Thursday, 9 February 2017

Why Everybody Should Learn Acting to Be A Hit And Be Happy

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Why to learn acting for happier life


Why You Fail And Are Morose In Life?
Why The Art Of Pretending Can Make You Successful And Happy?
Why Everyone Should Learn Acting For Life?
How Everyone Can Learn Acting Free To Feel Achiever and Jubilant?


 Acting For Life By Acting  At Its Best


I’ve had many responses during my career as an acting and a life coach and consequently, I have been nudged into exploring one big, basic question that seems to come up in every response – whether explicit or implied – “What, exactly, is acting and why do I recommend everybody to learn to be successful and happy?”

This seems to be a simple question that should have a simple answer in 2 steps:

1. What, exactly, is acting?


Acting is pretending to be someone or something else.
That’s it, right?
Or, if you want to get a little more specific: Acting is when an individual takes on the role, behavior, attitudes, etc. of another person, perhaps in a scripted environment like a play or film.
Maybe. Or in life(?)


2. Why do I recommend everybody to learn to be successful and happy


But if acting is merely pretending to be someone else, then anyone can do it. As a matter of fact, we all do it – every day.

Just think the purpose of our life



  • Success, recognition, love, happiness, a bliss, longevity, good health, acceptance, wealth, material comforts etc.?
  • And to achieve this we try hard consciously or unconsciously. Sometimes we succeed sometimes we fail to lead to dissatisfaction, frustrations, anxiety, fear and finally unhappiness


The fact of life and acting


Seriously, can you actually get through a day without a moment of acting – of pretense? Perhaps you are not pretending to be someone else. But, how often in one day do you pretend? How often do you hide your truth? (The dictionary definition of pretending: “to act as if something were true”).
For example, how often do you pretend to be pleased, or disappointed, or interested? How often do you hide your impatience, annoyance, anger or fear? We all do this. It’s a central part of the human condition. Sometimes it’s a matter of survival. Pretending is a technique we use to maneuver the rapids of daily existence. And this makes us all actors – to an extent. And then we could discuss those moments when we are accused of acting, of faking it, pretending or lying. And you know how often you can recognize when someone is not being authentic, honest, or truthful. Acting is a part of our lives, every day.
Sanford Meisner eloquently stated: “Acting is the ability to live truthfully under imaginary circumstances.” For a common man, this means “pretending”
In day to day life, this statement is how wonderfully simple, direct and true. But, what does it really mean? What does ‘living truthfully’ really entail?

Is Learning Acting And Pretending Difficult?


To achieve success and happiness I know, for myself, how difficult it is to live truthfully (or honestly) day-to-day, or moment-to-moment. I know how often I hide, pretend, or manipulate or disguise our own truth. Yet, we have to recognize that that modification of our deeper truth is, indeed, the truth of who we are in “that moment”.

So what do we do to make this truthful pretense simple?


  1. Learn acting techniques
  2. Know who you are; your emotions, attitudes and what triggers your set reactions, body language, gestures, walk etc.
  3. Exercise to make yourself neutral, an empty slate to write and to act instantly to achieve your objective
  4. Understand your instrument for success and happiness ie Body and Mind
  5. And learn how to change and sharpen this instrument
How? 


  • Read and practice 210+ posts from this blog. Search Labels at the top of home page or type keyword like "emotions", "body language", Mental health" and so on, in the search box on the top of right sidebar and get the post
  • You will learn acting for sure, and when you apply acting techniques in your day to day life, you will be a successful and happiest soul on the earth!


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    Good Luck For A Successful And Happy Life


    Tuesday, 7 February 2017

    Why Actors Fail | 3 Stupid Audition Mistakes | Correct Them


    The secret of winning auditions


    Causes of Repeated Audition Failure

    • Poor Acting Technique
    • No Or Wrong Marketing And Promotion of Acting Career 


    Acting Career Success Factors

    A. To be a Good Product: Get yourself trained to master acting craft and go on updating till you die
    B. Marketing Self:
    Let the people know who are you
    Vigorous promotion your career with planning, action plan and its implementation


    Mistakes committed, how to correct and create a winning strategy


    1. How do you “look” or “perceived”?


    It’s time to talk about your “look,” your “casting,” your “type,” etc. Many of you are marketing yourselves poorly, which creates more opportunity for those actors who are doing it “right” and you lose the role to these smart guys.
    Unfortunately, many of you have not taken a strategic approach to your look.
    The most important thing that the auditioners want to see in you is more than what you “look like” and that is what your “personality” is. In other words, your look and how you have promoted yourself through the portfolio, showreel etc should be such that casting understands and perceives you clearly.
    Now here what do we mean by “marketing” yourself for auditions? Here in simple terms, it means the moment you enter and start talking, are you projecting those aspects and qualities of your personality which are suited best to the project (Role) you are auditioning?

