HOW TO START AN AUDITION SPEECH or role in a play or film (acting coach nyc)
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Another free video from New York acting-coach John Windsor-Cunningham,
here showing how we can get an auditioner's attention (or an
audience's) with the first line . www.windsor-cun...
Acting isn't pretending to be someone it is being someone and u nailed it thanks for the help
that's what pretending means... smh
@@beastmasterbg wtf?
yep whereas ricky gervais says it's easy
Ted Danson once said: _'Acting is pretending that you are _*_not pretending_*_ , when you are actually pretending.'_ :)
Yes, And Danson was right, but of course it takes study and experience in order to do that, unless you're playing a part which suits you perfectly, and you know who you are very well. John Windsor-Cunningham
"None of their damn business, we're actors" -John
Amazing, best line of the video. Your videos are incredibly helpful
I replayed this part a few times because it cracked me up!
😂 😂 😂
I love how this video got me to say, "Yesterday was my birthday," when yesterday really was, literally, my birthday. XD
You've got Stanislavsky down 😂
Maddy Robb: my birthday is also 29 April 😆
Nice acting there you almost got me
That’s the spirit!
As someone preparing for auditions at various Drama Schools across the UK you are an absolute god-send and I can't thank you enough, John.
I'm 16 and just started doing theatre and came into this full of pure blindness of what acting actually is, at the very least I feel it is not simply to say a few words and hope people believe you but to actually make what you say and do the truth and for you to be simply spreading the truth! You made me realize there is so much more to acting, thank you.
Hey, I'm in the same position as you were 4 years ago. How are you getting on with acting now? Are you still doing it? I would love to hear back from you. 😊
Hi Trey and Rosie.....
You offer, without a doubt, the most detailed, comprehensible and viable acting advice on RUclips. I also intend to pay for your Skype lessons if I ever feel in need of improvement, but can't quite work it out on my own.
Hello John,
Thank you so much for your acting insights. I've learned a lot from you, much appreciate the videos.
Feng Qiu then
you are incredible. I'm not even an actress and find this highly comprehensible and straight forward. you certainly have a gift and I thank you for sharing your understanding with others.
I just booked my first leading role in a drama romance stragic film starting shooting in 5 months and this was mind blowing. Thank you so much for the advice and knowledge. I am grateful for advice and connection here. Wishing you all success.
Congratulations. And having 5 months is a terrific 'plus' - giving you the time to try your lines in different ways - as I'm guessing you already know - and finding some of the lines have something behind them. Best. John
@@NewYorkActingCoach yes exactly. I am so grateful for that. Reading the script over and over though I was just listening to your video about how to analyze a script and I thought I will reduce to read 10 pages of the script every day now. Also, what works for me is to create an entire diary of my character which really connects me so deeply, it’s mind blowing. I’m grateful for your videos. Take care.
@@NewYorkActingCoach I dream about having a month of one on one acting training. I would love to work on every single scene. Acting is larger than life and those who really understand this unconditional love know that what it takes is nothing and everything at the same time.
I hope you got it!
The Inside text work of "Anchoring" the lines. Splendid.
You are the most well spoken actor I have ever heard.
Hello John 'm very captivated by the way you explain how to get the attention of a casting director . As an actress sometimes I dont feel the security to do the first line RIGHT. You explain the way it should happen : simply believing it from your point of view . Great advice . Greetings from Mexico.
"What were you doing on the 14th of January?" Oh just.. watching your videos. What a coincidence!! I love your videos. Thank you very much for your insight.
that was the day Alan Rickman passed away. So, my heart cracked again when I heard the date.
You are BRILLIANT! So grateful to have come across your videos.
This really helps! You can the difference between where you really believe the line or if you're just reciting it! Once you believe that, "my birthday was yesterday" it sounds so much more real and convincing! A quote that I think you said is acting isn't pretending to be a character, it's believing that you are the character! Thank you!
this was SO helpful!! i'm auditioning to a theatre school in my city in 4 days with a monologue that have as my character's first line "my day was amazing, mom. everyone wants to be my friend now. i'm the dead kid's sister, didn't you know?" and i really want to impress them right at this line, but since i'm an only child and always have been, i had no clue how to make it sound real. you gave me a start, thank you!
