You’re Hired to Do a Commercial: Part IV

Posted by Barbizon Modeling and Acting under Acting Classes, Barbizon Experience

Over the next several blog postings, we will be going over the five essentials to performing “your Barbizon best” in commercials or other acting roles: The essentials are #1~ Wardrobe, #2~ Memorization, #3~ Shooting Day, #4~ The Shoot Begins! #5~ Working on the Set.

#4~ THE SHOOT BEGINS! :

1. Set yourself up for the first piece of business you’re going to do and focus in on those lines. Do it just like you did during rehearsal.

2. The assistant director will usually ask for quiet, then tell the sound person to roll sound, and tell the camera person to roll camera or “roll tape” who will response with “camera’s rolling” or “speed.” At this point, the slate will be put in front of the camera and usually clicked to make sure sound and video are synchronized later on. The director may then ask for “quiet on the set” and then “action.”

3. At that point, you should wait a split second (called a “beat”) so your dialogue won’t overlap with the director’s “action,” then start.

Next week #5: Working on the Set. In the meantime, check out what Barbizon has to offer in their Acting Classes .