Acting seminar gives student on-camera experience
Michael McDonald
Issue date: 10/29/09 Section: Arts
Days of Our Lives actor Steve Blackwood hosted a four-hour acting seminar for Hillsdale College students last Friday. Acting students who had the opportunity to attend this lecture were taught the techniques on acting for the camera.
"We prepared monologues in front of a camera. He played them back, and then critiqued our acting and commented on how the particular characters matched our own personality," said freshman Mark Keller.
The seminar was broken up into three parts: students acting on camera, Blackwood's critique of the student's acting a sample of Blackwood's personal demo reel which included some of his scenes from Days of Our Lives.
The students were required to memorize monologues and present them to the camera for Blackwood to observe and critique. The main purpose of this activity was to illustrate the differences between acting on stage and acting for the camera.
"Acting for the camera is completely different than acting on stage," said sophomore Samantha Nasser. "There's a lot of stillness and not as much movement."
Students said having a celebrity come and critique the their acting performances turned out to be a very enjoyable experience.
"Everyone enjoyed the seminar," said Nasser.
The viewing and critique of the monologues took up most of the four-hour seminar, and the students got a lot out of his critique.
"Hearing his critique of my video was my favorite part," said Nasser.
Other students simply enjoyed watching their peers perform and seeing the differences in acting styles.
"I enjoyed watching the other people's monologues the most," said Keller.
"We prepared monologues in front of a camera. He played them back, and then critiqued our acting and commented on how the particular characters matched our own personality," said freshman Mark Keller.
The seminar was broken up into three parts: students acting on camera, Blackwood's critique of the student's acting a sample of Blackwood's personal demo reel which included some of his scenes from Days of Our Lives.
The students were required to memorize monologues and present them to the camera for Blackwood to observe and critique. The main purpose of this activity was to illustrate the differences between acting on stage and acting for the camera.
"Acting for the camera is completely different than acting on stage," said sophomore Samantha Nasser. "There's a lot of stillness and not as much movement."
Students said having a celebrity come and critique the their acting performances turned out to be a very enjoyable experience.
"Everyone enjoyed the seminar," said Nasser.
The viewing and critique of the monologues took up most of the four-hour seminar, and the students got a lot out of his critique.
"Hearing his critique of my video was my favorite part," said Nasser.
Other students simply enjoyed watching their peers perform and seeing the differences in acting styles.
"I enjoyed watching the other people's monologues the most," said Keller.
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