting it feels really awkward like I don't know how to move my face or how to speak or anything I know what it's supposed to look like but I just can't do it
One of the important things to remember is that Disney is a kids/young teens platform and there have been many solidified example towards how the acting should be. So remembering that Disney is not for the adult who’s watching a series on HBO is important. Ultimately for Disney, you should be more positive and upbeat; less towards the negative. Think about it this way, you’re playing within a bandwidth, you can’t go too far down or sometimes even too far up (for disney). Still aim towards keeping it realistic, but be your realistic self when you’re happy, energetic, and in a positive mood. Combined this with, you may consider adding a mixture of the theater towards your acting where everything is over the top (depending on what is happening in the scene). If the scene is looking for more energy, I’d suggest search for a happy medium between realistic and theater acting, while keeping the scene light, positive, and upbeat. Of course not all scenes will be the same and you may need to adjust and change any of these points accordingly, but if we’re basing our standpoint off of what is currently on Disney channel, these points are important to remember. Hope this helps :)
The Actors Academy It really did help. Thank you for your requests and comments. My audition scene is a scene where an older brother is telling his baby sister to ask Dad instead of Mom when asking for permission to do something. And then Dad hears through the baby monitor and I yell, “Baby monitor! Stupid technology!” That line is the hardest for me because I know I have to be hyper realistic and positive but angry at the same time.
From what you just said, I wouldn’t see the character as being ‘angry’ in this moment. Maybe annoyed or potentially afraid of getting in trouble, but I wouldn’t say he is angry. If anger is what you’ve set on to be the answer though and you’re having a hard time getting there, than look up other Disney actors for references. For example the brother in Hannah Montana or the brother in Wizards of Waverley Place have had moments when they played many moments of Disney versions of anger, so if this is the standpoint you will be sticking with, than use these actors as references to get an idea on how to play it. Hope that helps!
I like this vide as well as part 2. I just don't know how to get in the right mindset. For example: Sadness. How would u go about making yourself feel sad so u can act sad?? It's hard for me to understand.
Kevin Cox godamn ur a legend bro. You actually put ur time into replying to me 🙏 if you’re trying to become an actor, you have great confidence, good luck bro.
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Is it free? Cause I am pretty poor and I really wanna be an actor...
Hey!! Thanks for the tips!! I really want to be an Actor
I'm realistic oh this is 2 years ago dang my stage name is James Monroe I'm related to Marilyn Monroe
Who else can't show emotions irl and is actually here to learn how to display emotions properly?
aziul kibria I thought I was the only one. People always tell me that I’m very monotone and stoic and I’m tired of hearing it so I want to be more like a normal person.
Socio reporting in
Deion White LMAOOO
We're probably introverts and sociopaths
@Maya Shearer LoL... seems like your friend knows you well
Your 10 hour Acting Masterclass is the best acting training I’ve ever received and this is coming from someone who has been apart of 7 or 8 different acting programs. Thanks so much again, I have another Netflix audition coming up, so wish me luck!!!
Thanks for those kind words. I’m glad to hear it! Wishing you the best of luck on your audition!!
What show?
C&S Stop Motions good luck dude
C&S Stop Motions good luck!!!
HOW DO YOU HAVE NETFLIC AUDIRIONS PLLLLZZZZ
I’m here because I have family coming tomorrow and I need to pretend that I’m excited to see them.
SUUSSHSHW KAALLW I NEED TO DO THOS WHEN MY TEACHERS BACL FROM HER HOLIDAY LOL
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omg felt that
I’ve gotta say you’re performance was Oscar worthy
Omg 😂
Every single time I try acting.. I always become conscious about things and people around me...then I become nervous and mess up..
Same! I also hv stage fright
the best thing i can say is pretend that youre not acting and there is no audience or cameras and that youre actually experiencing what youre character is feeling
@@rishanroy9f365
"To conquer fear, you must become fear."
- Ra's Al Ghul(Batman Begins)
So become the stage
@@AnnoyingAllie3 So you mean.. become flat?
@@azuriebluette4637 Yes
I literally came here to find out how to act angry for an audition because I’m not usually angry
Faith Velazquez SAME! Lol
Well I am not an actor but I do want to be an actor. All I can say is think of something that makes you REALLY ANGRY or REALLY SAD and etc. so ya that’s my best tip sorry if it is not helpful but it works for me pretty well. 😅😂 good luck
Bunbunzy YT you want to be a actor, the best thing to do is get an AGENT!
really? the easiest emotion for me is anger im a negative Nancy lmaoo
@@Gabbybriii Bitch where do I get one of those 😔
Watching this an hour before my audition 😂
Merna B. How did it go?
