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Children and Teenager Scenes

Posted on April 16, 2024 by admin

Children and Teenager Scenes When working towards children and teenager scenes, achieving a delicate balance of structure, encouragement, and rehearsal is essential to bring the vision to life. Without the right approach, it can feel like an insurmountable task. Nevertheless, with the right guidance and support, it transforms into a rewarding journey that not only…

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The Kids- A Monologue

Posted on April 5, 2023 by admin

The Kids- A Monologue Promote your Acting Skills with a Monologue I enjoy writing scripts, but I also regularly write monologues for actors that need to promote their acting skills through their CVs and monologues by sending them off to casting directors or uploading them onto social media, etc. Today, I’ve been inspired to write…

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Acceptance

Posted on March 20, 2023 by admin

Acceptance of oneself is healing Once you know how It will give you that loving feeling. All the rest will follow suit Just keep believing By A.E.Lee  

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How to Teach your Child to Write Poetry

Posted on March 3, 2023March 3, 2023 by admin

How to To Teach your Child to Write Poetry Develop your child’s writing skills with this beautiful eBook that makes it simple to help them build their imaginative poems. Bringing families together in a creative space, poetry is a powerful way of helping your child express their emotions and develop greater communication skills. See their…

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Screen Acting Tips

Posted on January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 by admin

Conquering hurdles Screen acting has to look and feel real!Here are a few tips to explain how to achieve this. Listen and then react. Listen to your partner, who is delivering the lines. Please do not pick up on cues! Picking up on cues makes it look artificial and unsure of your lines. Poor actors…

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Self-tape audition for actors

Posted on January 14, 2023March 16, 2023 by admin
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Tea

Posted on January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 by admin

As far back as I remember, I loved tea.My Mum used to say when I was little,I would shout out “anna capa tea,” which meant “I wanted a cup of tea.”If they didn’t understand meI used to stamp my foot and get a bit frustrated. I was even hooked back then! And if you know…

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First Blog Try Something New!

Posted on January 9, 2023March 16, 2023 by admin

Try Something New! Stepping Back. I don’t usually write long posts and am not used to bringing too much attention to myself. But just wanted to give a different perspective on how covid affected me and maybe, just stepping back and having a re-think could change things. How Covid changed things  I still believe in…

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Headshots for Actors

Posted on January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 by admin

Headshots. There is so much to say about headshots I broke it down into paragraphs.There is so much confusing advice out there about headshots, therefore I will try to make it more clear for you. 1.What is a headshot? A headshot is a professional photograph, usually, your head and shoulders, which are attached to your…

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Filmmaking solo plus one

Posted on January 8, 2023January 8, 2023 by admin

Yes, even the title suggests it could be an overwhelming task. The frustrating thing is that we have been doing this for 28 years and we make it look easy and if anyone knows anything about this industry, they know it’s far from easy. Why? You probably say, why do it? Well, the answer is…

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