My name is Ogbeh.
Like many persons, i never believed that acting can be taught.
Yet we all have a clumsy beginning. I had mine and i believe you may have had yours. All through my long stage and movie career, i cannot deny the advantage of teaching, provided it can be followed up by hard personal experience.
Let nobody think that that he/she can learn acting by mere reading books, no matter how intelligent they may be.
Acting is a practical art.
All creative art can be studied. When we were young, we immitate the people we admired, just as artists copy pictures.
Acting is an immitation of life, in a way that music, painting and literature are not.
One should never copy acting, but rather one should experience and discover one's own way of expression for oneself. Never copy the style you see by another.
It is true that experience is the best coach.
But there are many lessons to learn in acting:
1. Application
2. Concentration
3. Self-discipline
4. The use of the voice and body
5. Imagination
6. Observation
7. Simplification
8. Self-criticism
Every character should be moulded by the actors.
The actor is not the creator of the character, rather, the instrument of delivery.
So, acting is an act that can be mastered.
With a few tips and a few work-out one can improve a great deal.
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