    How to find how you look and accepted (perceived)?
    The best way to find out is through friends or through social media like Facebook. Let people describe you. Ask them what they take you, find you and perceive you?
    Are you smart, caring, humble, funny, suspicious, indecisive, a good friend, sweet, hot, sick, intelligent, dependable and so on? Ask these questions on social media
    The great thing is that the more you understand how others accept and take you (as a character)  or perceive you, you can
     A. select specific casting calls suited to you and offer “a perfect” choice to casting directors on how you are perceived in general with right qualities of a role they are auditioning.
    In the beginning of your career, you may like to explore as many opportunities as possible to learn auditions or improve your selection chances. In such a situation
    B. Or turn off  those qualities from you while preparing for audition
    For example, if you are accepted normally as a funny may be a shy guy but this doesn’t fit the story, with efforts you can turn that part of you off.
    In this way, you can always add, subtract, or explore new aspects of yourself, suited best to a particular character in an audition or just to present the right aspect of your personality to impress upon auditioners. After all, they are keen to know whether you could be a good team member or not.


    2. Another big mistake!


    Take your physical appearance, for example. The way we dress and style ourselves can often be random, thoughtless, or even a direct contradiction to our “self” (how we are perceived).  That’s because many of us use or construct (re-create) our “look” as a personal statement against or to the world, or to hide, or show off, or as a defensive reaction, or to try to be something we may want to be but just isn’t true to who we are.
    Like actors styling and marketing themselves like 20-somethings when they’re clearly in their mid-30s or older.
    Then, there are the unintentional issues. Some of you have colored your hair weird, or it’s a bad cut, or you over-pluck your eyebrows, or never fixed your teeth, or are carrying too much weight for no good reason, or feel great of showing off-putting weight on one leg with shaking your head and hands.

    3. Next, when determining what roles you’play


    You’ve got to accept what your age category is.  So, what kinds of roles do men or women in their early 18, 20, 30 or 40s play? Collegian or a typical city boy /girl, Hot and Sexy, Young professionals, Fathers / Mothers, Doctors, Athletes, Workers, Villager, Friends, Neighbors, Boyfriends, Taxi drivers etc.
    Definitely, you have a better chance of winning an audition if you consider and develop your Personality Marketing Strategies suited to an audition requirement


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    Sunday, 5 February 2017

    How To Be A Top Actor | Terrific Answers By Top Coach On Actors

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    Interview of an acting coach
    Interview by  Brattleboro Reformer - Brattleboro, Vermont USA


    Here are excerpts of an interview of An Acting Coach on

    What is one line advice to actors?
    How to create success?
    How actors damage their career?
    What are true realities in becoming an actor?

    Q1: What's your ultimate one line advice to aspiring actors?
     A:  Be Confident. Be Prepared. Be You

    Q2: Can you talk about what you see that works with an actor and the efforts actors make to create their success?
    A:  Actors who I have watched enjoy success have been the kinds of people who knew exactly who they are and had the confidence to communicate that in an audition room. They are confident, driven and serious minded people who (along with their talent) have a one-minded focus about what they want from this acting business.  Which is not to say I don’t know people who are just plain lucky – that happens, too –but outside of good fortune, the ones who goes audition room with that level of confidence about themselves, along with preparedness and a command of their craft, are the ones who succeed.

    Q3:  Conversely, what ways do you see that actors damage their career and themselves?
    A: The main place I see actors sabotage themselves is during the audition process.  I’ve seen very talented actors get nervous and allow insecurities to enter the room with them. This makes them extra conscious to do the utmost in their performance instead of relaxing and having the confidence they need to give it their best.  This is a sort of defense mechanisms which can close naturalness of mind and body to be a convincing character.
    That audition slot is your time: embrace it, own it but never think and guess it.  In the end, even if you don’t get that part, you’ve just had another chance to work on your acting craft which has allowed you to take one step closer towards success.  One last thing I would add is to be prepared.  If you know well "script and character analysis" and have the time then read the script, imagine, and create the scene, you must do it!. I’ve seen great actors kill their audition because they didn’t understand the role they were auditioning for and, if they had taken the time to read the script or done some work on the sides (Lines), could have easily grabbed the role. Be confident.  Be prepared. Be you.

