Are you acting or showing?

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Many people, when they first get into acting of any kind, either over-act or under-act. The over-actors REALLY want to show you just how ANGRY or HAPPY or SAD or ENTHUSIASTIC they are. The under-actors are afraid of showing that.

Both miss the mark.

Acting isn’t about showing. It’s about being. I’m not claiming to have mastered this. I just know it.

When you act, you have to be vulnerable enough to be those emotions that you share with your character. It’s scary.

Why every filmmaker should take improv classes….

I start this post with a painful declaration. A lot of low budget local filmmaking (and by local i mean everywhere not just the triangle) is crap. Films are filled with static, boring scenes and horrible acting. There, I said …

I’m somebody now!

Lately, this scene from The Jerk keeps running through my mind. I love it. Just getting excited about the little stuff. Except random shooters.

Stop-motion knitting video visualizes an intangible (warmth)

Stop-motion is a time-consuming process. Knitting is also insanely time-consuming. Mix the two together and you get this: Ok, the truth is, in the production of the video, it appears everything was knitted up and then filmed sort of backwards. …