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This is a link to the publisher’s blurb on my new book plus a clip and excerpt from jeremy Iron’s foreword. The DVD is real time clips from many, many workshops featuring 68 actors and showing what I talk about in the book! http://nickhernbooks.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/ (My first book ;Acting for Film: Truth 24 Times a Second’ […]
Mel Churcher’s 3 day Zoom Screen Acting Course February 07/08/09 2023 – Special Intensive USA Course Shine on Screen and Stand Out with your Self Tapes! (max. 12 participants – $375) 1.30pm-5.30pm EST (with 30 minute comfort break) (6.30pm – 10.30pm GMT) This Zoom course will help with confidence; moving from stage to screen; preparing […]
Voice: The Cinderella of the Film Industry Overview: Voice is little regarded in the film business, either by actors or directors. Sets are dry, smoky, unhealthy places. Unlike theatre, many actors don’t see the need to warm up or cool down for screen. Directors hope to ‘fix it in post’. Yet voice is vital for […]
Because they are talking to themselves… Because they are on learned lines which is highly unnatural… Because they are embarrassed by the script… Because the new lines came under the hotel bedroom door at 3am Because THEY came in the hotel bedroom door at 3am… Because it’s a night shoot – the night after a […]
I am doing a workshop for film makers (directors, actors, writers) at Film Expo South: 1.30 -3pm in the Hambledon Suite. For those who attend (or eve if you don’t) – here is a dropbox link to a folder with relevant handouts etc. http://tinyurl.com/hspvfdk http://www.truth24timesasecond.com : blog with this post melchurcher@hotmail.com @MelChurcher http://www.melchurcher.com http://www.actingcoach.london
In order to fly free, actors – probably all artists – have to let go of the controller. Shut down the monitor. Turn off the ‘decider’. Kick out the censor. If you put in the ‘ammunition’ – what you need – why you say those words – where you are – what has led to […]
We all look for beauty. Beauty in a flower; beauty in a mountain; beauty in a jewel. Beauty in a lover’s eye. They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder – so we may not agree on our terms. But whether it is the beauty of life, work, relationships, soul or even death […]
It is a time of rituals. I have decorated my tree, brought in holly and sent cards. There are presents under the fairy lights and a wreath of green on my door. The larders are full and the candles are lit. The Winter Solstice has provoked rites since time began – predating any Christian beliefs. […]
@MelChurcher – Thinking Like An Actor: It’s not WHAT your characters say; it’s WHY they say it. And the way they say it depends WHO they are, what they WANT and the LIVES they lead – the speed of their thoughts, their dreams, passions and predicaments. There is no such thing as dialogue – only […]
(This was first published in ‘The Great Acting Blog 2011 but links were invalid..so updated.) Actors are often obsessed with sub-text and when they find it, they want to share it. But what is sub-text? Literally it is what lies beneath the words. But we deal in sub-text all the time, even when we are […]
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