    Q4:  Actors struggle with either unknowingly or being aware of reality that the acting is performing arts is not really depends on "merit", as most deserving actors don’t necessarily have the most success.  Consequently, over the period of time, they quit.  What’s the way you suggest?
    A:  For me, acceptance is the only way.  Accept that rejections and frustrations are the nature of the business and rather than focus on what I may find frustrating or arbitrary about it, I choose to focus on why I want to be an actor and what good can it do to me if I succeed. The "Act" is a story teller and this fulfills an individual as a person and an artist.  This is not to say actors should be immune to disappointments or frustrations in the business. It affects me too. But an actor has chosen this path basically because he enjoys "the doing" therefore the outcome does not determine his happiness.  To put it another way, if my career was at the height of its success today but I wasn’t happy and contended by it, I’d leave the acting tomorrow.  If an "artist’s life" truly makes you happy then that is what will carry you through the trials and challenges.

    Q5:  Many actors believe exploiting maximum opportunities and thus indulge in performing on too many platforms available for them. In the process, they fail to achieve their objective. What could be the solution

    A: Organization and prioritization.
    In my opinion, it depends on the phases of your career:
    Beginner -Multiple platforms to learn and exploit opportunity
    Regular actor: Start determining which segments and marketing efforts to focus without sacrificing opportunities and financial gains
    Star actor: Choosy in picking up projects
    Sustenance: Focus on projects, Public relations, Diplomacy and diversification into allied businesses
    Remember, you can't do everything. Determine what’s most important on your calendar and then discard and shut everything else out.  Don’t deliberate or vacillate.  Once you make a decision, make it happen.
    From: Brattleboro Reformer - Brattleboro, Vermont USA
    http://www.reformer.com

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    Tuesday, 31 January 2017

    5 Reasons Why Actors Must Go for Commercial Ads | Contacts


    TV commercial Ad in India
    An actor In TV commercial Ad in India

    Why Commercial Ads For Aspiring Actors?


    1. Easy To Enter Than Films and TV Serials
    2. Good Money
    3. Learning Auditions
    4. Free Learning Of "Acting for Camera"
    5. Good Acting Not Essential

    Best Contact List Of Production Agencies and Commercial Ads Directors



    1. Bee Events
     +(91)-22-38512681  Bhoomi Park, Jankalyan Nagar, Malad West, Mumbai - 400095, Near SBI Bank

    2. Creative Box Office
    +(91)-22-38530428
    Flat No 101, D Wing, Merigold 1 Chs, Kanakia Road, Mira Road, Thane - 401107, Near Kanakia

    3. Balaji Telefilms Ltd Registered Office
    +(91)-22-40698000  +(91)-22-40698181
    C 13, Balaji House, Dalia Industrial Estate, New Link Road, Andheri West, Mumbai - 400053, Opposite Laxmi Industrial Estate

    4. Sunrise Telefilms
    Gala No 8 & 9 R R Industrial Estate, Mira Road, Thane - 401107, Off Western Express Highway & Behind Carnation Auto Kashimira

    5. Diva Entertainment
    406, Sheetal Enclave, Chincholi Bunder Road, Malad West, Mumbai - 400064, Near Tengent Furniture, Mind Space
    +(91)-8433970336, 8433970337, 8433970338, 8433970339, 8433970340, 8433970341

    6. Namanraj Productions Pvt Ltd
    1104, 2/ C, New Mhada Tower, Andheri West, Mumbai - 400053, Lokhandwala

    7. Cinetek Telefilms Pvt Ltd
    Silver Arch 29 2502 25th Floor, Andheri West, Mumbai - 400053, Lokhandwala Shastri Nagar
    +(91)-9821132629

    8. Framework Entertainment Pvt Ltd
    B-106, Crystal Plaza, New Link Road, Andheri West, Mumbai - 400053, Opposite Infiniti Mall
    +(91)-22-67420981, 67420982, 67420983  +(91)-9967711912  +(91)-22-67420984