Gongratulations... How was it
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Video tittle: How to Act Realistically
Tip #1: Be realistic 😂😂😂
I’m 14 and have wanted to be an actor since I was 4 but I’m 14 how on earth do I get started
You can check this video I made on how To Become an actor without any experience. ua-cam.com/video/OETtYKsAsQk/v-deo.html
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Me too sense I was 5 I always wanted to be an actress and I still want too and I’m 12
me too
but since i was 12 because im coo like that :')
Start with high school plays, I’m thirteen and I’m going to get into theatre at first to get a head start.
Your videos have made feel a lot prepared and less scared of the acting business
I have an empathetic disorder and my psychologue advised me to follow acting lessons to better my social relations, thank you.
This is so ironic because 95% of the time I'm fairly happy and I have to play a role of a character who's always angry and this really helped me because I was worrying about how to work it into my role haha
Haha that's always me 😂
I once wrote a reference for a young guy who was auditioning for Drama School and happened to mention that he had difficulty portraying 'anger'. After he did his prepared reading in front of the audition panel they asked him to do it again but this time to do it with as much anger as possible... He ended up punching a hole in the studio wall! He was accepted for the course and now, some twenty years on, is still making a good living in TV, film and theatre.
the easier emotions for me are sadness, exaggeration (sarcasm), and realistic (normal acting).
the hardest emotion for me is somehow anger. i can have big arguments and be VERY angry well but i can’t be a calm angry, like a not so angry angry if you know what i mean.
Same I know exactly what you mean
It's the opposite for me I'm really good at acting calm angry but terrible at expressing like rage or outbursts one tip for you is usually like the person you're mad at is in the room keep a stern face like an angry face and sometimes And whenever they talk you can kind of use that chance to just give a rude remark or something sorry I don't know if that helped but that's what I do also when I'm mad I'm kind of sarcastic a lot so I have a deeper voice and act sarcastic yeah
I’m literally having that issue right now with anger specifically. I’m playing a character who’s hardened and dangerous and is put in life or death situation. I’m having some issues being scared and surprised and channeling that into anger. It’s hard lol
I have my first netflix audition in a couple days and ive never acted a day in my life, about to bingewatch your vids!
@Jean A how'd it go?
@@slytherinheiress2614 sorry for the late reply, i didnt book that job but the casting agency submitted me to a different show and i auditioned twice and booked the lead role! its not for netflix tho but my first TV job so im happy :)
How do you do that without acting a day in your life? This is my dream and I feel like I just can’t. Please tell me your ways
@@mytynick1356 Hi! Sorry for the late response, I am signed to casting agencies in my country but never really took them seriously. Until one time, this agency called me and asked if I wanted to audition for a Netflix show. I did not book that job but it was my first audition, ever since that audition I did more auditions, signed up to multiple casting agencies etc. On my 3rd audition I booked a lead role in a TV show. It all happened very fast but my tips are to practice a lot in a mirror, practice in front of friends/family so you don’t get embarrassed practicing in front of other people and try to ‘replace yourself’ to the character you’re auditioning for. Summary: sign yourself to casting agencies and practice a lot! Do not get discouraged if you don’t book a role, because when I wrote the first comment I would have never imagined I would be cast as a lead role 7 months later. Hope this helped!
@@butareyoufr it’s all good! Thank you so much for your advice, it’ll really help me :) have a great life and good luck with your acting!
Your MasterClass is fire bro I'm almost finish and let me just say I can tell that you really invested your time in this!
Thanks bro, glad you’ve enjoyed it 👍🏼
Nah cause a lot of acting is exaggerated. There is usually a degree of plainess in real life.
i’m debating joining. What’s in there that isn’t on his youtube?
Heh. I can make myself cry so easily. I just think on how much I hate my life and boom:)
Oop.
same-
I try to think about my dad's death...
Then I start laughing....
@@AnnoyingAllie3 I hope you’re okay
@@k-mashup1144 I'm fine, I didn't know my dad, he's dead now, but he wasn't even a good person..
I just look at my reflection. It’s like magic!
Bought your 10 hour masterclass and I can't thank you enough for your help!
