How we prepare actors for work
Why auditioning is not the job, what a technique foundation is for, and the mistake beginning actors make in the first...
Acting Technique Videos for Actors
88 videos
How to nail your callback
The main instruction is to change nothing unless asked. What to do with a note, how to handle a long wait, and why...
What’s it like being an on-set acting coach? And should you hire one? #actingcoach #acting #actors
What a coach actually does on a production, who hires them, and why the biggest names use one when nobody makes them.
Physicality of an actor
Acting from the neck up is visible even in a close-up. How to build a body that reads as somebody else, and the...
We Recreated A Scene from Whiplash (Not My Tempo)
A scene study of the Whiplash confrontation recreated in an ad agency, and how its status, repetition and escalation...
5 *Insider* Things Casting Directors Wish Actors Knew About Auditioning
Five things casting directors notice in auditions and self tapes, from clunky transitions to the difference between...
VOICE EXERCISE FOR ACTORS 3
A 30-second breath and vowel exercise taught at RADA by Clifford Turner, with a way to make yourself keep doing it.
"Me Earl and the Dying Girl" - Actor Conspiracy Theories
A script breakdown done live with no Google and nothing but the sides. The method matters more than the scene: why...
"Tell Me Lies" - Actor Conspiracy Theories
A live breakdown of a two-hander interrogation: what a redaction means, why a scene break may not be a break, and how...
"Hollywood" - Rated R - Actor Conspiracy Theories Episode 3
A full script breakdown showing how to build character, period and stakes from nothing but the clues printed on the...
My Edited Video
A short two-person scene about a chance street reunion, a gifted lottery ticket and three million dollars that did not...
Using the 5 Love Languages for Acting
How to use Gary Chapman's five love languages to explain a character's emotional leaps when the usual scene prep...
Memorizing lines for actors the easy way. Introducing Go Offbook
A walkthrough of Go Offbook, a free tool that turns a pasted script into color-coded flashcards with audio for the...
Do You NEED Acting School to be an Actor? | How to Act
Working actors in LA and New York answer whether you need acting school, and name the specific classes and lessons that...
HOW TO BE A BETTER ACTOR
John Windsor-Cunningham on the one habit that makes acting interesting: working out what every line means underneath...
4 Actors Who Started Acting After Age 30
Four actors who did not start acting until after 30, and what their timelines actually looked like.
Actor's Audition Advantage Video Series
Aaron Marcus, a working actor with over 1,200 bookings, on why untrained auditioning stalls a career and which audition...
Where The $&#* Am I?
How to build the specific physical world of an audition scene so your eye lines, reactions and body come from the room...
All About... THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE!
What the Alexander Technique is, how releasing neck and shoulder tension changes a read, and where to find a certified...
Stop Writing on Your Script
Why highlighting and margin notes tie you to the page, and how to do the same beat work out loud instead.
How the mind of Heath Ledger created The Joker
How Heath Ledger refused to repeat himself, pursued the Joker directly, and built the character in six weeks of...
Interruption and Conflict
A short, practical method for breaking down an audition scene by finding where you were headed, what interrupted you...
Should I Improvise in an Audition?
When adding your own lines to an audition helps and when it costs you the role, told through two recurring TV bookings.
The Best Memorization Tool
Why sleeping on fully drilled lines is the fastest route to effortless recall, and the speed-run test that tells you...