From the course: Working with Actors & Non-Actors in Video Production
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Planning and conducting your rehearsals
From the course: Working with Actors & Non-Actors in Video Production
Planning and conducting your rehearsals
- No matter what form these meetings and rehearsals take, you need to make sure you plan them well and follow some guidelines while conducting your rehearsals. I know I've already said this, but rehearsal is crucial to prep your characters and story and to develop their relationships with each other, not just to go through how each scene is going to go. You want to always have a plan for your rehearsals. But not every scene needs a rehearsal, so you want to respect your and your actors' time. When you're rehearsing, you want to listen and respect your actors' input into things. Things that actors have to say about the scene can enhance or even change the dynamic between the characters in ways you never thought of, and you can find things to add or remove in this process. Now while you're doing all this rehearsing, realize that not everything requires addressing. Sometimes a character is just drinking a beer, sometimes they're just closing a door. You don't need to have them do it over…
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