How To Be a Better Actor By Asking Questions That Are Useful. True West Example
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2024
- Renowned NY acting teacher & coach, Suzanne Shepherd, shows you how to become a better actor by asking the right questions.
When you begin to work on a play, you are like a detective. Don't worry about right whether the question is right or wrong. Only ask is this question useful. When you find an answer that excites you and stimulates you, you'll know you are on the right track.
Suzanne uses the Sam Shepherd play True West as an example.
What are the scene's circumstances?
Where did I come from?
Who am I?
What do I need in this scene?
These are the questions that she trains you to answer in a way that is truthful, dynamic, and doable, so when you go into an addition or a rehearsal, you are equipped to deliver your best performance.
To Learn more about Suzanne's acting classes and coaching, email: suzannesternshepherd@aol.com
Whatever you use to play the character it is a secret.. nobody needs to know.. even Meisner says this.. this is the key to acting once you understand the basics of emotions.. sympathy, ego, trauma, trauma release, meditation, living life, being present, being judgemental, being free from judgement... there are so many layers to life Ms. Shepherd you can tell is on point with her teachings.. I've watched same video clips multiple times.. still resonate
Thanks Suzanne
Thank you for this!
Just listening to Ms. Shepherd speaking in these videos is immensely helpful. I wish I had known about her when I lived in NYC.
The 15 or so minutes I have watched of your teaching has been technique altering! Thank you! Aaah! So excited.
May God bless you 🙏🙏🙏 and thank you you for helping aspiring actors with tools that will help them in their journey. Blessings 💛💛💛
I am using your technique to imagine myself there with you and ask you all kind of questions. I wish you were my mentor. ❤❤❤
I love your teaching - I would love to come to New York and just study study for a few months .. -
I wish, I was there with you Suzanne. Great video as always.
Thank you a lot mam
i absolutely adore her. one of the greats!
I did this scene in your class Suzanne quasi venti anni fa! Love watching you talking about acting! You drive it home very clearly!
I freaking love this lady with all my heart
Wonderful. Thank you!
Thank you!!!! This was great !
Wow this is great
Suzanne, you are so sweet!
I LOVE her !!!
Grazie!
The reason Su is such a great acting teacher is that she challenges the actors' imagination. The script is just an outline to the truthful behavior. Su is the gold of acting teacher. She's a wonderful teacher because she challenges the actors':s imagination. You can act an action and not an idea.
Oh Su, you are such a wonderful acting teacher. The craft is in the "doing." And to enter a scene with a definable action toget the actor out of an idea.
As long as the actor has a playable as action
and he can play the action, this is probable acting.
Robert Duvall: Now we got got the unions....
Simply wow👌👌👌
Thank you
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That's a cogent argument, darling. But then is it not the job of the director to mould these decisions? After all,in life the task of living is relatively open-ended, but a play needs certain confluences at certain times in order for a certain story to be related. It's like in freeform jazz, where a player might improvise,but will always be tethered to the piece in the round x
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Anybody lives in New York that have a room for rent just for a month Please let me know
Deep script interpretation in a few minutes.
Actionable progression.
Thanku very much maam