We transcribe scenes for you to practice each and every day. It's fun, and awesome. Doing just this little bit every day will bring you closer towards your goal of being an actor.

Dig in. Let's do this.

The mundane can be the most magical.








That point is that you're practicing already.

What's your daily practice?




What has your practice been? What are you used to?
















Are you rushed?


Super happy?



So, you took a drink, right there? It wasn't written in the script, but you wanted to take a drink of water, right there, after your third line?

You better have a damn good reason.

If the author wanted you to drink there, they would've written "HE TAKES A DRINK OF WATER." But they didn't, did they?

Drinking water there could be brilliant. It could be the best decision anyone has made all damn day in the scene, but there better be a reason you made that choice, as in you can back it up and not just seem like an actor using a crutch to get through the scene.

If you choose an action, there's gotta be a reason behind it, and, of course, that reason will change with each scene. But it better be there, and it better be good.

There are a LOT of things, as in physical things you can do in a scene. Sometimes there will be things written, sometimes, not.

Something like, "HE TAKES A DRINK OF WATER." May seem like simple direction, but they can be much, much more.

If there's some kind of action written into the scene, it's there because the author had something very specific in mind for what that character was feeling in that moment. There's a very specific reason that HE TAKES A DRINK OF WATER right then, and not the line before or after it.

What's the reason?

Damned if I know.

Get creative. it could be a litany of reasons...maybe...
...he needed a minute to think
...he wanted to let the guy think about what he said
...he needs to relax
...he was actually thirsty

These are four off the top of my head. I haven't even seen the scene we're talking about.

If there's stage direction, sure, do the literal thing, sometimes that's all you need. But in the whole play/movie, the guy only ever is directed, in the script, to drink twice, why is this one of the times? You answer that, and you've got a little clue to the character, even if you don't have all the info you'd like on them.

How important is it to make eye contact with your partner?

Sometimes, not as important as you think.