No problem, I’m glad I’ve been able to help :)
I need to work on being realistic and not being shy in front of people, I tried in front of my mom and I actually did really good with not being bervous
Seeing alladin in real life... I'm SHOok!!!
Everyone asking how to get auditions, I'll tell you how.
Agencies sometimes put send you some mail informing you that you can either accept or decline their offer for an audition. Instead of waiting for that too happen, you should look up some agencies on the internet and once you find one do a lot of research on them so you're sure you wanna work for them. After that, you need to find an agent who works for the agency because that person will book you for auditions. You can choose who you wanna play and you'll audition that character. From there, you know what to do. Good luck, everybody! I'll see you in the hall of fame.
I think playing a character is not the right word but becoming that character. Thats what youre sometimes doing. You cant always be yourself, because sometimes it is just not you. Doesnt mean that youre playing a character. Youre just becoming somebody else and that means everything that you do or react to is from that persons point of view
Can u make a video of how we can make our face expressions more realistic
ITS SO HARD, its soo hard when you have a bad trait such as bottling up emotins which i have. I basically can't cry and show fear, only angry happy and annoyed
I have been acting for almost 5 years and I want to do professionally and emotions I can tell you are so important
This helped a lot. I kinda was already doing it without knowing iam doing it. Now that you made it a "tactic" it will be a much easier and more consistent tool to use at will. Thanks
Acting is just being another different version of yourselves we have emotions already just need to expand it
Be yourself
Watching this few minutes before getting on set😂😂😂
Be yourself u have to be u in the situations being given
really really like this video!! I've been told in acting classes tht I shouldn't be myself , tht I should become the character ... and this really confusing and stressful... I can only be me ,right ?!!!! if I want to be realistic and believable ...so this video resignates sooo much with me!!!
Most of your video help me a lot!
That’s so amazing
You’re so supportive ❤️
I'm 11 and I'm really good at acting! I've got all the emotions but I'm just so shy when people are looking at me or I don't want them to judge me..
I want to enter a university for acrors 😥
Me too
*actors*
acrors
This thing about being youself is very appropriate, 'cuz actors who playing a caracter but still being themselves most memorable than the others, because of their persoonality we like them
That's interesting what your saying about playing "you". This is definitely a different approach then what I usually thought. I usually thought you had to "create" a totally different character, especially when it's a very different kind of person from you. I'm still not quite sure how you'd play "you" if the character says things and acts so differently from you though.
Be yourself but be yourself in the character, don’t try and be like the character but be the character how you would do it
I finally came out to my mom about wanting to act ....
Daisey Teniente sameee
What did she sau
Ben Dawson she approved of me wanting to act . and she will try her best to support me .
How did you tell her? I’m trying to think of a way to tell my parents but I’m kind of nervous because the times that I mentioned the idea of acting my dad didn’t really approve and my mom was somewhat on board.
omg finally someone who i can relate to. only one of my friends know how i want to be an actress but it’s hard for that to happen when your family don’t know that lol
The only two emotions I'm good at are anxiety and joy, so this is gonna help me a lot.
practicing some realistic facial expressions and emotions for my theatre class and honestly this is helping
At last a video like this, so needed, thank you ❤️
Glad to help :)
I want to get a monologue book to practice what ones would be the best to get
Amy Langdell sugar and spice is a monologue book for girls.
This really helped me out. Thank you!
😁👍🏼 glad I could help
Just a little feedback; you're Amazing!
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Hey dude I really like your vids and I've wanted to act since I was in 4th grade. How do I get my career started?
Just me trying to learn how to act surprised before Christmas?
THANK YOU this was amazing advice
Of course!! Glad I could help Mariah!
Thank you very much sir ji 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
acting seems so hard. like in euphoria nate jacobs charcter was so realistic it didn't look like he was acting as a charcter. I want to be able to do that. I want to do acting in the future
work on ur craft constantly then and yes i agree jacob elordi’s acting in euphoria was amazing
I'd love to learn how to cry tears on the spot😃
Very good videos please keep going 🔥
You already taught me many things💯
when ur angry and sad most of the time so its easier for u to act that way😭👍
That was actually amazing advice thank you!!
Of course! Glad to be of service :)
Can u plz make a UA-cam video explaining how to portray emotions. A video giving more techniques for each specific emotion and how to really showcase the emotions. A more detailed video giving more info about how to go about it w/ some tips and tricks. I would be so grateful if u could make a video about this thx!
everyone is gonna portray emotions differently tho
I love how well you explained this!!! I’m gonna save this video.. This cleared up tons for me and I’m ready to be an actor!!
wow nice, thank you!!! This is what I needed!!!
