Overview
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Learn how to direct actors and get the best performances for your short film.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome to this series
- The importance of acting
- Previewing our short film
- About the casting process
- Finding actors
- Conducting a successful audition
- Evaluating auditions
- Casting our actors
- Pretending vs. being
- Exploring acting methods
- Understanding character motivation
- Using scene obstacles
- Finding the stakes
- Interpreting the script
- Warming up the body
- Acting exercises
- Changing the action verb
- Listening to your scene partner
- Should you have rehearsals?
- Holding a table read
- Allowing mistakes
- Recreating the scene
- Discovering the characters
- What makes a good director?
- Supporting the actors
- Blocking actors
- Giving notes
- Directing emotional scenes
- Maintaining emotional consistency
- Directing a voice-over performance
- Directing child actors
- Directing nonactors
- How did you prepare to play Ta'ani?
- Identifying with your character
- What was your favorite scene to perform?
- What would've made Ta'ani a stronger character?
- How do you feel about rehearsals?
- How can directors support actors?
