THE BLOG

Put Your Toe on the Line audition tech on-set tools Aug 18, 2025

You know that moment on a rollercoaster—the part where you’re strapped in, the safety bar clicks, and suddenly you’re climbing higher than you realized you ever agreed to? Your stomach drops before ...

Continue Reading...
Raising the Steaks don't make sense anymore audition tech on-set tools Aug 13, 2025

RAZING THE STEAKS
(…because “raising the stakes” doesn’t mean much anymore, either)

Some phrases in acting have been repeated so often that their original intent has been diluted. “Raise the stakes” is ...

Continue Reading...
Why Comedy Seems Larger Than Life audition tech on-set tools Aug 11, 2025

This month within Masters of Self-Taping (MOST) is all about Comedy. We are working on specific tools each week in our community meetings and then it will all culminate in a meaty self-tape at the e...

Continue Reading...
Stop being a good scene partner audition tech on-set tools Aug 06, 2025

Where Should the Scene End?

 Y’all, real talk. I see many actors playing scenes like they know there are three more pages waiting for them. Which turns them into “good scene partners.” Always giv...
Continue Reading...
Wide vs Medium vs Close-Up on-set tools Aug 04, 2025

--> The wide shot is when we listen to our partner.

That’s your establishing moment. It’s not your close-up, not your big chance to dazzle. It’s your chance to live fully in the world of the sc...

Continue Reading...
What does doom scrolling teach us about acting? Jun 27, 2025

You’re on your phone with your thumb hurling 3-4 pieces of new information at you every second. Something stops you. A video. Maybe it’s a person trying to throw a CD across a room and make it land on...

Continue Reading...
1 2