Holiday Traditions

Hello,
        I am going to be letting you guys know that I am still alive, but I have been so busy. As you know that the Holidays are coming up and Advent is also starting up as well. This is probably the most exciting time of my life and I am not lying about that. I am not sure about you guys, but I love Christmas. My most favourite tradition is to go to church for a candlelight service every Christmas Eve. 
        When I was younger, we used to open one present every Christmas Eve. Unfortunately, that tradition has died down. Now that I am older, we wait to open all of the presents on Christmas Day. Here is a link to more holiday traditions from FleurdeForce Holiday Traditions Tag! 

That's pretty much it with the traditions. I am actually starting a new tradition this year for Christmas. I am going to let you know on what this is in another blog. Here is a link to " The Holiday ' Monologue

Sorry that I haven't been making a video lately

Hey,
I know that I haven't been making a video in a while. There is a reason why I haven't been making one. The main reason is because I have been really busy with the new school year starting and such. This means that I will be making a video when I can, which means that I might not make one until October or so. I am sorry for all the fact that I haven't made a video in three weeks.

I will be on my blog frequently. Be sure that You check it out soon. Mm

What classes should you take to prep you for Acting

    Hello,
Today's blog is going to be all about what kind of classes you should take in order to make you prepared for Acting. I got all of this advice from other people who have lots of acting experience.With that being said, let's get started. 

  What you should think about is what kind of classes allow lots of speaking. Therefore, you take classes like Drama for A levels, if you live in the UK. You should also take Speach and Debate. You should also audition for school plays whenever there is one. I have actually been in a school play, and I would reckon you do too if you're interested in becoming an actor an actress. 

That's all for today. 

What is the most successful place to start an acting career?

            Today's topic is on the most successful places for your acting career. First of all, in my opinion, I think that it doesn't really matter what kind of place you live in; as long as there's acting work to do. Second of all, you may want to think about moving to some place like Los Angeles or London to start your acting career, for there's lots of successful people there. You'd also want to think about the agencies that are around there, and try to put that into consideration. If you would like to know more about acting agencies, go to my other blog about acting agencies.
             Getting back on topic, there's always an opportunity on what kind of community theatre that you can do. Every country, town, or city should have a community theatre to volunteer at. The first thing to be successful is to start by being in plays, and be an extra in a movie. That's only if you don't have any acting experience at all. Most agencies that you go to prefer that you have experience in acting, just so you know what it's like to be on set. Otherwise, you'd be assigned most likely to be an extra. The key here is to have experience.
               Anyways, I decided to make this post about my video because lots of people want to be actors when they grow up, including me. Lots of people wonder if they can get success where they live. They look up all of these websites to see if there's any casting calls. It turns out that there's not. The point here is to get an agent in order to get acting work. Pretty simple, right? Yeah.

               The point is to find your own path to success and fame is to work on living with your opportunities that you have as a future actor.

Additional information of my new video on youtube

     Hey,
I wanted to make this blog telling you guys about why I haven't been making videos for about a month.  I was sick for quite some time and was too weak to even make a video. I didn't want to make a video with my nose all stuffy and me coughing, and my voice sounding terrible. It just wouldn't sound right, and probably lots of people would be wondering why I made a video when I am sick. I have also been crammed with exams and my birthday as well. I was also sick on my birthday, which made it hard to enjoy my birthday.
     I am going to get right to the point of additional information about getting started with acting. What I would recommend you doing is try looking at passages from a book, or make up your own monologues with every emotion you can possibly think of. It doesn't have to be long, just maybe thirty seconds up to a minute long. Practice the monologues every day. This will help with your emotions when you act. I can't exactly remember what I was going to say more of about acting.

- Cherie

Acting resumes

    Hello,
I will be posting today about acting resumes for starting your career. I, for one, have never filled out a resume in acting before. However, I don't exactly know what would be on an acting resume. You may click the link here to find out more about acting resumes, and other things about acting that you might want to know about. Until I post again. Bye!

Basics of film acting

    Hello,
I am going to talk to you guys all about the basics of Film acting. There are several things you need to know about film acting that you should know. First, know that you're not performing in front of an audience that would give you feedback on your performance. Therefore, the director and the producer will correct you on how you're doing during rehearsal. You should also know that film acting is something that you need to think of more, and you need to have lots of skills at in order to be successful. Television runs the same way, only there isn't that many genres of television to choose from. My point is to make sure you know that you're in front of a camera, not an audience.
     Here are also some tips that you need for film acting :

1. Know exactly where the camera(s) are at all times. You want the camera to see your face, not the other way around. You'll give a fabulous performance on the location of where the camera(s) are.

2. Know what the camera is capturing. For example, if you're off in the distance away from a person you're supposed to be talking to. Then, the performance would be completely absurd. My advice to you is not trying to be what the camera doesn't need to capture.

3. Know where the actors are and the props' location at all times. You don't want the camera to end up blocking the actor behind you by your use of a simple gesture like waving your hand to turn into a blocking of someone else.