Glad I could help Jessika!
So what l learnt today
Acting is just another version of myself . The character is just me but in different situation .
I literally came her to learn how to show emotions better(since im not good at it) and to fake them for manipulative purposes. I expected everyone else to have done the same but NOPE just actors
I knew that Tom would be in this vid, this was rly helpful, thank u!
I just bought your course. Excited to check it out.
Thanks a lot, this was really helpful
Glad I could help!
I’m really good on kidnapping, scary horror scenes and sad scenes but I need help with just like anger, regular realistic acting like everyday life
I'm going into my first play, and I wanna impress my director. Tysm
I am here because I am in quite a few plays and want to make my characters emotion a bit better
I am a singer and I can't act to save my life but this is really good for my auditions and trying to fit it into my songs.
Love the way u said acting is u. Love it ❤I was jst trying to immitate others but this vid gives a lot of information. Thank you
This will help for my yugi muto cosplay if I lose in a duel
I am actually want to be an actor and I have a little bit of experience about acting but the problem is I am an introvert.. I don't know where to start and I am only 15.
I love this video I have learned so much. Love all your videos 💞👍🏼
I am from Kerala I love your class
Hey do you have tips on playing characters that already exist? Like for example Zac Efron with Ted Bundy. Cause it’s not you, but to act realistic you have to do you.
Hey Cece Gomez, in terms of creating different characters, every time we play another version of ourselves we are creating what we would call another character. If you are a positive person for 95% of your life, but for 5% you are negative, when you change the ratio to being 30% positive 70% negative there in itself has created a new character. When we’re negative we naturally walk and talk differently, we respond to comments differently and we look at others in a way we don’t when we’re positive. It‘s still YOU, but all you did was change the ratio of negative/positive percentage. These are of course example numbers, but you can pick/switch-out which emotions/what percentages you think would fit for a character. Sometimes in our lives we might be a bit of a jokester, not all the time, but maybe for a rare 2% moment we are. If we maintain everything we do when we are joking, but we do it more often bringing that 2% to a 40% ratio, that would create a new character.
If you watch J. k. Simmons in the original “Spider-Man” franchise or you watch him in “Whiplash” it is still J. K. Simmons; we can tell it’s him, but the ratio/percentage of his emotions do not stay a constant from each role. In Whiplash he enlightens his side of rage and annoyance, while in Spider-Man he highlights his arrogance more. This is why Actors on TV shows get great opportunities to show character arks through each season, because they can change/develop the percentage that is given.
This is what you and most actors will be dealing with throughout your career. Of course there are exceptions to this when you are playing a real life person or a period piece, than you have different guideline to follow (Christian Bale & Daniel Day Lewis). In those circumstances you would need to highly analyze the person you are recreating to a T. This cannot only rely on your acting though (in order to get the whole character to be found believable by the audience). The tone of the film would need to be set precisely (Directors, casting, DP’s, etc.) costuming and makeup are extremely large elements to this.
Remember when we playing sides of ourselves, we are talking about the emotions and the percentage that we give them. If we know roughly what our normal state is, then when we tweak the ratio we are inherently creating a new character, but it is still us. That’s what 95% of our work will be. Of course if you feel the need to drift further from yourself you could adjust your voice, accent, and/or physicality (be careful of going overboard where it appears to caricatures though). You could do that, but you don’t need to. Examples of actors being different versions of themselves (different ratio adjustments) would be Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Robert Downey Jr., Owen Wilson, Will Smith, Liam Neeson, Robert De Niro, etc.
You have to remember that our goal is to create interesting and appealing complex characters. We spend our whole lives thinking we have to be someone else when you yourself are already very interesting, you don’t need to try and recreate anything. Robert De Niro’s most popular quote is “you don’t need to do anything.” For example if you are 25 years old you have lived 25 years of your own personal life that nobody knows anything about and your 25 years is completely different from someone else’s. If we could have books written about our entire lives, they’d be the most interesting books on the planet. You already have everything you need and you don’t need to try and find it somewhere else, no character will be more interesting than you. This is why Meryl Streep’s quote is so important when she says “all we are doing is playing different versions of ourselves.”
