actress? If so, what tips can you give me?

Question:What tips can you give me to tell my thirteen year old daughter for when she is on stage? she just started the whole acting thing, but she does get a teensy bit nervous.

How can she project her voice when on stage?

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How can she project her voice when on stage?

Tell her to stay in character and channel the feelings that her character is feeling by connecting them to feelings she has felt in life. She needs to know her character back to front. Her favorite color, best friend, family member, the morals she has, why she has a certain personality trait, etc. It will help her to BE that character.

As for projecting her voice, tell her not to shout, not to yell, but to act like the person she's talking to is at the far end of the room (but still stay in character, of course). She needs to retain all the emotions in her voice and make sure she's still understood. Have her practice: you stand next to her and have a conversation, while another member of your family stands further away.

okay i just choose a spot to look at behind the crowd and yell the lines at it!

use your gut...

shot of Jim beam will work wonders

tell her to speak like she is proud to be there and to be assertive, unless the part is to not be assertive

Tell her that she should be able to handle rejection.

11 year old actor. when ur performing.... i dunno, just let loose.

i know it may seem cheesy, but pretend you're in that play, actually playing that role. pretend it's real. if not do the classic, imagine the audience in their underwear. ;)

im 12 years old and i do drama for school i was nervous 2 when i first started but just tell her to pretend no ones watching practice with a group of friends and have fun it helps alot and it made me get over stage fright

Wow....I'm a actor for now I have a agent right now...anyway my tip is that to breathe before you perform so than she doesnt get nervous (trust me that used to happen to me when I first started).......make your child express her self

I am not a professional, But I have done many years of acting.
Tips to being louder in the theater:
Imagine you are yelling at your sibling, without acting mad!
If this doesn't work and your daughter has a large part, ask the director if they could mic her. Just try it; I know this will help!

I am 12 but I always have been great at acting. I even landed a part in a off broadway show! Here are some of my tips:
1. if you are really into acting keep trying out for plays even if you dont always get a part or the part you wanted.

2.You can't get any worse only better. So if you are really into acting keep at it.

3. Memorize a few monolougs so you are always ready for an audition.

4. Always do what the director says even when u dont agree with him/her.

5. Always thank the coreographer/ director

6. Dont get stressed!

The fourth wall rule. The audience isn't there, and you don't see them. It really helps with nerves after you use it for a time.

Yes, and I am 14 so I can tell you what I do. I play the "Shutup game." What you do is put your daughter on the other side of a room and tell her to say "SHUT UP!" real loudly and NOT yell. Than you yell shut up back.

For Singing on stage:
1. Open your mouth as long as you can it may feel weird but it projects your voice and makes it sound better.
2. Articulate your t's and d's. But don't go overboard. Make sure the audience can understand what you are saying.
3. Practice songs with a piano to make sure you get the right pitches.
4. Find an item on the backwall of the audience and stare at it while singing for beginers you will freeze after seeing the audience. After a while you can look at the audience.
5. Bring life to what you are singing.
6. Show emotion.

For Acting on Stage:
1. Articulate again.
2. Show emotion
3. Cheat Out (corner yourself so it looks like you are looking at something but still are facing the audience)
4. Learn the stages
Right stage, the actors right.
Same with left.
Down Stage, go closer to the audience.
Up Stage, go away from the audience.
5. Always use your up stage hand so the audience can see your pretty face without your down stage hand covering it.
6. DON'T BELIEVE THE UNDERWEAR TRICK IT DOESN'T WORK IT JUST MAKES YOU MESS UP!!!!!!!
7. Do excerises with your voice in the dressing rooms.
8. Try different ways to bring your character to life.
9. LISTEN TO YOUR DIRECTOR THEY KNOW EVERYTHING!!!!!!
10. JUST HAVE FUN!!!!

Hey
i luv acting and i am not at all proffessional!
projecting is not about about shouting , don't not encourage that bad bad habit, nip it in the bud,

its about voice control, thats why there is a thing called the stage whisper.

oh and being scared... talk to you daughter so that she falls in luv wid da audience, i am also scared when i go out there, but its a good scared, and it only lasts for the first few minutes then everything you practiced kicks in and you feela t home doing what you do.... but the nerves are good it help to keep the performance energetic....
the only way she can be that confident is if she knows that there is no pressure and that she is not judged by the ppl she loves...

and i think if she is really serious about the whole acting thing then you should organise classes for her and she will naturally learn to be in front of an audience also she will proffessionall be taught how to project