So after watching a few of these videos, which have all been extremely helpful and a complete re-gain of my time, I've learned that as an actor what you are looking for the most in all your lines is to be as *truthful* as possible. How quaint. To cleverly, find a way to say a line as legitimately honest as you can - even if that means smoothly transitioning in and out of your character and speaking as *yourself* on that character's behalf. Because after all, you are that character and they are you (for the duration of the film, play).
I just found yours films and... I want to thank you for so many good advices - I hope they will help me. I think this what you're doing is really important not just for me, but also for so many others actors and actresses. So thank you again, John.
I'm am genuinely in awe. The tip of saying the line " for real" is absolutely beautiful. Beautiful. It's so simple, yet not easy. Brilliant. Thank you.
You're welcome. Thanks for kind words. John Windsor-Cunningham
Thanks John. I studied drama for 5 years and finally I find some clear tips I can apply on my acting. Greetings from Spain!
You're welcome! John - more at www.Windsor-Cunningham.com on the 'free videos' page.
Another detailed, and captivating video. Thanks John! 😁😁
Some of the finest coaching I've ever heard. Thank you, sir!
Thanks for very kind words. Better to come soon hopefully, but busy with a show til August. Hope you too.
John Windsor-Cunningham
John I always love to come back to your videos for myself and my 4 kids. Our daughters are in an audition class and find your videos helpful. I'm very appreciative of your coaching and your videos. Thank you so much!
You're welcome, and I coach on skype if they ever want specific help, and I charge as little as possible, John (www.Windsor-Cunningham.com)
I love this , really helpful
This is great and really helped me grasp the process of "acting" (because acting isn't 'acting' at all, it's just really being who you're being and meaning what you're saying)
If all else fails... Be honest
One of best lessons ever! You are amazing teacher and actor John! Thanks for all the advices and lessons!
You're welcome! John (www.Windsor-Cunningham.com)
Vitor De Almeida are you an actor,, i also love acting,, from kenya
Loved this; very simple yet insightful. And I just realized... yesterday WAS my birthday! How appropriate!! :)
So brilliant. Thank you for all of your videos John. You have brought me much realization brother.
No word touches me more than to be called a brother. You're very kind. Good wishes, (persevering is all that's needed in the end!) John Windsor-Cunningham
You sir would be and are the best actor ever
this was so helpful, audition advice is always appreciated
I miss your videos John !!!! you are amazing!!!! thank you
I see this as my very first acting lesson, it was gripping, thanks a lot sir.
You're welcome. You say it's your "first" lesson. The second one is to work a LOT, to do lots and lots of work, study, practice. Because that is what others do and you need to know as much as they do ! John Windsor-Cuningham
Love all your videos, just for interest. "By being real" - absolutely.
I there,
I'm working my way through your videos and have some questions already.
Really good videos.
I live in Japan and really want to pursue acting even though everything and everyone feels against it.
Regards
I hope you "did you!"
Acting is acting like you’re not acting
-The Rocketeer
That line always made me chuckle 😂😂 loved the video John!
I know exactly what I was doing on the 14th of January, watching your videos!
thankyou so much for you videos! I´ve only just started acting and your videos are by far the most helpful ones i´ve seen so far, THANK YOU!
You are one heck of a person......I think...well thanks for this wonderfull help.to prepare me...more ....
Hello John, would you make a video about how to do a monologue ?
I feel a little bit weird when no one on stage with me.
And many school require to do it in auditions.
late reply, but try to imagine that the character your talking to is present on the stage with you !
He’s great!!! This is full of good advice which is also very simple.
This man is really great! What valuable lessons and well exolained! Thank you!
Very kind of you. Thank you. John Windsor-Cunningham
you're just captivating and so on point! all your examples are so good! thank you for the inspiration you evoke in me
Very kind. Thank you. John Windsor-Cunningham
I've been working my way through all of your videos and I just love hearing your point of view! Thank you for this education. :)
Thank you. John Windsor-Cunningham!
