Fun start to the week at wpac!

What an exciting two days we've had at WPAC!

The VO GYMDO is in full swing and we have about 10-15 actors at VO GYMDO LEVEL ONE status! We'll be doing a pinning ceremony when the ribbons arrive in a week or so.

Just like a karate dojo, as you progress with your VO katas, you'll do a shia test (a test to move to the next level) and get a different colored ribbon for each level. Eventually you can become a VO GYMDO blackbelt in VO.

​Everyone had a great time recording a PSA for Coats for Kids and a commercial for SUPERCUTS. You can listen to all of your files from the VO GYMDO by CLICKING THIS LINK.

Please remember to download your files onto your devices ASAP so that I can clear the servers. We're getting quite crowded on our Google drive right now.

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ONGOING SCENE STUDY FOR FILM AND TELEVISION

Kristine Gallo and Geede DeLong rehearse a scene from NBC's West Wing in WPAC's Ongoing Scene Study for Film & TV.

Maureen Constable and Gina Probert rehearse a scene from an UNTITLED DRAMA script.

Rob Rowe and Maureen Constable rehearse a scene from Steven Spielberg's THE POST.

Geede DeLong and Kristine Gallo rehearse a scene from ITV's British crime drama series VERA.

Gina Probert and Maureen Constable rehearse a scene from James Mangold's GIRL, INTERRUPTED based on Susanna Kaysen's account of her stay in a mental hospital.

During Tuesday night's class we discussed the importance of SUBTEXT again and I showed some clips from films that really showcased the actor's use of subtext in the scene. Subtext is an essential part of what we communicate and it's important to keep exploring ways of showing that on camera. Please remember to download your files onto your devices ASAP so that I can clear the servers. We're getting quite crowded on our Google drive right now.

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR FILES FROM ONGOING SCENE STUDY FOR FILM AND TELEVISION 

We did each scene at least twice and we worked on tightening up that subtext and allowing ourselves to really respond to what was happening in the scene. I shot the scenes OTS to give the actors a bit more intimacy with their readers. If you have any comments or insights, please leave them below or drop me a line at wayne.pyle@gmail.com

If you'd like to get some private acting coaching but you can't make it to the studio in New Paltz, we can always schedule a SKYPE/FACETIME coaching session. Just CLICK ON THIS LINK and you'll be taken to my private coaching scheduling site. The instructions for how to sign up for private coaching are on the site.

I also have new rates for  SELF-TAPING SERVICES  at 7 Innis! If you'd like to tape your auditions with no coaching, it's $40 for up to an hour's worth of work. If you'd like coaching, it's the usual price of $65 for the hour. I'll be your reader and I can help you submit the self-tapes to casting. You are responsible for making sure we follow all of the casting director's instructions.

That's all for today! Looking forward to seeing everyone next week. Keep living life truthfully under those given imaginary circumstances.

WP