Acting : Active Listening for Actors - Speiser/Sturges Acting Studio by Florin Şumălan

Thanks for sharing the video, Florin Şumălan. It's a great video for actors, writers, and others to watch!

Thanks for sharing this Florin Şumălan . I particularly liked the reminder to connect with my senses as a way to be present. Reminds me of what a teacher told me once. I think it is hard to stay fresh when repeating a scene over and over. How do you keep your responses fresh and authentic?

Alexandra Stevens, I don't know if I understand well, but I think this "connection to your senses" means also to be conscious of yourself, to be aware of your whole body, to really be in control of your body (your conscious self - your mind to be in control of your body and not your body to be in control of your mind).

About keeping my responses fresh and authentic, I don't know what to say. I have very little experience, but I think that after repeating a scene many times you can enter in some kind of routine where you just say what you memorized.

I think that we have to remember, because we forget.

Maybe one way to remember could be by asking yourself what you are doing, what is your purpose, your intention...remember to listen - active listening.

Florin Şumălan yes active listening! Having just finished a project I had a chance to experiment more with how to keep things fresh. This time it was trying lots of different vocal exercises in the rehearsal. For example 'painting' the vowels and consonants, or saying only the vowel sounds, or making big gestures and movements as I said my lines. This helped keep things fresh for me on this occassion.