Actually Get Results
In 2015
Mel Gibson cut most of my work out of Hacksaw Ridge
And I felt completely miserable
In 2017
Jennifer Kent directed me in The Nightingale
And I felt utterly fulfilled
Two years
Two totally different experiences
So, what happened in between 2015 & 2017?
2016 (obviously)
But what happened, specifically, in those 12 months?
Well, A few things…
Let’s discuss two
Time & Focus
Firstly
Time
Let’s insert a great quote here from the wizard, John Danaher
“Think about how much time people waste on any given day
Between phones, tv, computer games, social media, etc etc
Things which are literally designed to waste your time
And yet, people devote a third of their waking life to these activities.
If you could just take that wasted time
And learn skills
Skills which actually help you give the performance you want to, when you want to,
Within a few years…
You could reinvent yourself as an artist.”
Mmm
Now I have an extra third of my waking life back
But what do I now do with those hours?
This brings us to our second point
Focus
But which skills do I focus on?
Enter Pareto’s Principle
Which suggests that…
In an ocean of acting techniques
Only a very small percentage
Are truly effective across the board
Okay
So I want to devote almost all of my training, time and resources into those specific techniques
Which will then, in turn, help me give the work I actually want to, when I want to
And thus… the results will flow.
If you want to get good quickly
Learn where to place your focus
Not just the mental focus on the technique
It’s the techniques themselves
But...
What are the truly important techniques of the craft of screen acting?
Which ones are actually worth getting good at?
mmm
Curious
Hope this helps
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