    9. Film Production & Digital Advertising
    B-1, Flat No 21, Mahindra Gardens, S V Road, Goregaon West, Mumbai - 400062, Near Patkar College
    +(91)-9920932083, 9930384303

    10. Bheeshm International
    704/B Satyam Building, Kandivali East, Mumbai - 400101, Near Avenue Hotel Thakur Complex
    +(91)-22-28540254, 28542255, 28540258  +(91)-9833090625

    11. Firefly Creatives & Productions
    202 Silver ARK, 62 Convent Avenue Road, Santacruz West, Mumbai - 400054, Near Wellington Gym
    +(91)-22-26046572  +(91)-9820040117

    12. Surya Films / Good Times Inc
    101-104-201 Rushi Tower-B, Andheri West, Mumbai - 400053, Lokhandwala Complex
    26607492 26305736,2660748826305737,26325142,26325608  +(91)-22-66903629

    13. S B Films Production
    J P Road, Andheri West, Mumbai - 400058, Near Standard Chartered Bank
    +(91)-9820117180

    14. Samata Videotech Samata International Films
    Shop No 5, Laxmi Plaza, Link Road, Andheri West, Mumbai - 400058
    +(91)-22-28766246, 22928774, 20582922  +(91)-9821059399, 9167495447  +(91)-22-28766246


    Commercial Ads Directors To Be Contacted


    Subhash Kumar Patel
    325, Narmada Co-Operative Housing Society Ltd, New Link Road, Andheri West, Mumbai - 400053, Oshiwara
     +(91)-22-26375437  +(91)-9819581959

    Paul George
    Flat No.101, D Wing Marigold No 1, Beverly Park Street, Mira Road, Thane - 401107, Near Cinemax Theater
    +(91)-22-38598494

    Anshuman Kishore Singh
    B-205, May Fair, Chincholi Bander Road, Malad West, Mumbai - 400064, Near Hanuman Temple
    +(91)-9821257611

    Arjun Rao
    +(91)-22-38550453
    B-8, Bari Nagar, Vashi, Navi Mumbai - 400703, Near Vashi Railway Station

    Director Of TV Serial
    102, A Wing, Prince Cooperative Housing Society, Andheri West, Mumbai - 400053, S V P Nagar, Near Lokandwala Andheri
    +(91)-9819111213

    Sunday, 22 January 2017

    Lessons For Actors From Star Akshay Kumar's 15 Years Fight

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    Life story of Akshay Kumar-Bollywood hero
    Journey to stardom:  Super Star Akshay Kumar

    Frequently asked questions by aspiring actors who are just dreamers, ignorant, with false self-image, fooled by friends and social media they can be stars, poorly educated, average or poor body and unaware of realities, finances and years required


    1. I want to be an actor
    2. I want to be Shah Rukh Khan or Salman Khan
    3. I want to be an actor in TV serials
    4. Help me to be an actor
    5. Hi, make me an actor
    6. Though I have no experience, I can be a good actor. Give me a role in your film
    7. I'm from a middle-class/poor family and want to be an actor
    8. My passion is to be an actor. Help
    9. I want to be an actor. Please contact me at 8498225249
    10. How soon can I be an actor



    Learn From The Incredible Struggle Story Of Bollywood Star Akshay Kumar


    Life


    Date of Birth -
    9 September 1967, Amritsar, Punjab, India
    Birth Name -
    Rajiv Hari Om-Bhatia
    Nickname -
    Akki , Khiladi , Action Hero of Bollywood
    Height -
    6' 1" (1.85 m)
    Spouse - Twinkle Khanna(Married on January 14, 2001) 1 child Araav [born on September 15, 2002]
    Years active "1991 – present"(15 years)
    Film Debut/ Career - From- Saugandh(1991) Akshay Kumar, Rakhee Gulzar To-Namaste England (2016) Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha;
    Housefull 3 (2016) Akshay Kumar, Jacquline


    Akshay Kumar was born as Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia on the 9th September 1967 in Amritsar to a middle-class Punjabi household.His father was a government worker. He grew up in Delhi and later in Mumbai’s Koliwada area. He did his schooling at the Don Bosco School and his college years were spent in Khalsa College, where he took an interest in sports. As a teenager he wanted to master martial arts, but as his didn't allow. Later he went to Bangkok for Martial Arts training.

