Jean-Louis Rodrigue: How to Work With Actors in Film and the Camera Close-up

An actor’s vision in film acting is lived emotionally and physically. That kind of performance requires more than instinct; it needs interpretative intelligence and a mastery of physical, psychological, and emotional craft into performance. This is the most popular workshop we present because of the application of Alexander Technique to film acting, and the actual feedback actors get in real-time in front of the camera. Participants see the improvement in their acting from beginning to end.

Areas that will be explored:

Becoming versus Performing; You are more than your habits; Freeing impulse and response patterns; Discovering stillness and vulnerability in close-up; Listening with your whole body; Personality and character; Breath as energy and a vehicle for emotion; Emotions as an undercurrent; Relating to other actor’s emotions (sadness, happiness, anger, love, fear).

We will explore together some of the above elements, please have some space available for movement. As a practical application, I will work with two actors in a scene for a film.

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