AUDITION SELF TAPING ON THE WEST SIDE
Steve Richard Harris – Selt Tape Service
“Any actor who’s watched themselves on a monitor, knows how magnified every minute gesture becomes. Ever notice how still an actor is when the camera comes in for an extreme closeup? That stillness isn’t something happening on the surface. That stillness is the result of an actor who is completely engrossed in their imagination. The camera loves to film those images of life that play across an actor’s eyes. There’s no doubt that if the actor sees it, the audience sees it. Actors tend to feel the need to somehow indicate, what they’re feeling to ensure that they’re more interesting to watch. On the contrary, it’s true that less is more. Less “showing” on the outside and more “seeing” on the inside. Actor stillness.”