From the course: Creating a Short Film: 04 Working with Actors
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Warming up the body
From the course: Creating a Short Film: 04 Working with Actors
Warming up the body
- In this chapter, we're going to look at the mechanics of how to act. They say that the body is the instrument that actors play. So before acting, it's important to be warmed up. When you're acting, your body needs to be responsive and alert. And warming up is a necessary step to getting there. To me, warm-ups for actors are really in two categories, warming up the body and warming up the voice. Warming up the body usually just consists of standard stretches, like if you were warming up the body for any type of physical activity. You're just telling your body, "Hey, we're about to do stuff here, "so be ready for it." The other type of warming up consists of warming up the voice. This is important because we usually talk much lazier than we realize. In everyday conversation, you know, we slur words together and we mumble more than we like to admit, so before acting, or even before recording this training, I do tongue twisters to invigorate the muscles of the mouth. I like the old…
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