Sorry, I haven't been so frequent with posts.. life moves too fast for a blog, unless its your job lol. Anyway, I went to a seminar with Stephanie Nash who is an acting coach in LA and I would recommend her to anyone that needs tweaking or bold choices before a callback. she has a background working with mostly directors so that helps in the audition room.
Her technique is what fascinated me mostly.. after all her training at yale and teaching 18 years, she has come up with a simple and effective method of quickly focusing right before you walk into that room. It was helpful as I tend toward nervousness in auditions that I care about. It was a free seminar and more than worth the price of admission. She is personable and on your side… I would divulge specific secrets, but I don't think shed appreciate it much, you understand of course ;)
In other news, I wrapped on a 13 episode mini web series that I shot with friends from UCB improv. I am so blessed to have a talented friend who can edit as I have yet to learn the true love of detailed hours of editing. We filmed the whole thing on an iPhone, which came out with impressive quality actually…the silly part is that it loses production quality when you upload it to Facebook because you cant upload it directly unless you want to pay money, so we did it from youtube… but really Facebook…sellout much. I guess Facebook can really do whatever they want. Anyway, aside from the loss in quality from uploading, I was really happy with the editing and acting. all around it was a blast! Who doesn't have fun working with their friends??
In other news, I did a short at a beautiful home location last week. I am excited to see the finished product as we took so many shots. Got to meet some new people and it was an enjoyable day. I learned a little bit more about lighting and camera placement to avoid reflections (mirrors/glass that shows the camera/crew) so it was a good learning experience. It was also the first short I had done where I was the only actor and it was actually super fun to play off of my surroundings and the script. Yay for firsts!!