Another excellent video John! Definitely helps in finding the way to an honest performance!
You are helping me tremendously! Thank you
You're welcome. I rarely see messages here. More videos at www.Windsor-Cunningham.com Best wishes, JOhn
This really just opened my mind. So good and helpful. Thank you John!
You're welcome! John (www.Windsor-Cunningham.com)
This video just changed my whole life!!! 💕💕💕
Excellent! Carry on eating and sleeping. Don't stop breathing, but everything else, yes, why not. Have fun with it! John Windsor-Cunningham
John Windsor-Cunningham Thank you so much! 🤗
I enjoy your videos so much! They are very helpful and I got a little giggle thinking about using a cockroach as the dead body in the bathroom.
AYEthats my dad's birthday....these videos are magic... thanks for these videos mate!!
Wow! This Guy is amazing, thank you very much sir now you motivating me to follow my path🙏
Love the outfit! Great video, thank you!
Never a dull moment. Cheers
But sheer coincidence I'm watching this on the 30th of April. I had to check the day to see when it was first posted
Good good good stuff. Thank you so much for sharing this. 🙏🥇 (none of their damn business, we are actors) perfect!
I am truly impressed!
Thanks, I have learned a lot from you! Great videos!
I just love these videos!
Such a source of inspiration, thank you.
You're welcome. And a good chance that if you get the first bit right the second line will suddenly make sense as well. Hoping so anyway. Have to try everything! best wishes, JOhn (www.Windsor-Cunningham.com)
Great video as always, John.
John is 100% correct in what to do, be truthful, yet 99% of actors never do it. They all force it out, do too much, fake it, dramatize it etc...
Damnit! Only 100%? Well the next video will be better, I promise. Truly. And truly thanks for kind words.
John Windsor-Cunningham
Thank you for the tips. Absolutely brilliant.
Dear John - I'm loving your acting tips in all sort of ways. One thing I'm trying to do, as an aside, is educational videos. I have no problem teaching to an audience, because you pick up energy even from mostly non-verbal responses. But I'm finding it like walking through treacle talking to a camera-I often loose so much inertia I grind to a halt. Then I look at the results and it sends me to sleep! Should I treat it as a soliloquy? I want to be "myself," whatever that means, but should I treat myself as a character and imagine a context? I was toying with Michael Checkov's type of preparation (that's an approach that generally works for me over the "method" thingy). Sorry, this is such a terrible ramble, but any pointers would be gratefully received.
Yes, it's a great question, because I can see you ask it truthfully. And the truthful answer (mine anyway - ! - ) may seem rather mad. But it's that there isn't one clear answer to how one can speak 'personally to people in a video, except I'd offer two points: firstly to speak as if to somebody who needs and deserves your help, so child you dont see, some deserving orphan who might see the video in some lost country, just somebody whom you genuinely want to share your thoughts with, - and secondly to just keep trying , to keep on doing it, since, like it or not, practice is bond to make you better at it. The second way may take time but it's bound to workif you do it, isn't it. John Windsor-Cunningham
@@NewYorkActingCoach Thanks so much for that considered reply. I especially see how visualizing someone that "needs" your help would be a motivator. Also, I have to say, having at least made a few attempts at this, already there is some improvement, so I totally get the practice makes perfect advice-a kind of familiarity with the novel situation that you begin to relax with. I guess that goes for all learning. Thanks again and best wishes!
funny thing is my birthday is the 30 of April. A day after his! hahaha realism at its finest!
Astounding! Just amazing. Great work!
Very very kid. Thanks! John Windsor-Cunningham (always contactable c/o my email address which is on all videos and website)
Brilliant.I love this guy!
Thank you! John Windsor-Cunningham
wonderful. what performances you do in front of us. acting or not!
cheers from brasil!
Love this video!! It really is inspiring! Thank you so much for the advice!
You're very welcome! Jhn (www.Windsor-Cunningham.com)
On the 14th od January I probably watched a film and played video games. It was a good day.
