I feel like months leading up to a production I always come back here and ask the same question.
I'll post it now, and maybe fine-tune my question later:
I’ve read countless stuff on 'directing actors'. All teach non-result directing in a way that strikes me as a complex code you must use to communicate with actors. I feel like talking to actors should be more accessible, simple to grasp... Then I get to set, or a rehearsal, and an actor acts. I can tell it’s bullshit. But the books tell me not to call this out, to instead ask questions, to think of a verb, etc. I've done plenty of analysis, so I try such a technique, then I get immediate bullshit again, the same exact way as before. At this point, I have nothing more to say, no new adjustment to pose, and I can't well ask for another take or go without a proper reason.
Any advice, recommended book
, or course of action?
I love actors and want to have more fun working with them, but I don’t seem to get it.
I'll post it now, and maybe fine-tune my question later:
I’ve read countless stuff on 'directing actors'. All teach non-result directing in a way that strikes me as a complex code you must use to communicate with actors. I feel like talking to actors should be more accessible, simple to grasp... Then I get to set, or a rehearsal, and an actor acts. I can tell it’s bullshit. But the books tell me not to call this out, to instead ask questions, to think of a verb, etc. I've done plenty of analysis, so I try such a technique, then I get immediate bullshit again, the same exact way as before. At this point, I have nothing more to say, no new adjustment to pose, and I can't well ask for another take or go without a proper reason.
Any advice, recommended book
, or course of action?I love actors and want to have more fun working with them, but I don’t seem to get it.
