Giving Feedback to Actors (2024)

FAQs

How to give feedback to actors? ›

Be Honest, but never cruel. Get to the point, focus on the doing. Don't be afraid to be personal with your opinion and on the flip of that, don't be too personal with the criticism. Never be afraid to look unpopular.

It's important to show your work at various stages of its development. Ideas you thought were clear may not be as obvious to someone who wasn't there when the initial ideas were discussed. Feedback from others can be a useful way to help you evaluate your progress and identify areas for improvement.

If the audition was secured through your agent then the proper method would be to have your agent ask for feedback, going direct and bypassing your agent isn't going to make you any friends. If however you got the audition through your own efforts then it is perfectly acceptable to contact them and ask.

Which three questions did Stanislavski believe an actor needed to answer about on stage action? How? What? Why?

One of the most important skills of a film director is to watch and listen carefully to your actors' performance. Pay attention to their voice, body language, facial expressions, and eye contact. Are they delivering their lines with the right intonation, pace, and volume?

When presented, however, feedback is more effective when it reinforces what the employee did right and then identifies what needs to be done in the future. Constant criticism eventually will fall upon deaf ears. Some kinds of feedback occur naturally while other kinds must be carefully planned and well-managed.

It is very, very necessary to get feedback and to get it well. Theatre is a genre which only happens live, that means live people – because dead people, they're not very helpful – live people are instantly responding to what's happening on stage. So, if you don't get some feedback during the process.

After your next audition try something new and don't call your agent. Not only is it a waste of your time, it's a waste of their time, which is time they could spend on getting you another audition! It also brings attention to the fact that you're not booking jobs, even when you think you're killing it!

What are the 5 W's for actors? ›

Identify the 5 Ws in the scene: who, what, when, where and why. Present the scene to classmates. Actors can use pantomime (body and imagination) to express feelings and ideas onstage. Actors work together to use pantomime to express believable emotions.

The 5 C's of Drama - control, communication, creativity, cooperation, concentration. Focus: learning the rules of positive behaviour in the studio as well as key techniques and terminology - tableaux, thought aloud, freeze frame. The beginnings of devising.

Here's a way to easily remember some fundamentals. These are what I call The four “P's”—process, patience, practice, and perseverance.

Constructive Audition Feedback

After an audition, casting directors may offer feedback to the performers to help them understand their strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement.

Respond positively and professionally to feedback, whether you agree with it or not. Thank the person giving feedback for their time, effort, and honesty. Express your appreciation for their feedback and your willingness to learn from it. If you have questions or concerns, ask them politely and respectfully.