Hope this all makes sense
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@@TheActorsAcademy So much sense, thank you so much, I needed that advice.
Omg this actually helped so much
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This guy is amazing and so helpful thank you :) acting is just playing a different version of you. I'm going to remember that. Thank you:)
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What a great explanation of acting! Thank you!❤️
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Hey bro I purchased your master class and I’m about to begin the voice part and I can say that it’s really helping so far.
But I have just a few questions that I don’t really get, is it ok if I can contact you without comments?
Of course bro, just reach out through email
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i cant do happy but i can do sadness... i cry easily lol
Thanks man now they'll never know.
i wanna be an actor since i was 5. But i gave up my hopes cause i live in switzerland. And from here it is really hard to start a career. That sucks a lot and we also dont have clubs here...like theater-clubs or sum. Yeah...i gave up but i still like to do it, yk? :)
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Informative video, thanks)
The thing I have a problem with is crying on cue like I can cry by myself on cue but I can't do it in front of other people and so that's the problem I think I'm good at it and then I go to audition and I actually suck I also have a really hard time expressing rage to like I've never really had a breakout I don't really express my emotions a lot so I feel like whenever I try to express rage for acting it feels really awkward like I don't know how to move my face or how to speak or anything I know what it's supposed to look like but I just can't do it
Great advice Thank you
so when im mad i cry and cant help it, if i get mad in a movie do i have do cry?
I'm good with realism for emotions I struggle with pushing the emotions too extreme like for instance in a drama watching someone die
Same
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im very good at being realistic but i’m auditioning for disney and don’t know if i’m that good at being hyper realistic.
One of the important things to remember is that Disney is a kids/young teens platform and there have been many solidified example towards how the acting should be. So remembering that Disney is not for the adult who’s watching a series on HBO is important. Ultimately for Disney, you should be more positive and upbeat; less towards the negative. Think about it this way, you’re playing within a bandwidth, you can’t go too far down or sometimes even too far up (for disney). Still aim towards keeping it realistic, but be your realistic self when you’re happy, energetic, and in a positive mood. Combined this with, you may consider adding a mixture of the theater towards your acting where everything is over the top (depending on what is happening in the scene). If the scene is looking for more energy, I’d suggest search for a happy medium between realistic and theater acting, while keeping the scene light, positive, and upbeat.
Of course not all scenes will be the same and you may need to adjust and change any of these points accordingly, but if we’re basing our standpoint off of what is currently on Disney channel, these points are important to remember.
Hope this helps :)
The Actors Academy It really did help. Thank you for your requests and comments. My audition scene is a scene where an older brother is telling his baby sister to ask Dad instead of Mom when asking for permission to do something. And then Dad hears through the baby monitor and I yell, “Baby monitor! Stupid technology!” That line is the hardest for me because I know I have to be hyper realistic and positive but angry at the same time.
From what you just said, I wouldn’t see the character as being ‘angry’ in this moment. Maybe annoyed or potentially afraid of getting in trouble, but I wouldn’t say he is angry. If anger is what you’ve set on to be the answer though and you’re having a hard time getting there, than look up other Disney actors for references. For example the brother in Hannah Montana or the brother in Wizards of Waverley Place have had moments when they played many moments of Disney versions of anger, so if this is the standpoint you will be sticking with, than use these actors as references to get an idea on how to play it. Hope that helps!
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Am good with emotions very good
I like this vide as well as part 2. I just don't know how to get in the right mindset. For example: Sadness. How would u go about making yourself feel sad so u can act sad?? It's hard for me to understand.
You're Amazing !!!. Thank You So Much For Your Help 🙏☺️
Doesn’t always being yourself as an actor limit you because you’re always, in a sense, playing the same character in whatever you’re in?
IDK how to show emotions irl now I have a audition that shows a hole lotta emotions
shouldn’t u have learned that in acting class
When I saw this vid my body automatically put on a evil grin
I am here because I have been given a role of a mother of a dying child and I am 15 so I don’t really know how to act sad like that, only angry
What if someone’s normal type of being angry really frickin weird, or not realistic but just the way that persons anger is
Exactly this...every type of emotion that I make in front of the mirror leaves me thinking how people bear my face everyday :(
Kevin Cox godamn ur a legend bro. You actually put ur time into replying to me 🙏 if you’re trying to become an actor, you have great confidence, good luck bro.
Drop part 2 😤😤
Thanks bro!
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you helped alot💙i really appreciate it