Hello. My name is Blaise and I just turned 15. I REALLY want to become an actor more than anything! And not for the fame and wealth but because I just see it as such an amazing and interesting career. Im also a huge movie freak and I think I know quite a lot about the film industry for my age. The only problem is, all of my friends are telling me that it's hopeless that I'll never be able to become an actor but I really don't want to believe them. So I just want to say thankyou for these great videos on extremely helpful tips. I'm also hoping that you could give me ANY kind of advice
sir you are just amazing!!!
Thank you very much John ☺️☺️, it worked
Excellent. Well done. JOhn (www.Windsor-Cunningham.com)
Man I love you.
This is incredibly helpful! Thanks!
Hi John, your videos are incredibly insightful and fascinating. I’m in the very beginning of perusing a career in theater and seem to have a lot of trouble with genuine emotional truth when presenting it to others. I can do it well at home when alone but I feel vulnerable around others and loose the depth. Do you have any advice on the matter? (I’m a generally emotionally unavailable/ afraid of real feelings person in real life too... I’m working on myself but I fear it might be the cause of my issue)
Thank you :)
loving your videos John! there is in fact ' A DEAD BODY IN THE BATHROOM!
I'm struggling with the first line of Cassius's monologue "Why man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus" Could you help on how to start with this line ? Thanks a lot !
Thanks John! Big help !
Amazing John
Thank you! If you ever need specific help I coach on skype and in New York and charge as little as possible. Best wishes anyway. John - I rarely see messages here, best always through my website (www.Windsor-Cunningham.com)
Brilliant...just brilliant!!
❤️ frm india
Great lesson's I learnt a lot🙏
This makes so much sense!
Thanks a lot. Professor John.
You're welcome! John (www.Windsor-Cunningham.com)
You are amazing. Love from Belgium.
Thanks very much! Had many wonderful times once with a play in Belgium, so especially good to hear. John Windsor-Cunningham
@@NewYorkActingCoach I really wish you had acting classes here. I would immediately sign in!
@@rajaeelyousfi8867 Are you on the moon? or Mars? I do classes everywhere, using Skype. But you may not need me, just look around, endlessly, and you'll find interesting people. Just make sure they know something you need to know! John Windsor-Cunningham
@@NewYorkActingCoach Yes I will take acting classes but now with the virus going on it is hard to find any good one. I have been watching your video’s and I prefer your coaching because you do it in a such passionate way... Is there any link?
Tis video (and I think all of my videos) has my website printed at the last seconds of it, ( Windsor-Cunningham.com ) which has a 'Contact page' where you can get in touch about any coaching, if that's what you want, and if you're serious. That isn't meant to sound rude, but I only take beginners (or experienced actors) if they are serious! Even though it should also be fun. Best wishes, John Windsor-Cunningham
Hi! Great video John!
I have a question. How do you make it the line the "truth" if there's already one implemented in the script. What I mean is, when I say "there's a dead body in the bathroom", but me thinking of a spider to make it true would lower the stakes and make the way I say it different. How to I make it true but still stay within the stakes of the film/play?
Thank you!
Good question, and easier to answer in person, but I'll do my best in a few lines. For a detective to point out that "There's a body in the bathroom" will not have higher stakes than there would be in your embarrassment of you telling your mother (for example) that there's a dead spider there. It would be a simple, horrid little fact. Which is all the body is to the detective. So there isn't a difference, and ,if you stop yourself from thinking about whether there's a difference, then your actor's "mind" will allow itself to forget any difference, and simply know it's a fact, because the person you are talking to will not know you were thinking about spiders. So . . . you will feel you are talking about a dead body! In other words, - though I may sound a little rude - just do it, as it will be real.
John Windsor-Cunningham
@@NewYorkActingCoach Thank you! This was a great help!
Who are these great 9 people who unliked this video ?
Well thanks for asking. I often wonder myself what I've said to annoy them. Maybe their finger skipped and they pressed the wrong icon my mistake, or maybe I'm wrong to suggest all this concentration on one line, but I dont think so. Anyway thanks for noticing. John Windsor-Cunningham
Another great help!
More in next few days I promise. Been insanely busy. Thanks for kind words. John Windsor-Cunningham
Dear Mr. John, thank you for your lesson, I felt that you really made me that question.
