Ranting Goddess
2 min readJan 20, 2023

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Acting Tips for Screen
Conquering hurdles

Screen acting has to look and feel real.
Here are a few tips to explain how to achieve this.

Listen and then react.

Listen to your partner, who is delivering the lines. Do not pick up on cues! Pick up on their feelings and emotions, a trigger, a reaction!
Be in the moment and the reaction will look and feel realistic and honest. Don’t think about the script!

Be Vulnerable

Be vulnerable. It doesn’t matter what people think. Remember, this is your chance to shine. Open up and be completely absorbed in the emotion. Your instinct will try to work against this, but for you to be a great actor, it really is important to be fully immersed, especially in an emotional scene. You need to be vulnerable.

A Winning Performance

Get good at being comfortable being uncomfortable. I know
this sounds rather confusing but let me explain.
To fully let down your barriers and expose your raw emotions that can feel really uncomfortable because it’s like 1000 eyes are intensely looking at you, waiting to criticize your every move.
Well, that is your imagination, but believe me, this is how it feels for new actors.
The audience whether it’s friends, relatives, an audience other actors are actually rooting for you and…

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Ranting Goddess

Definitely like a rant and chant but not a goddess just in my dreams. Take me as I am. No airs or graces with me. Yorkshire Poet, Acting coach, Director.