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What are Feelings for Actors

What are Feelings for Actors

November 30, 2022 Simon Blake 0 Comments

Simon Blake
Simon Blake
Simon Blake has studied well over 40,000 acting exercises in over a 20 year period. Studying Acting with a huge diverse range of Actors, from famous to unknown Talents.

Reading under 'Emotional Influences' is more difficult.
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warning: Actors have feelings! Feelings are inclinations for Actors. Feelings are receptors of receiving in acting scenes. Emotions are deeper than Feelings. Many times the inclination of a feeling can develop into an emotion. Emotions
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How Honesty Liberates the Actor

November 17, 2022 Simon Blake 0 Comments

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Simon Blake
Simon Blake has studied well over 40,000 acting exercises in over a 20 year period. Studying Acting with a huge diverse range of Actors, from famous to unknown Talents.

Reading under 'Emotional Influences' is more difficult.
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Authenticity is honesty in acting. Acting requires authenticity because when moments happen you can’t anticipate what may really happen. In truthful acting you work under unanticipated circumstances. In the Actors Imaginary World they give themselves
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How to Put Emotion into Intentions

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Simon Blake has studied well over 40,000 acting exercises in over a 20 year period. Studying Acting with a huge diverse range of Actors, from famous to unknown Talents.

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Emotions behind Intentions add meaning to acting. Adding Emotional Preparation into Interaction is the key. Doing without intention and interaction is meaningless. Add emotion (the being side) to your acting. Doing must involve acting Interaction
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Acting Verbs

September 20, 2022 Simon Blake 0 Comments

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Simon Blake has studied well over 40,000 acting exercises in over a 20 year period. Studying Acting with a huge diverse range of Actors, from famous to unknown Talents.

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Acting verbs are actions Directors give Actors! Actors who know how to activate their acting verb emotions are further ahead. If you add Emotional Preparation Technique to your acting you empower your abilities and talent.
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What is Talent, How to Activate It

September 10, 2022 Simon Blake 0 Comments

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Simon Blake
Simon Blake has studied well over 40,000 acting exercises in over a 20 year period. Studying Acting with a huge diverse range of Actors, from famous to unknown Talents.

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What is Talent, How to Activate It!? Your activated emotion is your talent in acting. How you find your emotion is your acting technique. Your acting technique must be personal to you because your emotions
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How Actors Develop Their Humanity

September 8, 2022 Simon Blake 0 Comments

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Simon Blake has studied well over 40,000 acting exercises in over a 20 year period. Studying Acting with a huge diverse range of Actors, from famous to unknown Talents.

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Knowing how Actors develop their humanity put you on a path to find your own market and audience. Your growth attracts audiences to find humanity within themselves. Actors find and work with parts of their
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Feelings vs Emotions

September 3, 2022 Simon Blake 0 Comments

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Simon Blake has studied well over 40,000 acting exercises in over a 20 year period. Studying Acting with a huge diverse range of Actors, from famous to unknown Talents.

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Commitment to Emotions Beneath Feelings! Emotions lie beneath the inclinations of feelings. Feelings develop into emotions that are hard to shake off once activated. Feelings connect thoughts to emotions. Feelings are the inclinations that our
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How To Regret

August 27, 2022 Simon Blake 0 Comments

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Simon Blake has studied well over 40,000 acting exercises in over a 20 year period. Studying Acting with a huge diverse range of Actors, from famous to unknown Talents.

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Regret is KEY for Actors Regret should be the greatest friend of the Actor. Actors can build an entire career off of being able to access this one single emotion. Of course, it is better
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Initiative vs Guilt

August 26, 2022 Simon Blake 0 Comments

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Simon Blake has studied well over 40,000 acting exercises in over a 20 year period. Studying Acting with a huge diverse range of Actors, from famous to unknown Talents.

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Guilt Hinders Actors So Learn a Bit About It Initiative vs guilt are two important factors. Consider when acting how guilt stops your initiative. Initiative is the ability to take action without waiting for someone
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What makes an Acting Activity Difficult?

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Simon Blake has studied well over 40,000 acting exercises in over a 20 year period. Studying Acting with a huge diverse range of Actors, from famous to unknown Talents.

