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Thanks for the lesson i enjoyed the acting

That’s a simple yet great example how monologues can be boring or very interstitial g and what’s the secret behind that.

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Thanks

This is so true!!

Christian Bales Boston Accent was perfect!

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this is not Meisner this is an unrelated but similar technique.

This is why acting students should steer clear of FEMALE Miesner acting teachers.

Miss houde! Your words mean a lot, this wasn’t just good for acting. This was good for life! I enjoyed the free class that I had from you a couple years ago! I’m truly considering joining your school, you are one of the most passionate teachers I think I’ve ever come across! I’m not saying that lightly, I really do appreciate you!

Don't forget the boom operators and sound mixers. Without them, you have a silent film. (Can you imagine holding that boompole overhead for 8, 10, 12 hours a day???)

Great video!

They become repetitive in the long run, ocoming back more and more to things they already said. Is this intended? Are they supposed to restrict themselves to a few short comments? Or is this more like something one should overcome by training?

This is absolutely amazing 😮😢🎉❤

I love Wendy

This was great, thank you!

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Wow, Jessica, thank you for sharing that. It would have been so easy to be discouraged and give up but you had faith in the process and in yourself. It’s a good lesson for life.

Great story Jessica! Just gotta keep putting in the work! Noted! 💪

Thanks 😊 for sharing

I'm grateful to be paid monthly as a resident actor with a film and theatre company I'm with AND I make money as a petsitter as well. Getting paid to do what I love and am called to do is something I don't take for granted and have so much joy in, both the artistic side and the time with animals.

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The Conrad Method of acting moves me more than this, it's more free flowing and authentic. This feels really scripted.

Great explanation👈🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I was curious about this. Good to know ^^

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It wasn’t bad, but it didn’t pop. It has nice shape and the actresses have done lots of work, it’s evident. Especially the one coming in - she was working off the other person’s behaviour the most. Yet, there was a lack of urgency behind the responses at times, there were moments that were anticipated, there were moments that didn’t come from the other actor. And there were moments when they were “acting”. Too much showing/indicating and not enough “being”. Some choices I didn’t agree with (art is subjective). When she grabbed her bag to put on lipstick was clunky and cliche and she was trying too hard at times. Acting is the only thing in the world where the harder you try the worse it is. I don’t mean the above to be criticism - in fact, not only did they do fantastic job, the above problems would have been solved with the right director- I’m willing to bet that they would have killed it with a director that knows what they are doing. Meisner actors are some of the best at adjustments and taking direction. As an exercise in relationship - playing strangers is the foundation relationship of doors and activities - yet the subtleties of what tied them together as strangers were evident in their performance. So they nailed that aspect.

Hi Jessica. Love your videos. What sort of practise / activity would you have an actor do if we only have 30 mins to allocate to acting a day.

Excellent analysis of an excellent film

Thank you!!!!!!! This stuff is amazing and very helpful!!!!!

🙄 What sort of a job list is this? These are all low level peasant jobs! Have some self respect and give better suggestions.

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Increíble,i want to become an actor and that seems so great for all the students ❤

This vibe is very toxic. Not good.

Congrats!

What are the exercise you were talking about?

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Love this

Thank you so much Diane ! I related to your excitement.. instinctively living !!! Yes ❤

Getting outta my head has most definitely become something I have been able to do better lately after all the studying I do. I study film on my free time for fun because I enjoy doing it so very much 😊❤

Poor Things was a dumb movie with fabulous actors.

What’s fascinating is how, for breaking down the character went to identifying five stages of growth from infant to adult … that was a smart analysis

Wow this video was deep af learned more than what i know about acting knowledge

I definitely felt the assertive insistence.

Awesome..i completely was drawn in.. i kinda forgot they were acting

4:47 this is so true, im working on a student film where some similar events actually happened to me but during the shooting of the scene I lacked emotional connection channeling that, like you said, there are no real stakes because you know the outcome. I then had to resort to imagining the future of my character losing all of its potential. So that was the "as if" part but man... That was crazy that I still had to use my imagination for something I already related to

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I would love to know my type!! I trying to get into the acting world. Problem is!! I don't think I'm attractive enough! Maybe a bad thing? Maybe a good thing?? Who knows if that matters or not

I would have done the guys scene with a bit of humour too! Stumbling on the jacket hitting head on the door ouch! Then a bit rolling eyes cause its a bit akward then do the rest of that superb scene which those two did

Cause its not about acting! Its about delivering a scene from real life!