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NUTS & BOLTS of ‘CRAFT’

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OK, let’s move into more of the nuts & bolts of the craft of acting. And, that’s exactly what we’ll be discussing… the elements that hold everything together, the strength in the work — THE NUTS & BOLTS! Where as acting can be a lot of things… FUN – CREATIVE – ADVENTUROUS! Without CRAFT — it’s just […]

CREATIVITY & ACTIVATION!

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ACTIVATING YOUR CREATIVE ARTIST, INTENTIONALLY! For those of you who are just joining in — we’re presently in a POWER SERIES on CREATIVITY and accessing your INNER CREATIVE ARTIST. At the core of this discovery… is ACTIVATION. If you haven’t been following, you can go a few blogs back and catch up. It’s all incredibly powerful stuff. Now […]

MORE ON CREATE/CREATIVE/CREATIVITY!

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WE CREATE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO! Now, that statement can come across pretty bold. After all, is EVERYONE really creative? I believe so! You see, it would be extremely difficult to get through life with absolutely NO creativity at all. We’re all creating something, somewhere at sometime or another. We can’t not! It’s just that […]

IT ALL STARTED WITH CREATION — THROWBACK!

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Because of the power and effectiveness of this topic, we’re once again revisiting it. So, what exactly are we doing when we engage the CREATIVE PROCESS? Let’s take a look. If you’ve ever seen a movie scene, or possibly read about the CREATION of the universe —  then you should have at least some sort of […]

CREATIVITY – THE VOICE WITHIN

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FIND YOUR VOICE – SING YOUR SONG! February 1, 2016 By Clay Banks It’s all about CREATIVITY! Seeing as this is my first BLOG POST of the NEW YEAR, let me introduce myself. My name is Clay Banks, although most all of my students eventually just call me Coach. I’m a veteran Master Coach in the Los […]

THE ACTOR’S 1MINUTE MONOLOGUE

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Performing a MONOLOGUE is one thing, and that one thing is not something to take for granted! It’s important to keep in mind that anytime an actor performs a monologue, ALL EYES AND EARS ARE ON THEM! Or, YOU! There’s no way around it. It’s the ACTOR’S MOMENT… and, there’s no place to hide! Doing […]

THE ACTOR’S MONOLOGUE

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It’s All About Monologues! As we move through this INTENSIVE on CHARACTER TYPE & MONOLOGUES  — it’s now time to transition from DEVELOPED CHARACTER into MONOLOGUE PERFORMANCE. But before we can get into the PERFORMANCE of the monologue piece, we have to handle the MOST DIFFICULT PART: CHOOSING THE CORRECT MONOLOGUE for your character. The whole point of a monologue […]

CHARACTER TYPING – PART 3

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OK! So, you’ve been diligently following along with this INTENSE TEACHING… correct? You’ve been doing all of the ASSIGNMENTS… right? Your understanding of CHARACTER WORK has been growing…  right? You’re becoming much more CLEAR on who you are? GREAT! Now, we’re going to move forward and build, if you will, YOUR OWN PERSONAL AND UNIQUE CHARACTER… from […]

CHARACTER TYPING – PART 2

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OK, if you’ve been following along through this TEACHING SERIES… you should be getting much closer to FINDING OUT and KNOWING so much more about WHO YOUR CORE CHARACTER IS. Once you’ve done this work, make a list of WHO YOU ARE by using the CBSI CHARACTER ANALYSIS SHEET in creating a full write up of YOUR CHARACTER. Once you […]