Actor/Director Dialogue – How to Discern Someone’s Style of Speaking by Sean Pratt

11/23/09 SEAN PRATT PRESENTS HIS WEEKLY ARTICLE ON THE BUSINESS OF THE BIZ

Actor/Director Dialogue – How to Discern Someone’s Style of Speaking by Sean Pratt

Understanding the director’s speaking style, as well as your own, will go a long way to helping you effectively communicate with each other.

Perhaps this has happened to you. You’ve just finished performing your scene and have gone to the director to get your notes. She says, “Wonderful. Let’s do it again but this time infuse the scene with the color blue.” And you’re thinking to yourself, “Is the director crazy? What does that mean?!” Nothing can be more problematic to the success of a project than when the director cannot clearly communicate with an actor and vice versa. Essentially, it boils down to the way each of them speaks and listens. And when it comes to talking, while you can’t change the director’s way of conveying her/his ideas to you, you can endeavor to understand what kind of style it is and adjust your responses accordingly.

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Sean Pratt, (AEA / SAG / AFTRA), has been a working actor for over 20 years. He received his BFA from the College of Santa Fe, NM. Sean was a member of the resident acting company at The Pearl Theatre, an Off-Broadway classical repertory theatre and has also performed at numerous regional theatres around the country. Major films include - Gods and Generals, Tuck Everlasting and Iron Jawed Angels. Television work includes - The host of HGTV’s, Old Homes Restored, and supporting roles on Homicide, The District and America’s Most Wanted. Audiobooks - He has been narrating for over 13 years and has recorded nearly 500 books in just about every genre. He also teaches classes on and writes articles about the business of the Biz. http://www.seanprattpresents.com/