官方艺术家
Jeanne Hartman
演员, 导演
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NO ONE EVERY TAUGHT ME THAT!
Actors over the years have said over and over after we work, “No one every taught me that!!!” I am always amazed that with all the classes they have taken no one every taught them things like:
How to REALLY break down a script and analyze it. All the way.
How to use that analysis to decide what choices you need to make.
How to fill in the details that the script didn’t give you.
How to figure out what those details are!!
And after all that you have to make it look EASY!!!!!
I really am thrilled that so many of Hong Kong’s professional actors understand how important it is to keep tuning their craft. These are the actors who continue to get better and better.
But some of you may wonder exactly what do I do when I teach these 2-day workshops. And others of you who may have taken an acting class might think, “well, all you do is scene work, right?” Let me tell you some of things we will be working on in the upcoming workshops.
These are some of the top complaints professional actors tell me give them lots of problems, drives them crazy when they go to auditions or get work and just are frustrating. That’s why I am always bringing different problems that actors must face so we can work on these challenges, practice what to do to solve the difficulties, the problems the obstacles.
For example:
An actor will ask me:
What do I do when the scenes they give me are REALLY BAD?
Yes sometimes you must take material that is not top level and do something with it. My students cringe when I saw, “Okay everyone this time we are going to work on BAD SCENES.” Why do they cringe because they know that they will have to work 10 times as hard to make this scene believeable. I do this to my wonderful students so they can practice making something mediocre into something that is good, interesting to watch and even more difficult to accomplish make it believable.
The first thing you must learn is that it takes 10 times the amount of preparation to prepare a mediocre piece of writing than a wonderful piece of writing. So come and se how we do that preparation.
Actors wonder:
Do I prepare for a small role in a different way than for a large role?
A casting director told me many years ago that the most difficult roles for him to cast were small roles. He talked to me about how actors had never really learned how to prepare for them. I took that to heart and have always required my actors to learn the questions they must ask to prepare to audition for small roles. I want every actor that works with me to learn the difference between the job of preparing for a small role and the job or preparing a large role. And if you are a director it is really important to know the difference because you will direct those differently as well.
Actors always ask me about:
How can I conquer those BIG EMOTION SCENES consistently?
People who are not actors think it is easy for actors to show emotion. They could not be more wrong. Human beings, all human beings fight big emotions. So when actors attempt to “be emotional” they are already in trouble. Do you know why? Because real people, real human beings, fight their emotions and then lose their battle. Actors must learn that so that their scenes are believable. So in my workshops we practice how to do that.
These are just a few of the Big Questions that Actors need to face and conquer.
Everytime I take on another Acting Workshop I want to challenge each person to rise up and become better at their craft than when they walked into the workshop.
I want you to be prepared for anything you have to face so I must challenge you.
I probably should call it BOOT CAMP. But the joy of discovering what you have inside of you is just too much fun to call it boot camp. Come join us.
For information on my upcoming workshops go to:
