Arts & Entertainment

How to Understand the Essentials of Movement in Acting – Shoulders and Head

We've seen how the head carries sense and meaning, so the shoulders and neck must be free, poised and flexible. All gesture and action with the arms and hands flow…

Cody Riffel February 18, 2010

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How to Take Criticism – The Actor’s Progress

The actor's goad - many actors say 'I never read the notices'. Whilst an actor must live in some degree of illusion about his charisma, charm and talent, he or…

Cody Riffel February 18, 2010

Arts & Entertainment

How to Release Tension When Acting

This series of short exercises is best carried out standing up, weight carried mainly on the balls of the feet, legs slightly apart. You should be lightly and comfortably clad…

Cody Riffel February 18, 2010

Arts & Entertainment

How to Properly Act Out Shakespeare’s Language and Accent

A further important aspect of characterization is accent. A Midsummer Night's Dream has three distinct groups of people, who must be differentiated by the way they speak. There are the…

Cody Riffel February 18, 2010

Arts & Entertainment

How to Handle Your Body and Movements When Acting

We walk to the centre of a stage, or the camera pans with us across a studio set. Before we say a single word we've sent several messages that the…

Cody Riffel February 18, 2010

Arts & Entertainment

How to Engage in Blocking or Plotting During Acting Rehearsals

I suggested on movement that some plays need a lot of arrangement because of the numbers of actors and the quality of visual presentation. So blocking moves can be a…

Cody Riffel February 18, 2010

Arts & Entertainment

How to do Sight Readings for Acting young professionals

Sight reading is a most valuable skill. It needs daily practice. The actor, who can lift words off the page, sometimes at very short notice, has improved his chances of…

Cody Riffel February 18, 2010

Arts & Entertainment

How to deal with the Directors During Acting Rehearsal

Should be superhuman but usually isn't. We live in an age of 'director's theatre', where some directors impose a very distinctive interpretation or style on a play, sometimes with an…

Cody Riffel February 18, 2010

Arts & Entertainment

How to Analyse Speech and Language, Verse and Prose in Acting

By 'heightened language' we mean language rich in imagery, metaphor and simile, language which is evocative, where the exactly right words are used to create the maximum depth of understanding…

Cody Riffel February 18, 2010

Arts & Entertainment

How to Act Out Shakespeare and the Classical Repertoire

Acting what is known as 'the classical repertoire' is the crown of acting in English. By this term we mean a whole body of plays which have passed the test…

Cody Riffel February 18, 2010

Arts & Entertainment

How to Act Out Present-day Shakespeare

Modern audiences, who are exposed to a great diversity of good acting on the screen, want their Shakespeare to be understandable and life-like; so the actor is moving fluently between…

Cody Riffel February 18, 2010

Arts & Entertainment

How to Ace Auditions and Readings for The Young Professional Actors

Auditions and readings are part of the working actor's life. Only very celebrated and sought-after actors don't have to go over this regular hurdle. Two general rules spring to mind.…

Cody Riffel February 18, 2010

Arts & Entertainment

How to Make Use of the Chest and the Diaphragm – An Actor’s Skill

To have enough breathe we need to make the best use of the chest cavity. If you want to make an assessment of what your capacity is, take as comfortable…

Cody Riffel February 15, 2010

Arts & Entertainment

How to Stay Up to Date on the Latest Games

Are you a certified gamer or a novice techie who loves playing online poker? Then you must be updated with the latest online games worldwide. The conventional way is to…

Cody Riffel January 4, 2010

Arts & Entertainment

How to Get an Annual Maintenance Contract for your Music System

Music systems, no matter their size or complexity, all require annual maintenance. Whether it is for home entertainment, organizational or industrial purposes, getting an annual maintenance contract for your music…

Cody Riffel January 4, 2010

Arts & Entertainment

How to Make Wind Instruments

Wind instruments, also known as aerophones, are musical instruments which contain some form of resonator with a mouthpiece set at one end for a player to blow into to make…

Jason Prickett September 16, 2009

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How to Decorate for Halloween?

Halloween is one of those holidays that every kid looks forward to. If you have children at home, decorating your house for this occasion is a must. Decorating your…

Cody Riffel September 15, 2009

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How to Solve a Rubix Cube?

The Rubik Cubes was invented by Erno Rubik as a way to help students understand three-dimensional geometry much better. It is an ingenious puzzle device that cannot be solved easily. This…

Cody Riffel September 15, 2009

Arts & Entertainment

How to Add Songs to iPod?

The easiest way of adding songs to our iPod system is through iTunes. This is media player software that you should install when you first buy your iPod. You can…

Cody Riffel September 15, 2009

Arts & Entertainment

How to Make a Paper Plane?

A paper plane is a toy plane made from paper. Folding paper to create paper planes is often referred to as aerogami. Aerogami is considered to be the easiest form…

Jason Prickett September 13, 2009