    The Struggle To Stardom



    • Once there (Bangkok) he lived with his uncle. His uncle got his job at Metro Guest House where his first salary was, just Rs 1,500. He studied martial arts in Bangkok while working as a chef/waiter.
    • He even worked in Kolkata for a travel agency for a year and a half. At this time one of his friends suggested modeling. Although he must have laughed at the very word for the first time, he surely gave a thought...his first salary for modeling is Rs 4000. After his successful start as a model, he changed his name from Rajeev Om Bhatia to Akshay Kumar.
    • After modeling, a friend suggested to Akshay should join films.
    • Since his family was not connected with films and he did not know anyone from the industry, he pursued hard and managed to become an assistant to Jayesh Sheth in order to meet people from the film profession.
    • After working with him for eight months, instead of remuneration, Akshay asked Jayesh Sheth (photographer) to shoot his portfolio.
    • Akshay began dropping his photos in producer´s offices. At first, Akshay could not really afford it so he used to ask for his photos to be returned. Most of the times he never got his photos back. So he made giant sized prints. At least no one could say they had been displaced!
    • The large prints worked in Akshay's favor and he immediately got his first film. Although he had to struggle for survival for many years before he entered films.


    Akshay will never forget "Khiladi" because it was his first hit. Like everything else in his life, "Khiladi" own his own.

    "In Akshay words - I remember one incident that took place after the film was released.
    A beggar came up to my car at the traffic signal, tapped on the window and ask for ten rupees. "Why ten rupees?" I ask him. He said: Sir, aapki picture dekhni hai" (comment of the writer: Sir, I want to watch your movie). I liked his style of begging! So I gave him fifteen rupees and told him to eat "samosas" in the interval too."

    Finally, he mentions - After many years of success and failure, I have learned a lot. Today, the most important people in my life are my parents. Over the years I have learned that friends come and go. Only your parents & Family love you unconditional. Source:

    Conclusion


    Lessons From The Struggle Story


    1. Meeting Requirements For A Good Actor- Good Body Plus Acting Techniques
    2. Determination
    3. Persistence
    4. Ability To Struggle For Many Years
    5. Ability To Withstand Financial Insecurity
    6. Ability To Face Rejections And Disappointments


    Can You Do It?

    Can You Do It?



    Sunday, 15 January 2017

    Not For Average Actors | 25 Top One-Liner Those Dying To Be Star



    Priyanka Chopra-a Bollywood star
    Now a Bollywood and Hollywood star who started as a small model and struggled



    Do You Want To Be A Star Actor? Let Every Word Of These Lines Get Into Your Soul. Understand and Practice And Practice. You Will Fulfill Your Dream!  


    1. The artist is a receptacle for emotions (receives), that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.
    2. An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

    3. Don't copy top stars. To restrict the artist within you is a crime. It is to murder creating life. 

    4. To send light into the darkness of people's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.

    5. The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves nothing. Be weird. 

    6. Memory for an actor is a great artist. For everyone, it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and a jewel in the mental databank.

    7. An "artist" cannot fail; it is always a success to be one. 

    8. Performance: An actor is a painter. Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the common person.

    9. Every great artist was first an amateur. 

    10. Innovate! It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist, as it is of the great scientist, that he frightens the ordinary man with innovations. 

    11. Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy. 

    12. The most difficult thing in the world is to open up and reveal yourself, to express what you have to. As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all, we must dare to fail. You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all~ Your Acting Coach Kiran Pande 

    13. When I say actor, I mean the person who is building things - creating molding the earth.  It's all a big game of construction - some with a brush - some with a shovel - some with action!

    14. I wanna be a great actor. I write my imagined story scripts in cartoon fashion using badly drawn figures and thought balloons and captions. Then I'll write descriptions of what scenes should look like and turn it over to me the artist and play 

    15. I'm a cheat, a con artist which means I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it isn't. 

    16. As an actor, I must remember the artist is the medium to communicate his fantasies to the rest of the world. Let me fantasize.

    17. Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the true artist works. 

    18. I am no longer afraid of becoming lost because the journey always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist. 

