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DealingWithActors

"What are the Secrets to Directing Actors?"

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Directing doesn't have to be a chore. With the right tools you can achieve
almost anything on the stage or screen. Yes, actors can be difficult. Given
the wrong tongue an actor can quit, screw up a performance, or waste hours of
precious production or rehearsal time.

But you can avoid these pitfalls with the right knowledge. You can
start directing the easy way now!

I remember back in my NYU days there were several key mistakes novice
directors made when it came to the actor-director relationship:

- Treating your actors like demigods. To this day I've never seen an
actor lift a mountain or part a large body of water. If your actor
sucks they should be fired, immediately, without an apology. Unless the
actor's name helps you raise money for a project, no single person in
your cast or crew should be viewed as indispensable.

- Talked too much about what your project means rather than your
material vision of the project. Maybe this is the most common mistake
of directors. Directors love talking about themes and metaphors but
actors can't work with themes and metaphors. You're not writing an
English paper; you're shooting a movie or producing play if you're in
theater. Actors need a very special kind of "actorspeak" that I've
learned to develop over the years.

- Working with amateurs You are not rich. You are not famous. You
cannot hrie a professional. WRONG! The honest to god truth is that
anybody can hire professional actors. No one has to settle for casting
their step-sister. The problem is approach. Hiring professionals
requires certain procedures and etiquette. I'll cover how you can
better approach professionals in a minute.

- Spent too little time rehearsing or, more commonly, no rehearsing. So
you spend a few minutes "warming up" then you start shooting. Big
novice mistake! Yes, this works In TV land where actors get merely a
week (or less) to read, memorize, and rehearse a 50 - 60 page teleplay.
But thankfully you don't work in television (if you do you have my
sympathies!).

Actors need time and your sincere attention to construct a character,
build a scene, and make a movie you can be proud of. A lot of directors
don't take the time to learn the actual process and so settle for less.

- Refusing to accept criticism from professionals. If you're still
reading you probably don't have this problem, but those who do never
learn much about the process of directing quality work.

Even successful professionals need to keep an open ear to new
information and guideposts. In Hollywood it is often that once a
director spits out a few blockbusters their ego takes over and they
assume every move they make is the best move. Their later work suffers
as a result and their career plateaus.

- Accepting worthless criticism from close friends and co-workers. Does
your best buddy know how to direct actors? Probably not. Your
girlfriend? Not likely. Don't take everyone's word as gospel. Good
directing tips are few and far between. You can't just turn to those
closest to you for a leg up. Without a friend in the business, the
right kind of advice is always hard to find.

- Finding the right tools. When I was first learning to direct and
produce I found the directing books out there on the market were not
very helpful, filled with too much personal hype of the director's
"glory days" and very little useful information. I wish I had a guide
that showed me directing right from wrong. But I had to learn
everything about actors the hard way before I could do it the easy way.

But you don't have to travel the same hard trail. Here I want to
introduce my eBook Dealing With Actors. If you want to hire and direct
professional actors, Dealing With Actors will show you how.

But hiring professionals isn't enough. You've got to deal with these
people. I'm giving up all the dark secrets about actors that everyone
in the industry knows in their heart but will not admit for fear it
will hurt their reputation. That way you can you can run circles around
the pitfalls and landmines that besiege 90% of other directors.

Dealing With Actors will give you the tools necessary to fight the five
"wars" that every director must fight and win to have any kind of
influence over profesional actors:
writer at laptop computer
War #1: Scriptwriting
You must write a script that actors will respect.
filing through headshots
War #2: Search
You must select your stars from a slushpile of wannabes.
actor reading for a role
War #3: Audition
You must make good first impressions and select actors who will take
you and your script seriously.
two leads waiting for direction
War #4: Rehearsal
The battle here is the most complex. Win authority over your vision or
your actors will sink your ship!
shooting a scene: action!
War #5: Production
Perhaps the greatest battle you fight is on the set. If you cannot
maintain control here all the work you've managed so far is for
nothing!

This unique, entertaining book covers each of your little wars with a
strategy for victory! You will win because I am honest, probably too
honest, about the psychology of talented actors.
This eBook is compatible with screen readers.

In Dealing With Actors you will learn:

Dealing With Scripts
* Learn what scripts actors hate and what scripts they're willing to
kill for!
* Learn the secret scriptwriting trick that almost every screenwriter
and director in Hollywood implicitly knows but no one, not even
your film teacher, will tell you! It's so simple, the minute you
learn it you will be using it for the rest of your career.
* How to get an original, full-length script for FREE or at a very
low cost!

