Headshot Shoot for the Non-Model Actor
I have never been comfortable in front of a stills camera. And frustratingly, it seemed to me the more money I threw at a photographer the more tense and worse the pictures would ultimately be. In fact,...
I have never been comfortable in front of a stills camera. And frustratingly, it seemed to me the more money I threw at a photographer the more tense and worse the pictures would ultimately be. In fact,...
The infamous actor’s bio. Often the bane of many of our careers, this tiny little excerpt of text should be something simple, and yet it proves to be so elusive and hard to tackle for...
The life of an actor affords us many exciting opportunities. We audition for and get cast in projects shooting in various locations all around the world, and occasionally the job can feel like a holiday....
Every time you work on a scene you need to come back improved. Directors love actors that move the rehearsal forward, not back....
There is nothing I love more than watching TV shows about acting and actors. There’s something cathartic about seeing situations on screen that we can relate to. Not all shows do this successfully and with...
Self taping is a massive part of an actor’s life. Especially in the wake of Covid-19, self taping is and will continue to be the norm for auditions. This means that we all put a...
Now before we get into this I’d like to say, this being a sonnet breakdown we generally try and mine as much from the text as we can without going overboard. However, this sonnet, however...
Kae Tempest is a master of all trades. They are a spoken word poet first and foremost, but also a recording artist, novelist, playwright and performer. In 2013, they won the Ted Hughes Award for...
If you’re a working actor in this day and age, you have probably filmed and sent off a self-tape audition. Self-tapes are standard practice for film, television and commercial casting; we talk about them a...
In this article I want to explore this idea—how do we approach intense acting roles so we can go deep but also look after ourselves. To do this I will be looking into what makes...