    19. The modern actors must live by acting craft and emotional assault. His gods are violent gods. Those artists, so called, whose work does not show this conflict, friction, and discord, are uninteresting. 

    20. An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc. 

    21. I think that to explore the uncomfortable and the incorrect which can excite the world is the job of the artist. 

    22. Yes, I know I'm a celebrity actor. When people ask how have I kept on top, I have to say with the help of my teacher -The World!

    23. The artist deals in what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is acting does this in expressions and emotions. 

    24. I really want to be associated with great projects and character driven projects and films. I have to feed my dreams and soul, keep feeling like an artist and keep being challenged. 

    25. It's not fair to compare yourself as an actor to another because they all come with their own sort of preparation to the picnic for a fun. 

    "I call myself an artist because everything I imagine looks real. My life till now hadn't been about finding myself. It's been creating myself"~Your acting coach Kiran Pande


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    Sunday, 8 January 2017

    9 Simple Steps On How To Learn Acting At Home

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    How to be an actor learning at home



    How to Learn acting at home to be a Bollywood actor



    1. Needs total devotion…and not an overnight job. It’s a performing art and learning is not like studying a subject of history or physics in a class of 20-30

    2. To learn to act is simply to forget yourself, your style, gestures speech, behavior, attitude. Make yourself absolutely a "blank, a clean slate, an empty glass". Then only you can portray a new life, a character who is not "you". Leave your ego at the door.

    3. To learn to act is to be accepted by others as an actor. Go to auditions. Fail. Go to more. 

    To learn to act is to rehearse a part. Memorize jokes, mimic friends, and actors, a story or share-o-shaiyree,  perform it at parties.

    4. Set a time table to go out to public places and 
    Observe! 

    This is something you can do no matter what level you are on. Take an interest in observing your friends' actions, recording them in a notebook, and analyzing them as characters. 
    There are real-life, living, breathing characters walking around you every day; use them! Observe the way an angry customer deals with a waiter or in a shop.  What do you think lies underneath that? 
    Observe the way your friend talks about someone who she is in love with. Have you heard her speak this way before? Do you pick up any patterns? Being able to analyze is a hugely important part of acting. You have to know what to communicate before you can actually communicate. 
    Observe people say at a park or at a railway suburban/metro station, imagine scenes with stories and practice as one of the characters. 

    5. Play at home that observed character and it's movements, gestures voice etc with imaginary dialogs.

    Go to a zoo or watch on a road animals then imagine them standing on 2 legs and behaving and moving. Question why? Be that animal and practice behaving like that animal as if that animal has turned into a human character


    6. You can watch other actors' performances and learn. See these movies:
    Hollywood 
    Bollywood

    7. To learn to act is to allow yourself to be directed by others. Join a theater group. 

    8. Join work as a trainee in direction or production department in a reputed production houses, watch and practice with other actors.

    9. Read these acting books 


      "Audition" by Michael Shurtleff
      I consider this book to be the “bible” for aspiring actors. If you are just beginning your acting career, this is a great place to start! It covers everything you need to know to get the part.

      "Meisner on Acting" by Sanford Meisner
      Meisner gives it to you straight on how to live truthfully in the moment under imaginary circumstances. Your library is not complete without this one.

      "Respect for Acting" by Uta Hagen

      Simple and straightforward, Uta Hagen’s profound book has helped generations of actors hone their craft. She introduces series of exercises to help the actor connect to the moment, fellow actors, and the audience. “Who am I?” “What do I want?” and “What is my relationship?” are three of the nine questions explored to define your character’s role specifically. Hagen also includes invaluable advice about stage nerves and how to stay fresh in a long run.

      "An Actor Prepares" by Constantin Stanislavsky
      This book takes the actor through Stanislavsky’s self-developed "system" which helps the actor to master his craft as well as stimulate creativity and imagination. Now referred to as "method acting," "An Actor Prepares" includes a variety of exercises and some autobiographical experiences that focus on relaxation, concentration, and techniques that will help get the actor into character. Emotional memory and the “magic if” explored in his book laid the groundwork for much of the great acting today.

      "Improvisation for the Theatre" by Viola Spolin
      Considered the mother of improvisation, Viola Spolin developed a series of acting exercises and theater games to free the actor’s creativity.

      To get the above books, go to right sidebar of this blog's home page, scroll down to Amazon.in search box and type the name of one by one book mentioned above



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