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When one talks about learning Acting, Method Acting is a primary process in finding a character and finding your acting skills. What all you need is Emotional memory, Character, Research, Commitment, and Practice. Before jumping into Method Acting techniques and tips, let us first understand what Method Acting is. Method Acting is a procedure of acting in which an actor seeks to encourage emotionally expressive performances by entirely inhabiting the role of the character. It is more…

There are a lot of acting schools across the globe that aspiring actors attend. While these schools get you the exposure and experience you need to become an actor, it is not always necessary to go to a school in order to pursue your career in acting. In the realm of filmmaking, acting is very essential. It is an essential part of creating a film and it giving life to a script. The audience engages…

“Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character you are playing through you’re own experience – so we’re all different” -Ian McKellen Many budding actors, with their debut movies, have shown a spark of becoming the Bollywood stars of tomorrow. We are sure each one of them would have had their share of struggles before bagging their first project. So let us takes cues from their…

Peter Capaldi on Film Making:“I never really think of acting and directing as being separate; they are just different expressions of the same thing” So here is a question for you. What is common to Raj Kapoor, Guru Dutt, Manoj Kumar and Kishore Kumar? Any guesses? They all are great directors who were successful in front of the camera too. So what does it take to excel in both these forms of expression? While there are several…

OTT or Over the top platforms have taken up the place in our lives that cable television did a few years ago. In the contemporary world, people do not have the time to sit in front of their television sets all the time. Most people, especially young professionals spend a major part of their day either at work or commuting for work. This does not leave them with the time that they need to watch…

There are broadly two kinds of actors: One, who have made their mark upon the industry, and second, those who are still struggling. Have you ever wondered what makes an actor’s performance iconic in a movie? Why some actors can bedazzle their audiences with the characters they play on screen while others simply struggle to do so? Well, the answer is simple: method acting. If you are an aspiring actor or already in the industry,…

Acting is an art that requires us to be confident, be it on or off the screen. There is a significant difference between acting in front of a camera and acting on stage. If we were to describe the difference in one word, it would be ‘retakes.’ The privilege of retakes does not exist when you perform live. While shooting for an ad or a movie, there is a camera and the crew. In other…

Actors are placed on a metaphorical pedestal. They are portrayed as flawless creatures, role models, a yardstick by which the rest of the population is measured. Needless to say, these are highly inaccurate and unrealistic notions. But thanks to pop culture, actors often crumble under the burden of appearing picture-perfect. Critics tend to make headlines out of the slightest cracks in their persona and the word spreads quickly. This is only the tip of an…

Improvisation, or “improv” for short, in a performance consists of comedic sketches and scenarios which are made completely in the moment, without the help of a script. A performer immediately formulates an act, plot and dialogues without a rehearsal. Improv has to be unexpected, spontaneous and candid. The ability to work with any situation thrown at an actor, add humorous elements in different characters and to simply adapt will make one a versatile actor or…