HOW TO LISTEN IN CHARACTER SUNDAY OCT 20th 2024
Many actors believe that listening is automatic and don't focus on it - that to focus on it risks truth. But why treat listening with any less attention than speaking?! How you listen and why, and how you communicate what you are understanding from the person talking to you is a vital. Not just understanding character but a vital part of storytelling in film, TV, theatre and game.
Editors and directors lament the lack of truly embodied, invested listening for their return shots just as human beings! Let alone in character.
This 4 hour course will draw on proven behavioral science to teach you the different kinds of listening and how to use them to refine your character choices and improve your acting. This is a code you can learn and apply to you next casting and never self-consciously listen again.
1 x 4 hour Online class
SUNDAY OCTOBER 20th 12.30pm to 4.30pm EST (Starts: 9.30am PST, 5.30pm GMT)
Price Includes HST - International 13% discount on request OR 10% subscribers only discount.
This class will only proceed if there are 4 or more students.
Many actors believe that listening is automatic and don't focus on it - that to focus on it risks truth. But why treat listening with any less attention than speaking?! How you listen and why, and how you communicate what you are understanding from the person talking to you is a vital. Not just understanding character but a vital part of storytelling in film, TV, theatre and game.
Editors and directors lament the lack of truly embodied, invested listening for their return shots just as human beings! Let alone in character.
This 4 hour course will draw on proven behavioral science to teach you the different kinds of listening and how to use them to refine your character choices and improve your acting. This is a code you can learn and apply to you next casting and never self-consciously listen again.
1 x 4 hour Online class
SUNDAY OCTOBER 20th 12.30pm to 4.30pm EST (Starts: 9.30am PST, 5.30pm GMT)
Price Includes HST - International 13% discount on request OR 10% subscribers only discount.
This class will only proceed if there are 4 or more students.
Many actors believe that listening is automatic and don't focus on it - that to focus on it risks truth. But why treat listening with any less attention than speaking?! How you listen and why, and how you communicate what you are understanding from the person talking to you is a vital. Not just understanding character but a vital part of storytelling in film, TV, theatre and game.
Editors and directors lament the lack of truly embodied, invested listening for their return shots just as human beings! Let alone in character.
This 4 hour course will draw on proven behavioral science to teach you the different kinds of listening and how to use them to refine your character choices and improve your acting. This is a code you can learn and apply to you next casting and never self-consciously listen again.
1 x 4 hour Online class
SUNDAY OCTOBER 20th 12.30pm to 4.30pm EST (Starts: 9.30am PST, 5.30pm GMT)
Price Includes HST - International 13% discount on request OR 10% subscribers only discount.
This class will only proceed if there are 4 or more students.
Have you ever received an audition where your character stands and listens while the reader rushes through big chunks of text. In the final edit, they will cut back and forth, and it’s unlikely the camera will stay on you - so many actors generalize their behavior, or listen as they themselves might, without considering that listening is also a key part of characterization.
Never again will you be conscious that the camera is on you while you listen to another character talking! Instead you will be actively listening and behaving as the character. That means the editors will love being able to cut to the return shot as your behavior helps tell the story!
Join me for an enlightening 4 hour masterclass where we practice evidence based skills and toolsets to fill in your character’s listening life!
Different types of listening
Different listening styles
Different Nonverbal Behaviors of listening
Bring your own short story (or stories), and lets have fun learning how to listen like other people!
Price includes HST, 13% discount available to Non Canadian students OR 10% subscribers discount.