Acting on Camera

Why do so many of our great theatre actors come over as 'hammy' on Screen? Is it really enough to just think in character for screen acting?

The workshops I run have surprisingly unconventional solutions to these questions and a plethora of exciting techniques based largely on Patrick Tucker's superb analysis of the art in his book Secrets of Screen Acting and my own experience as an actor, director and teacher.

In the profession, newcomers find themselves in front of the camera with unqualified 'hearsay' of what should or should not be done to deliver a sensational screen debut.

One thing they can be sure of, 99% of the time, the director will be too occupied, or unable, to guide the inexperienced artist to the peak of their performance should it not be materialising as casting requires. Don't let yourself or students graduate to a possibly embarrassing first and probably last engagement.