Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Why Action/ReAction can save a performance

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Many actors wonder why they need to go to the trouble of orchestrating their performances as the Action/ReAction technique demands. They h...
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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Incorporating resolution into Action/ReAction

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The best way to describe the Action/ReAction technique that I created is 'orchestrated'. In doing the work on a scene, an actor mu...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Rachael monologue segment

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This clip is from an Action/ReAction lesson I did with Rachael on Skype. It amazes me how we can use this technology to interact between A...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Rachael's monologue

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This is a monologue that I wrote for Rachael to incorporate her brand facets. She uses interstitials and the reveal of a universal truth f...
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

An Action/ReAction lesson on Skype

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This is a Skype lesson with Rachael in progress. In this clip, Rachael is composing a sequence of two emotional responses to dialogue spok...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Wendy performing her 'audition set'

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Wendy is performing the 'audition set' portion of my Action/ReAction technique.
Friday, May 31, 2013

Personal Branding

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When one assesses the need for an application of brand management strategies, it requires the existence of a brand and a contemplatio...
Friday, May 17, 2013

An exercise in Action/ReAction

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Wendy doing well with an exercise I gave her.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Branding & The Question-Asker Chronicles

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I have been involved with branding since the early eighties when I founded my film and TV repertory company. Patterning it after the old...
Saturday, October 6, 2012

Action/ReAction: Before & After

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When I begin an acting lesson for the first time with an actor, I write a few lines of dialogue and ask them to use the technique with w...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Stephen Mitchell to give free seminars to actors...

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Stephen Mitchell will be giving free seminars to actors, writers and directors about the formation of a new film and television reperto...
Monday, April 30, 2012

Branding for actors, writers & directors (excerpts)

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Stephen Mitchell speaking during an informal seminar on branding for actors, writers and directors.
Sunday, April 29, 2012

New reactions to Stephen Mitchell's branding seminar

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Some quotes from participants about Stephen Mitchell's Branding for Actors, Writers & Directors seminar at the Academy of ...
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Career advancement as psychological warfare

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The U.S. Department of Defense defines psychological warfare (PSYWAR) as: "The planned use of propaganda and other psychological a...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

The visual and emotional brand of an actor

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Here, in the French version of my series (Interview), one can get a sense of the actress Hélène Cardona's brand even without speaking th...
Monday, April 9, 2012

Seminar results

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I gave a branding seminar over the weekend for actors, writers and directors at the Academy of Performing Arts in San Diego. It was a previ...
Monday, April 2, 2012

The branding of a filmmaker: Kathi Carey

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Kathi Carey has been a friend and associate of long standing. She joined the repertory company for film & TV as an actress but quickly...
Sunday, April 1, 2012

The branding of an actress: Victoria Foyt

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There were a number of purposes attached to the (Interview) series that I created. One, of course, was to market stories to A-list Hollywoo...
Friday, March 30, 2012

Stephen Mitchell interviews Kevin Courtright

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Kevin Courtright was part of my repertory company for film and television for fifteen years. Here is an excerpt from an interview I did with...