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Difficult Activities For YOU To Do What Makes an Acting Activity Difficult needs to be crafted to you! This is different for you than others! Acting Activities also called Meisner Activities and Independent Activities need
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Types of Improvisation

August 25, 2022 Simon Blake 0 Comments

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Simon Blake has studied well over 40,000 acting exercises in over a 20 year period. Studying Acting with a huge diverse range of Actors, from famous to unknown Talents.

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Improvisation for Actors Types of Improvisation matter in acting, to musicians and in Art. Improvising for actors can be a great way to help them develop their skills. Acting skills build confidence. When you improvise
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Acting Methods to Consider

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Simon Blake has studied well over 40,000 acting exercises in over a 20 year period. Studying Acting with a huge diverse range of Actors, from famous to unknown Talents.

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Consider Merging Acting Methods An Acting method is personal to the Actor. There is no one method that is right for all actors. Learning Emotional Preparation for one actor can be very different in experience
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How to Prepare for Acting

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Simon Blake has studied well over 40,000 acting exercises in over a 20 year period. Studying Acting with a huge diverse range of Actors, from famous to unknown Talents.

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Preparation is Everything Emotional Preparation puts you in an active emotional state when acting. You activate that emotion not by performing it, but by receiving! The more you receive the OTHER Actor the more your
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How to Become an Actor

August 24, 2022 Simon Blake 0 Comments

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Simon Blake has studied well over 40,000 acting exercises in over a 20 year period. Studying Acting with a huge diverse range of Actors, from famous to unknown Talents.

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How to Become the Actor You Want to Become Becoming the Actor you want to be takes determination. You need to decide what type of actor you want to develop into. Then you can add
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What is Acting?

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Simon Blake has studied well over 40,000 acting exercises in over a 20 year period. Studying Acting with a huge diverse range of Actors, from famous to unknown Talents.

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Define What Acting is For You Defining what is acting will help you develop yourself as an Actor. You don’t need someone else’s acting technique. You need your own acting technique. Finding emotion and putting
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How to Use Spontaneity to Improve Your Acting

August 16, 2022 Simon Blake 0 Comments

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Simon Blake
Simon Blake has studied well over 40,000 acting exercises in over a 20 year period. Studying Acting with a huge diverse range of Actors, from famous to unknown Talents.

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Introduction In order to be a successful actor, it is important to tap into your spontaneity. Spontaneity is the ability to act without premeditation or planning. Spontaneity can help you create more believable and organic
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Forcing Doing in Acting

August 15, 2022 Simon Blake 0 Comments

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Simon Blake has studied well over 40,000 acting exercises in over a 20 year period. Studying Acting with a huge diverse range of Actors, from famous to unknown Talents.

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Forcing Doing in Acting MANY acting techniques force their realities onto the other actors. Force = sucky acting. In the moment of pushing your own weight around the Actor will think they have out won
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Why + How Actors are Brave to address Social Issues

July 19, 2022 Simon Blake 0 Comments

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Simon Blake
Simon Blake has studied well over 40,000 acting exercises in over a 20 year period. Studying Acting with a huge diverse range of Actors, from famous to unknown Talents.

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Why + How Actors are Brave to address Social Issues Actors are Brave to address Social Issues in their art and acting. It takes time and motivated research to include social topics. Addressing social topics
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How DO you Prepare for Acting Classes

How To Prepare for Acting Classes?

March 16, 2022 Simon Blake 0 Comments

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Simon Blake
Simon Blake has studied well over 40,000 acting exercises in over a 20 year period. Studying Acting with a huge diverse range of Actors, from famous to unknown Talents.

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How DO you Prepare for Acting Classes? How DO you Prepare for Acting Classes? The more ‘prepared’ you are the more your emotions, openness and instincts are ready for your ‘acting’. Acting is Activation and
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Receiving is Being in Acting

Receiving is Being in Acting

March 11, 2022 Simon Blake 0 Comments

Simon Blake
Simon Blake
Simon Blake has studied well over 40,000 acting exercises in over a 20 year period. Studying Acting with a huge diverse range of Actors, from famous to unknown Talents.

Reading under 'Emotional Influences' is more difficult.
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Receiving is Being in Acting Receiving is Being in Acting. When you are receiving you receive directly into the center of your being. Learn Acting as Interacting with both your own activated emotion and your
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