(This is for all my actor friends… one film director to actors. I see a lot actor to actor, but very little from directors to actor. BTW– we’ve got the screenfighting workshop coming up in a few weeks– click here to make sure you get your seat.) The Quest Constantin Stanislavski– often referred to as the father of modern acting, defined acting as the quest for theatrical truth. I believe this is a great starting place for the craft you’re working in. It all boils down to this– is your performance as close as possible to theatrical truth? Personally, I believe that truth cannot be achieved in a theatrical performance (you’re performing, pretending– it’s not truth, but theatrical truth). Does your performance ring true with the audience? Sure, many factors go into you achieving theatrical truth in a film role. …
In the 90’s, when we finished the edit, we would lay off the final to tape and make a VHS client approval dub. Then when they were happy with it, we would duplicate how many ever VHS copies the client needed. Ten years later, it’s DVD. In 2005, we purchased a DVD duplicator, that printed right on the face. Our clients wanted discs, so that’s what we gave them. Now seven years later, it’s changing again. We almost made a decision even earlier this year to invest in another DVD duplicator. But out of the last ten projects, the primary means of delivering to the client was not DVD for nine of them. Clients want files. We learned the best settings for YouTube and Vimeo so that the videos are high def and yet load and play quickly. We’ve added…