       You also need to focus very consistently, meaning that you need to show very strong hold on your acting. You will deliver the best performance if you use your consistency in acting, because of the fact that it's caught on film or videotapes nowadays, right? Wrong, when rehearsing your lines and actions are performed more than once in order to get the lines and actions right. Think of several television shows and films. I guarantee that if you ever saw the behind the scenes footage, you'll hear the same lines repeat over and over again.
       There's also a lot of angles that cameras use to shoot the footage, not just one angle. The director's of the film or television show know exactly what they're doing, if you don't follow their advice. Then, tough luck cos you need to do what they suggest. Directors will want the scene done in different ways, if the director doesn't like what he or she saw.

That's about it for this blog post. See you later.

Why is it important to go through acting classes?

    Hello,
I am here today to talk about why you, the actor needs to take acting classes. What I will explain first is that one of the most important things when wanting to be an actor is classes. There really is no limit on how long you should take acting classes. I think that if you take more acting classes such as two years or more, you'll be a better actor.
     If you actually aren't in nursery school or primary school, you should be able to take classes through your school. The class is pretty much an acting class you can take throughout your secondary school years that they offer. I would totally recommend taking these acting classes, for they teach you just about everything that you need to know about acting. They really help you out if you want to do acting as a chosen career. You also can learn a few new things while taking these classes.
     You probably don't hear that the people who are famous for their work have never taken acting classes in their lives. Therefore, you need to take classes if you feel like you don't have a natural talent for acting. It's also very rare that a celebrity would ever get big without taking any classes.
      Anyways, it's very important to take classes, if you want to get really good at acting. For someone who is actually taking acting classes right now, I love acting, and the classes. In England, we have a secondary school class called GCSE Drama, if you live in England, I would recommend taking those classes. That's pretty much it.

Improvisation

    Hello,
I am going to talk about improvisation. In my opinion, improvisation is one of the best things in all of acting. The reason for that is cos you pretty much go along with what the scene is. However, there are rules that must be followed:
1. Just go with it.
2. Stay in the now.
3. No negating.

    You must follow these rules in order to be successful with improvisation. Just remember not to make up your own rules for improvisation. What my acting teacher did was having people in that class go against the rules listed above. That will help you a lot with what you should do, and what you shouldn't do.
     There are also certain kinds of games you can play to get better at improvisation, such as park bench. This game is supposed to be placed in Central Park in New York City. The object of the game is to be as weird and goofy as possible. What you're supposed to do is one person starts off by sitting on a " bench" and someone walks up to and sits by and they just make up the rest of what you have to do. Then, the person who has sat there the longest has to make up and excuse to leave the "bench".

Dos and Don'ts when performing

      Hello,
I am going to talk about the dos and don'ts when you're acting in an audience, or when you're doing film acting. What I would like to say first is the key to good acting is not facing your back to the audience. This isn't something you should do at all. That's cos if you do only half of the audience can see your face when you perform. You may not face your back toward the camera, either when you do acting. Unless if you're told to. I hope that you enjoy the rest of the dos and don'ts of this blog as I list them in what you should do and what you shouldn't do.

       Dos
1. Show eye contact. You'll want to do this to show the audience that you're talking to them, not the ground of the stage.

2. Have your lines memorized. You should probably already know this, but this should be self explanatory. You don't want to be staring off into space when your line is next saying, " I forgot my line",

3. Practice. This is another self explanatory one as well as the last one.  You'll need to practice your lines and rehearse them too. There's no need to have an excuse that you can't perform.

        Now here is what not to do:

1. Don't have your lines be expressionless. If your character has an anxious attitude all the time. Show the anxious attitude.

2. Don't ignore the parenthesis in the script. They're there to help with what you need to do in that particular scene.

3. Don't do the opposite of what you're supposed to do in your script. This could get the audience confused with what you're supposed to do.

        That's the end of what not to do when performing in both Theatre and Film acting. Here are some links to get you the idea of what to do. These links will be of my favourite actress, Kate Winslet, and my favourite actor, Leonardo Dicaprio.


Titanic flying scene
Titanic I'm the King of The World scene

Titanic deleted scene Shooting Star

Storylines and Scripts

     Hello,
Today I will be talking about storylines and scripts in acting. As you may know, everything in acting has two main parts: a storyline and a script. In this blog, I am going to talk about both. First, I will talk about a storyline.
     A storyline has a beginning, middle and end, and makes sense with the plot. The storyline always has to make sense with the plot, no matter what. Plots are also very important too. The plot stages are: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution, if you didn't already know. The climax is the turning point of the storyline. Here is an example of a storyline and a plot line: 

Storyline: Chasity goes to the beach for three hours with her friend, Emily. When she got there, she forgot to bring her bathing suit. She asks Emily if she has an extra bathing suit. She doesn't. Then, her whole family has to get back in the car to check if she left it at her house.
       Chasity finds her bathing suit on her dresser, right where she left it. Emily and the others run quickly to the car and go to the beach. Then, they have fun for the rest of the time they're there.

Plotline:
Exposition: Chasity is on her way to the beach.
Rising Action: She gets to the beach.
Climax: Chasity forgot her bathing suit.
Falling action: asks Emily if she has an extra bathing suit. She doesn't.
Resolution: Chasity and her friends' family go back to her house. She finds the bathing suit she was looking for on the dresser.