I would like to tell you that one can be very good at acting or one can be very good at many things, but I do believe in destiny,
besides one can do it pretty bad but the person likes who does it...and it is perfect.
did you see the film Match Point ?
kindly,
Jorge
I'm 14 and I've been quite captivated by the thought of making a line or character become alive, I'm entering highschool and taking Theater Arts, I want to become an actress but many people say it's hard to become successful in such a career, they'd say I've had to start young, but I'm still young. How do I start? Do I get an acting coach and a manager to find me an audition?
Bianca Smallz I sent a reply direct to you, suggesting you pass my thoughts on this question to your parents, since, if you dont mind me saying so, you are so young. Thank you for your question. John Windsor-Cunningham.
+John Windsor-Cunningham if you don't mind me asking, how old is too old to start
+Jason Johnson Sorry, just saw your question. Your age and the amount of work you're willing and able to put into it all is the combination, I suppose, that decides if your age matters. Maybe try, a local workshop, or community theatre, or local film group. It'd give you an ide of how much you like it and of how much people seem to want you. JOhn
4:16 well I was watching the whole pLAY HENRY IV PART I performed by the truclips.net/video/nZ8dAvTGGyw/видео.html , I loved the Scottish performance by hotspur and welsh accent by hal. But rofl. I started laughing so loud at 4:16 puuuuuuuuuuuuuuure brilliance. you're a genius. and that's what i was doing on 14 th january alone at home in campbell CA. i NEED THIS AUDITION AT ANY COST. 1000 PERFORM AND 12 GET PICKED. GOTTA BE ONE OF THEM!
This was great! Thanks so much!
You're welcome. Thanks for kind words. Not sure what to make the next video about yet, but hopefully better ones to follow. John Windsor-Cunningham
@@NewYorkActingCoach Awesome! I'm looking forward to it. Until then I'll check out some of your other videos.
From kenya,, it's great
John Windsor-Cunningham, your videos are really helpful. I am wondering if it is possible to be an actress after 23-24 ages without having no experience before? I want to study acting. But I am concerned about my age and having no practice...
+Aytan Jamayeva Too difficult a question to answer in a few words here. Please get in touch using the 'Contact' page on my website www.Windsor-Cunningham.com or my email jwcactor@yahoo.com
It’s the moment it most likely shakes or break or break through ♥️✨🍾😎😎😎
Well, yes, well-said, but if we keep on going NEVER MINDING how the opening has seemed we may find ourselves inspired to get the middle suddenly right. That's what makes acting fun, the 'unexpected discovery. But I'm guessing you know all that !John Windsor-Cunningham
Thanks I'm learning a lot from you. Do you have insights on how to do an improvise talk in any topic for five minutes or monologues?
Yes, of course, no problem, lots of ways, but can't be explained in 20 words. My free videos show I'm not pushing people to come to me for coaching, but I can only suggest you try a session with me so I can see what your individual needs are. John (if wanted please use the 'contact' page on my website Windsor-Cunningham.com or my email jwcactor@yahoo.com
Oh you beautiful man thanks soo much ❤️❤️
Thank you very much , Great Sir!
You're welcome. It works if you can do it, and may carry through into the rest of the speech! Best wishes anyway. JOhn (Windsor-Cunningham.com)
That was helpful thank you!
John I’m a new subscriber and I have been loving your videos. I have a question. I have an audition in a very big theater. I notice when I project in very large spaces that I lose a lot of the inflection etc and the performance becomes very flat and I also become very aware of how loud I am talking if that makes sense. Any tips for projecting without losing intention and realism? Thank you!
Impossible to answer as all actors' voices are different, and all understand what I say in different ways . . (but if you ever want to book a session please dont do it here as I may miss the message, use the 'Contact' page on my website (Windsor-Cunningham.com) but, in short, keep working on the script more and more and then more and more, it's what successful actors do, and your instinct to give truth to the lines may survive your wish to be heard. Relax your throat and your voice and be open, and the sound should travel. John Windsor-Cunningham
wow, my birthday is on the 30th of april. So you know I'm not lying either.