Promotional Plug - Silent City A local feature film that I play a small role in, is seeking public support in the manner of an Indiegogo Campaign. This is to help pay for the final bits of processing including colour grading, visual and sound effects, and a number of other technical items. We would really... Continue Reading →
Multiple Personality Disorder
In response to osullivankate Quite often, an actor will be confronted with an interesting choice; to take on several roles or look for something else. They have found someone else for the lead and supporting roles, and have had a hard time filling their smaller roles. In films, this is often what happens to an... Continue Reading →
Failure, Expectations are
Following on from my previous posts about selfishness and control, I toyed with a few follow up ideas to talk about. One of these is about expectations. I have formed my own opinions about expectations and I don't see such opinions being echoed much elsewhere, so this may be in conflict with mainstream dialogue, and... Continue Reading →
A question of beliefs
One challenge in playing a variety of characters is the taking on of different beliefs, and by beliefs, I am not referring to just religious ones. Any beliefs. Beliefs about the world, love, right and wrong, how to treat others, and so on. Trying to find a way to co exist with ideas and beliefs... Continue Reading →
You know what I really hate?
We have all heard it, and I am sure many of you have even said this once or twice. Heck, I know I have said it myself some years back... *cough*. I have heard it many times within the domain of theatre where rivalries, jealousies, back-stabbing and gossiping can often develop in unhealthy levels. It... Continue Reading →
Too many chefs
Recently, I observed what, to me, was a rather entertaining situation at a take-away food outlet. After putting in a rather large order for five people, I watched as the staff gradually, or was that rapidly, succumb to stress. The boss, clearly getting more and more anxious, started berating his team which consisted of, I... Continue Reading →
Helping hands
An actor does not, and cannot work in isolation. What good is an actor who is writer, director and audience also? An actor needs an audience, be it live in a theatre, or via delayed telecasting (i.e. film and tv,) because that is what an actor does his craft for. You're not an actor without... Continue Reading →
A Sense of Control
One would think that acting would be incredibly easy. After all, you're given a script which gives you the words and occasionally some directions. Then you have a director who is there to tell you what to do right down to the way you stand. You memorise your lines, choreograph your movement, repeat on demand,... Continue Reading →
We are a whole
As an actor, I have made the conscious decision to try any sort of role. Very recently I was asked to help out with a style of show that once I may have simply walked away from. That was then, a time when I found discomfort too confrontational and best avoided. A time when I... Continue Reading →
Let’s be more Selfish
I think we should all be more selfish. Now that sounds wrong, so let me try and put a little context around it. We should do things because we want to more often than because someone else wants us/expects us to, because it make us feel good about ourselves. Let's call this positive selfishness, or... Continue Reading →
Reflection of a Ham 