How to act like someone else

Hello,
      I just wanted to let you know about a new acting exercise that you actors and actresses should know about. This exercise is trying to act like someone else. You might be thinking something like this: what do you mean act like someone else. I am me and I like being me. Well, what I mean by acting like someone else is by trying to go into a place where people don't know you. The reason for that is because, if you were to ever go into a place where people know you. They will probably think you're weird, but that is why you shouldn't do that.
      You're probably wondering : how can I portray a different character other than myself? What you do is think of your favourite film star. It can help if you know what type of character that film actor or actress' roles are of the films that they're in. For example, if you were trying to portray someone like Nicole Kidman. You'd probably be thinking of films like The Golden Compass, where she played a little bit of the sinister side. Therefore, you'd try to act like Nicole Kidman would, and portray her character. Obviously, it doesn't have to be Nicole Kidman that you're trying to portray. It could be anybody.
       It would also be a good idea to look at some interviews that they were in. This will help find out what they're like when they're not on camera. If you're interested in the actors and actresses listed below feel free to click the links for that celebrity.

1. Emma Watson
2. Kate Winslet
3. Cameron Diaz
4. Dakota Blue Richards
5. Leonardo Dicaprio
6. Jude Law
7. Nicole Kidman
8. Jack Black
9. Daniel Radcliffe
10. Rupert Grint

Emma Watson and Rupert Grint 2009 interview

Emma Watson on David Letterman July 8, 2009

Cameron Diaz David Letterman interview June 21, 2011

Kate Winslet and Leonardo Dicaprio interview about Titanic and Revolutionary Road

Dakota Blue Richards on Ellen 2007

Jude Law on the David Letterman show

Jack Black interview

Daniel Radcliffe interview on Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2

Pantomime

Hey,
      I am going to talk about one of the things in acting called Pantomime. Pantomime is a lot like playing chrades, if you have a group of people to play Pantomime with of course. What you do is either decide to perform by yourself or with a group of friends. After that, you decide what you're going to act out. You can act out anything you want if you're not doing Pantomime at school. The next thing you want to do is pick out a story line from beginning, middle, and end. The storyline has to make sense with the Pantomime.
      The group of people playing the game will try to guess what you're " acting out". If they get it right, then the next person goes and so forth. I hope that this makes sense to you guys. If you have any questions, please contact me.

Mirroring

    Hello,
Right now, it's very late and I am staying up to talk to you all about mirroring. Mirroring is when two people act out different motions without talking. If it's an exercise that is. Normally, the actors/ actresses would mirror the same movements that one person is doing, but say different things to one another. I don't think that anyone really sees this in much television programmes that much. I know that I don't see it very often, but if you do see it more than I do. Please comment below what television programmes in England do that.

    Anyways, the object is to mock the other person's same movements. When you practice this, you can do anything you want when it comes to mirroring. As long as it isn't inappropriate or anything. Only if you're mirroring it at school. Otherwise, be as naughty as you want, lols. That pretty much wraps up this lesson.

Acting and appearence

    Hello,

I am here to talk about what acting is and your appearance. My definition of acting is- a portrayal of a character that isn't yourself. There are several types of acting that people go into such as the following:
1. Film
2. Theatre
3. Broadway
4. Television
      There are several steps in becoming an actress or actor professionally. The first and most important one is acting classes. You'll need acting classes to start off to know how to act. When you do get into the acting business, you'll need to know the terms used in the script, and what the director has to say. There really is no number of  years that you need for acting classes. The more you take the better you'll be. Practicing techniques also comes in handy when doing daily routines.
       The second most important thing in becoming an actor or actress is deciding what kind of acting you want to do. This will help with what kind of classes you want to take in school and college. You'll also want to go to a college that has programmes for acting. The type of acting I want to get into is Film acting.
       The third thing is finding acting jobs. That could probably only be accomplished with an agent. You should probably get an agent when you graduate from college. If you find that you can't get enough work with one agent then ask your agent if they have anymore agencies. If you ever have an agent that asks for money upfront. It's a scam. You should always just ask why they need the money. If they have no answer to your question. It's a scam.
       The final thing is your appearance. In acting, this is a job where your looks are taken very seriously. You should always try to get clear skin, if you don't already have it. If you have acne like me. Try your best to get clear skin. It will work, every little bit helps. Anyways, you should go to a photo place where they do professional photography. This may cost a fortune, but it's totally going to be worth it. Unless, if the photo place is horrible.

       You'll need lots of confidence in order to become an actor/ actress. As you should know, confidence is everything. If you lack confidence in yourself. Odds are you won't accomplish anything. If you look at famous actors/ actresses you'll notice how confident they are. They also have very clear skin.
       I hope that you enjoy this blog. I will see you in another blog about some acting stuff.

About this blog

   Hello,

this whole entire blog post is all about my knowledge of acting, and about other actors/ actresses and how they became famous. I will be posting lots of my acting techniques that I have learned and that I have been inspired to do. I wanted to make this blog to show the whole world my acting knowledge and whatnot. I hope you enjoy this blog. By the way, my name is Cherie. Ok bye!