"I was floored by what you wrote."
- John, Floored Filmmaker in California, USA

Dealing With Casting
* How to tell if a headshot is using trick photography.
* A list of my favorite places to find quality actors on the
Internet. Hint: you don't know them all.
* Insider information about dealing with acting unions like SAG,
AFTRA, and Equity.
* How to write killer Back Stage ads with descriptions actors want to
hear so you get the most talent sending you their headshots and
resumes.

"I recently purchased your eBook. I know it will be a great help to
me."
- Jean, Frustrated Director in Florida, USA

Dealing With Auditions
* How to hold professional auditions and do it from any state in the
union or anywhere in the world.
* How, even as a film or drama student, you can, from the beginning,
get that much sought-after respect from professional actors so they
will listen to your ideas.
* How to use your audition time efficiently.
* How to get a professional actor to show up at your audition at nine
o'clock on a Saturday morning!
* The one way to keep an actor from filing a lawsuit against you. It
does happen!

"Actors, directors and producers should know how to handle each other
and I believe Dealing With Actors will [play] a key role in that. I
find it very informative...I wish I had read this 10 years ago."
- Allena, Relieved Artist in Illinois, USA

Dealing With Rehearsals
* Learn actorspeak. There is a kind of language that works with
actors then there's a kind that just confuses them and corrupts
their minds. Learn to use actorspeak when directing your scenes.
* The one tool you should be giving every actor before they start a
day of rehearsal, that will help them get their role down in record
time and improve their performance almost instantly.
* How to prevent an actor's ego from getting out of control.
* The single most important phrase to use with any actor that will
make any director look like a genius! It takes just one phrase!
* The tools of the trade that any director can use to improve their
scenes with little time and effort.
* Learn about the four basic kinds of actors and how to direct each
one.
* Tips to help you organize your rehearsals even when you have almost
no time!
* How to pace your scenes.
* Learn what is often missing from a scene that you can't put your
finger on.

"Just wanted to say that I'm half way through the book and I absolutely
love it...I'm an actor now going into a little more directing and I
find my own experiences being paralleled by his book and feel that this
book should be directly marketed to ACTORS as well!"
- Drew, Actor Turned Directed in California, USA

Dealing With Actors on the Set
* How to keep your actors happy on the set without wasting valuable
time or getting a headache.
* What your actor really thinks about you.
* How to shoot a sex scene or nude scene without alienating your
actors.
* How to protect your project from untimely events like your lead
actor getting hit by a car the day before your shoot. You can
protect yourself from even these real dangers right now!
* Learn correct shooting procedure. If you want your actors to
respect you and give a decent take then don't waste their time and
energy with bad shooting technique.
* Why you should never direct the way "the professionals" do it. Most
directors are grotesquely incompetent. Find out what they do wrong
and what you can do about it.
* And Much More!
* Comes with FREE USA-based technical support.
* If you are not completely satisfied with Dealing With Actors let us
know within 8 weeks of your purchase date and you will receive a
complete refund. No questions asked.

casting form As a FREE BONUS when you buy Dealing With Actors you will
also get my actor's audition form. This is the exact same form I use
with all my projects.
Use it for all your auditions to help keep you organized and sane.
readers

Who's reading Dealing With Actors?

* Filmmakers
* Students
* Producers
* Theater directors
* College professors
* And, yes, even actors!

I wrote Dealing With Actors after sorting through my experiences as
both an artist and filmmaker. I am a graduate from New York
University's famous Tisch School of the Arts. I hold a BFA with Honors
in Film Production. My films have been seen across the world from New
York to Tokyo. I've had actors that love me; I've had actors that walk
out on me. I know what to expect when you're just starting out.

My eBook will give you easy to follow examples of how to choose the
right actor for your film or threater show and make sure they don't
suddenly quit. I know how to keep actors. I know how to work under
limited budgets and limited resources.

Whether you think you are just starting out or think you are a hot
shot, I can help you improve your approach with actors. I don't use any
mystical, academic, hard to grasp system. I use common sense tools that
are effective, fast, and easy to remember.

My fun, breeze of a book draws from life examples and is intended to
help anyone who has ever been frustrated with an actor either because
of their conceited attitude or their lack of insight.

I'm on your side. I know the obstacles you face. If you've never done a
casting session, rehearsal, or production, then my eBook should be one
of the first things you read. You don't have to find out things the
hard way. You don't have to go it alone.

Best regards, and happy directing!
David Horatio
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