Working with Actors & Non-Actors in Video Production
Created By
Kelley Slagle via LinkedIn Learning
- 1-2 hours worth of material
- LinkedIn Learning
- English
Course Overview
Learn how to get the best performances from your actors—professional and non-professional alike. Get tips for casting talent, rehearsing scenes, and directing actors on set.
Course Circullum
Introduction
- Welcome
- Starting the casting process
- Casting children
- Casting union actors
- Casting resources
- Audition techniques and tips
- Knowing what you want
- Breaking down your scripts
- Breaking down your characters
- The importance of meetings and rehearsals
- Planning and conducting your rehearsals
- What makes a great performance
- Motivation: Objective and intention
- Subtext
- Collaboration verses control
- Inviting questions and opinion
- Action verbs versus adjectives
- Directing techniques
- Preparing to shoot
- During the shoot
- Giving feedback
- Helping the actor do his or her job
- Cultivating a safe work environment
- Assessing the situation and talent
- Engaging your talent
- Making your talent comfortable
- On set tips and tricks
- Giving feedback
- To teleprompter or not to teleprompter?
- Working with special effects
- Documentary interviews
- Sensitive subjects
- Working with children
- Directing B-roll talent
- Further resources
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This Course Include:
Introduction
- Welcome
- Starting the casting process
- Casting children
- Casting union actors
- Casting resources
- Audition techniques and tips
- Knowing what you want
- Breaking down your scripts
- Breaking down your characters
- The importance of meetings and rehearsals
- Planning and conducting your rehearsals
- What makes a great performance
- Motivation: Objective and intention
- Subtext
- Collaboration verses control
- Inviting questions and opinion
- Action verbs versus adjectives
- Directing techniques
- Preparing to shoot
- During the shoot
- Giving feedback
- Helping the actor do his or her job
- Cultivating a safe work environment
- Assessing the situation and talent
- Engaging your talent
- Making your talent comfortable
- On set tips and tricks
- Giving feedback
- To teleprompter or not to teleprompter?
- Working with special effects
- Documentary interviews
- Sensitive subjects
- Working with children
- Directing B-roll talent
- Further resources
- Provider:LinkedIn Learning
- Certificate:Certificate Available
- Language:English
- Duration:1-2 hours worth of material
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