June-July 2014 Photos

2014 Northern Beaches Local Business Awards: Wednesday July 2 at Dee Why RSL Club

Screen Actors Workshop director Alan Nurthen and coordinator Vera Polianskaia at the 2014 Local Business Awards

Screen Actors Workshop coordinator Vera Polianskaia

Alan and Vera at the 2014 Northern Beaches Local Business Awards.

Voice, Articulation and Movement Master Class: Course Component 4, June 1, 2014 with movement tutor Natalia Ladyko

Movement tutor Natalia Ladyko instructing the students

Natalia performing an exercise with one of the students

Natalia working through an exercise with one of the students

Natalia working the students hard

Natalia demonstrating an exercise

Natalia performing an exercise for the class

The students working on an exercise

Natalia performing a lifting exercise with one of the students

Natalia observing the students at work

Natalia explaining a new exercise to the students

Natalia demonstrating an exercise

Natalia giving constructive feedback after an exercise

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Tyre Kickers

Every couple of class terms or so, we run into a time wasting “Tyre Kicker.” Tyre Kickers are the term we use to describe fearful people. The type of person who wants to do something different and exciting but whose fear of failure prevents them from doing anything meaningful. This type of person will book […]

Getting Started

You’ve got an agent now. They like you. You like them. Then you get your first job. It’s an extra bit. Standard issue starting point. You turn up to the set. Don’t be nervous. You’re undergoing training and you were picked to be on-set. Relax. Have a look around. Take it all in. Do what […]

Wooden Acting

When an actor’s performance is described as “wooden,” what does that mean? Basically it means that the performance is forced, in other words, the feelings and emotions are “acted,” not felt. Good acting is living in the moment and truthfully experiencing what the character is feeling emotionally from moment to moment. Wooden acting can be […]

Finding the right acting tutor

The first step in commencing your budding acting career is to find the right acting school and, most importantly, the right acting teacher for you. If you want to learn stage acting then you have a wide choice of institutions. If you want to study screen acting, the choices are limited. But the most critical […]

Truthful Acting

Truthful acting means just that. It means don’t ACT for the camera but instead have an experience! Feel what the character is feeling from moment to moment and immerse yourself fully into the role. The camera is a great bullshit detector and if you’re “acting” then the camera will immediately read the performance as phony […]