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Position:Home>Theater & Acting> How to improve my acting?Question: How to improve my acting!? I want to improve my acting but the theatre in my town doesn't offer many plays for teens my age!. I want to be an actress on disney channel one day [hopefully soon, 1 or 2 years] but I can't get much experience!. Is there anything I can do to improve when I can't get an acting coach!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hi, My name is Paige Westfall!. I am a dedicated theatre student and I would be more than happy to give you a few handy tips!. 1!. Find simple monologues (one actor scenes) online, and act them out for friends and family!. --Have them critique you as hard as they can, and don't take offense to any negative things they might say because you just have to turn those negatives into positives!. *Acting is just reacting* I've always heard!. You have to be the character!.!.!. not just say lines and act like the character!. Some monologues might give you a brief idea of what your character is like but!.!.!. you can go in an add details!. MAKE IT YOUR OWN!. 2!. If your town doesnt offer many plays!.!.!. get some of your friends and make up one of your own and act it out!. here are the big tips on actually acting!. Put your hand on your chest and breath normally!.!.!. if you feel your chest moving!.!.!. you're breathing incorrectly!. reason: When born we breath the right way!.!.!. have you ever noticed when a baby sleeps its stomach moves up and down!? but when you breath your chest moves!? this is because we teach ourselves to breath the wrong way!. Try pushing all your air into your stomach!. This will help strengthen your diaphram (a muscle that's under your lungs) !. you should breath laying on the floor for a minute focusing on the front of your diaprhams!.!.!. and then try to expand your sided for s minute breathing, and then the back of your diaphram!. also!.!.!. try saying tongue twisters!.!.!. heres a good one to repeat "red leather yellow leather" you should practice saying tongue twisters fast!. :D as well as that!.!.!. usually disney channel actors should be good at singing!.!.!. these tips i've given will greatly improve your singing capabilities!. projection is key for stage theatre!. you want to be able to project your voice!.!.!. and resinate (resound which basically means to shake move the sound waves you project when speaking or singing so they are clearer, and louder)!. To tell when you are resinating you can say something!.!.!. speak from your diaphram and feel your face!.!.!. does it vibrate!? well then!.!.!. you're resinating!. if it doesnt try to get it to!. When singing or speaking!.!.!. you should enunciate(speak clearly)!. You could do so by imagining an egg on your tongue when you talk!. there are so many more tips online if you good acting tips, and most importantly!.!.!. dont give up on your dreams :) Acting is fun, for many!.!.!. it's how they find themselves!. As ironic as it sounds considering acting in theatre tendsto lean towards you being something or someone you arent!.!.!. most people find themselves through theatre and acting!. Remember!.!.!. there are no small parts!.!.!. only small actors!. :) Hope this helped!. feel free to E-mail me at Paigey11892@yahoo!.com if you ever need any other tips!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Depending on where you are located exactly!. You can try www!.media-courses!.com Search sylvia young new classes!. And there are many short causes which can give you that boost!. Hope i've helped, feel free to msg me if you have any more questionsWww@QuestionHome@Com media-corses!.com also, im wanting that too! hope to be friends with ya soon!Www@QuestionHome@Com |