Introduction
The Ensemble and You
Working on the Text
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Start with the structure (1:20)
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Duologues: Break it up into new thoughts (6:08)
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Duologues: Colour key words (8:58)
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Duologues: Choose your objective (2:01)
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Duologues: Add a point of concentration (2:35)
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Duologues: Change the initiative (7:42)
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Monologues: Break up the text into new thoughts (8:34)
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Monologues: Colour key words (4:55)
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Monologues: Analysing a contemporary monologue (1:22)
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Monologues: Break it up into new thoughts (4:49)
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Monologues: Colour key words (3:48)
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Monologues: Make it about them, not you (4:45)
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Monologues: Try different objectives (7:18)
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Monologues: Play different mantras (6:38)
Auditioning for Drama School
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Show your passion to be an actor (2:09)
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Review your self tape (3:05)
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Analyse the recording (6:47)
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Take energy to the end of each sentence (2:08)
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Give each thought a different energy (5:46)
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Colour key words (6:23)
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Choose an objective (3:34)
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Eye contact – formulate and land the thought (2:10)
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Change the circumstances (2:59)
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Add a point of concentration (2:45)
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Fight to make your point (1:20)
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Make it about them, not you (6:48)
Your Character's Physicality
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Connect the thought with the body (4:14)
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Move as colours (5:28)
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Move as materials (6:28)
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Accelerate and decelerate (15:26)
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Move in angular and fluid dynamics (17:36)
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Explore the dynamics of an abstract painting (9:44)
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Take the painting into text (5:23)
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Explore different centres of energy (5:23)
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Give the centre a dynamic quality (7:44)
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Explore your character’s impetus (3:15)
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Gesture and the hands (1:55)
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Explore different sectors of gesture (3:09)
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Explore different types of contact (3:49)
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Find freedom within the form (2:40)
Using Improvisation
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Take the pressure off yourself (3:52)
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Sharpen your visual imagination (3:56)
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Vary your acting choices (4:58)
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Transform through sound and movement (8:58)
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The transformation game (9:09)
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Keep focused on the story (3:17)
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How objectives work (6:35)
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Add a point of concentration to bring out the subtext (18:04)
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Use mantras to give different nuances (9:33)
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Play high and low status (8:08)
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The status ladder with three people (6:12)
Strengthening Your Presence
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Two dimensions – time and space (0:55)
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Presence in time (1:56)
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Hear the voice in your head (2:48)
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Silence the chatter (1:42)
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Presence through breathing (4:14)
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Find a visual point of focus (2:42)
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Take a sensory walk (1:54)
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Keep a sense diary (1:38)
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Presence in space (2:19)
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Overarm and underarm energy (5:23)
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Try the difference for yourself (1:12)
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Explore overarm and underarm with a text (3:25)
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The still centre of the spinning wheel (4:12)
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Radiate energy in the six directions (1:57)
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The vertical axis (3:42)
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The four principles of ki energy (8:48)
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More ki exercises (4:56)
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Apply ki energy to dramatic action: The warrior (5:09)
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Ki energy: The drowning (5:42)
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Ki energy: With sound (2:48)
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Ki energy: With text (5:44)
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Gestures from efforts: Pushing forward (4:40)
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Gestures from efforts: Pulling back (8:23)
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Gestures from efforts: Pulling upwards (4:25)
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Gestures from efforts: Pulling down (4:02)
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Gestures from efforts: Undulation on the tilt (4:21)
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Gestures from efforts: Throwing the net (4:39)
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Gestures from efforts: Throwing the stone (3:20)
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Make the efforts look natural (2:52)
Developing Charisma
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Ease, focus and confidence (2:16)
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Charisma and positivity (5:58)
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Positivity in mind and body (1:48)
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Use mantras in an improvised dialogue (7:16)
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Apply mantras to a text (5:02)
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Practise your rapport with the audience (6:10)
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Play with the rhythm of attack and yield (3:03)
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Play attack and yield with a text (2:49)
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Keeping your performance fresh (4:26)
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Use mantras (2:23)
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Change your objective (3:40)
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Try the least obvious choice (1:51)
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Alter status (1:30)
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The next level (4:30)
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Working within the director’s vision (1:29)
Becoming Successful
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Have a strategy (0:58)
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Bring the right energy into the room (4:44)
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Be proactive (4:09)
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Start from your values (3:02)
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Have a positive mindset (7:56)
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Visualise confidence (2:57)
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Do a SWOT analysis (3:27)
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Have a strategy: SMART goals (2:28)
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Make the goal personal, positive, present tense (1:18)
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Chunk it down (4:32)
The Way Forward
