3 month ago
philgyford : Viddler.com - Phil Gyford at Interesting 2008 (mask) - A clip of me (taken by Roo) talking about masks at Interesting 2008.
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3 month ago
philgyford : Viddler.com - Phil Gyford at Interesting 2008 (red nose) - Another brief clip of me talking, this bit about the clown's red nose.
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5 month ago
nelson : GTA IV: actor residuals? - Interesting article about the lack of royalty payments to video game talent
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philgyford : BSA Actor Training - Part-time courses in London from somewhere I haven't heard of. (I keep meaning to collate such places in a post. One day.)
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philgyford : Breaking Through - New York Times - Just because I find it interesting what movies make a performer's reputation, and in some cases makes it harder for them to different roles later. (via Kottke)
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philgyford : Impro (9 February, 2008, Interconnected) - Matt Webb's notes on the 'Masks and Trance' chapter of Keith Johnstone's book 'Impro'.
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12 month ago
philgyford : Thesp Club - One of the four current part-time Foundation acting courses at the City Lit have their own collective weblog. Scarily enthuiastic.
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16 month ago
philgyford : For Actors Homepage - Lots of really good, practical advice for newbie actors, with an emphasis on screen acting.
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philgyford : Copy Provided Agreement Form (PDF) - An example form to use if you're going to act in a no/low budget film and want to use footage for a showreel.
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16 month ago
philgyford : LISPA - Naropa Alumni - People who were at the college I'm now at.
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19 month ago
philgyford : Meisnertalk : Students of the Meisner Technique - Not sure how useful it will be, but reading other actors sharing worries and tips is quite good so far.
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19 month ago
philgyford : Actors Temple - Meisner-based acting teaching in London, with an unusually nifty website too, even if their name seems to have lost an apostrophe somewhere.
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19 month ago
philgyford : Sanford Meisner Master Class DVDs - This looks like it'd be good. Eight hours of Meisner teaching from the 1980s.
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20 month ago
philgyford : Gwenergy: Stage Fright - A good New Yorker article on stage fright and how it affects different people.
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20 month ago
philgyford : TV Guide Community: Of Office Emmy Cheers and Acting Careers - Interesting stuff on how to be an actor in LA. Her professor said, "If you can think of anything else you are passionate about besides acting, do that. Your life will be better for it." (via Kottke)
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22 month ago
philgyford : Playwright Nina Raine on the difficulties of directing your own work | | Guardian Unlimited Arts - What it says.
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24 month ago
philgyford : Theatre of All Possibilities - Gallery - Interesting-looking London/Santa Fe theatre company, and these videos hint at doing interesting things with computer generated stuff.
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philgyford : YouTube - Extras - Episode 5 - Acting by Sir Ian - I'm very much enjoying 'Extras'. Some great bits, like Ian McKellen's description of acting. Wonderful, and so straight-faced.
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29 month ago
philgyford : Dejal - Narrator - Handy Mac app for reading out stories or scripts. Can give each script character a different voice, and leave a gap for you to say your lines.
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30 month ago
philgyford : Actors & Writers London - Someone emailed to point me at this and I'll lose it if I don't link to it. Fortnightly rehearsed readings of new plays.
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33 month ago
philgyford : London Centre for Theatre Studies - Year-long, 40 hours per week (over 4 days) acting course for mature students. Sounds very intense.
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33 month ago
philgyford : The Questors Theatre - Acting at the Questors - "The largest amateur theatre in Europe"
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33 month ago
philgyford : Association for Psychological Science: 'To be or, or ... um ... line!' - Actors shouldn't learn lines by rote, "but feel their character's intention in reaction to what the other actors do, causing their lines to come spontaneously and naturally". (via Boing Boing)
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43 month ago
philgyford : Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | The invisible man - David Nicholls on realising, after eight years as an actor, that he just wasn't very good.
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47 month ago
philgyford : National Council for Drama Training
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