Paul Marshall's Lounge Discussions

When?

Trying to get some peeps rounded up, will pick a date as soon as we have a nice bunch!

possibly

Responding many years too late Luis R. Quintero but I'd choose Nia Vardalos. She's the reason I wrote my first screenplay and I'd love to star in my own uplifting comedies as she has as well!

Some of my favourite comedians started in Vaudeville or radio. I relate to Jack Benny because our personalities are similar and our comedy style are very much alike and he has a certain sarcasm that I also have.

I know it's probably cliche, but I'd have to say Spielberg. The guy has been my top film and storytelling influence literally since I was a kid.

Shonda Rhimes. I watched her masterclass which was awesome. Her talent for character development is great. She knows how to get her audience to love her characters.

Edward D Wood Jr.

I developed Somatic Memorization Technique (S.M.T.). It's not a gimmick, it's a proven technique that trains your right & left brain to work together to absorb the content faster. My students will memorize 4 - 6 pages of dialogue in about 30 minutes. But it's like going to the gym, you have to exercise your brain if you want results. See reviews here: http://www.amazon.com/Working-Actors-Guide-Memorize-S-M-T/dp/B004J4XUBE/...

Damn, some Anglo women in the Southern Hemisphere REALLY need to check their thirst which seems to be bordering on fetishization. No matter how you look, an actor still has to put in the work to master their craft especially if one wants a long-term career. Anyway, be easy and good luck on the path.

Experience the word! Relax! breathe...find a rhythm. Give birth to a word each time you read it, each time you say it. "Rose"...a rose is a rosé is a rosé... practice saying rose after you experience whatever, can one image even the fine details you are transmitting about a rose...the smell, the juice, the color, the romance...do not be timid with this transmission. Do that by emphasizing in your mouth and vocal track muscle memory the key words, the ones you make a choice about, even a bad choice helps; exaggerating big in your mouth, like you want somebody to read your lips, launch the words from there, make each one land on somebody or something. If you digest your words that way you won't go up on your words on stage because even that would be a new experience with the words. Embrace having it different each time. Embrace making mistakes. Be real. There are other things to do.

Little thing I was told when wanting to get up in the morning at a certain time. Say 7 o'clock. Bump your head seven times before going to sleep counting 1-7. You wake up at exactly that time. Now, I am not suggesting you bump your head while thinking of your lines, just had to say tis all.

I go outside with the script and YELL the lines. In this way they stick really fast. Don't ask me why... it just does. In this way I can just get on the set and in 10 minutes be able to shoot an entire scene. Tell me if it works for you too! http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4701284/

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When do you need them? I have henched before

I think I might postpone it till September because I have a lot going on and I need local actors

here's a link to the video; it was made when I had little to no experience in directing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ09BBTZgMw

Stay. Beautiful score. If you see the movie, then listen to the soundtrack, you can hear the story being told.

The original Disney Alice in Wonderland

My Top 5 would be: 1. HELP! (1965) The Beatles with George Martin & Ken Thorne 2. RUMBLEFISH (1983) with its brilliant score by Stewart Copeland 3. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968) by Ennio Morricone 4. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980) by John Williams 5. THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (1999) by AIR

Passion of the Christ, John Debney.

PASSION OF CHRIST