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“By the strength of her personality and her ability to foretell the future, Joan convinced the King of France to grant her an armed force. In return, she led her small band of followers to take on and defeat the might of the English. Her conviction ensured her a place at the forefront of France’s military history.”
“A study found that Every Year 63% of Actresses and 48% of Actors struggle with anxiety
59% of women performers and 61% of men performers suffer from stress, while 37% of women and 36% of men say they have had depression. 99% will quit before they break into the Entertainment Industry. Could You Be Next?”
If you are or want to be involved in the Entertainment Industry as a performer, you simply can’t ignore these stats anymore.
The good news is that you don’t have to be part of those statistics even if you want to dive into this profession “soul first”.
Read on to find out why this course is the best thing you can do for your career in acting and avoid disappointment further along the way …
Dear Star,
The Acting Profession: No one wants to think about it, but it truly is the elephant in the room.
And that elephant will only get bigger and harder to ignore as so many people who are passionate about acting have no access to high training and coaching to be instructed in Mastery of the Craft and support and clear direction to achieve success in this field.
Right now, the statistics are startling. Every year, 99% of Actors quit due to discouragement and depression in the UK alone. Of course, it’s obvious why only 1% make it into the Industry.
Over 60% Of Actresses and 40% of Actors suffer from anxiety, which doesn’t even count the people who do not report it.
If you are passionate and serious about your Acting Career, then you’ve probably thought about this before. You probably realise that you’re a statistic waiting to happen.
You’ve probably realised what a nightmare it would be being passionate about a profession but not having the means or contacts to access and learn the job you love 100% masterfully. The lack of confidence and lack of clarity comes inbuilt with the profession. The feeling of inadequacy at times. The challenge that it is working on complex new roles. When one feels seriously intimidated by other actors who seem to know exactly what they are doing and the devastating effects that all these can have on you.
And it probably scares you out of your mind. I know the feeling.
If so, you’re NOT alone.
And you’re not over-reacting. This is a genuine and severe problem, especially for Actors, even though it has never been addressed.
Worse yet, even people who try to keep up to date with coaching by joining amateur theatre community groups aren’t safe. And those who take University degrees in Performing Arts and Acting may actually be doing more harm than good because mainstream courses are designed for the masses; they are impersonal and generalised.
You are a unique individual; you are not the masses. This is why you will find that all my courses are designed to help you as an amazing, powerful human being. I want you to see your power. You certainly don’t want to find yourself in a place where you feel desperately powerless because you feel ashamed of not reaching your absolute best in every performance. And not knowing how to control the outcome you want.
But the worse consequence of not learning to master the craft is that you will produce stale, forced and “fake” performances that might be entertaining at best but will never reach your audience’s heart and will not make an impact. Making it all meaningless. All art forms need to have meaning. That’s what makes them art.
I’m speaking from personal experience. I nearly quit, without even realising that I was giving up my dreams, even after doing a BA in Acting at University.
It’s overwhelming when it happens. You really feel like there is nothing you can do when you don’t know what you are doing wrong. And it’s frightening when you feel unfulfilled and unsatisfied with your work. Some actors feel desperate, and they begin to shy away and quit slowly, inwardly, so they start to come across as very insecure at auditions.
The point is, allowing this vicious circle in your career can actually turn your life upside down. It took me four years, right out of University, to recover.
I think it takes most people a lot longer – maybe even forever until they quit. And the road to recovery is never easy because there is almost no guidance, direction, and support available for Actors.
You don’t want this to happen to you. And the good news is that…
Now You Too Can Protect Yourself From not Becoming Insecure about your Acting Career and Quitting before breaking into the Industry.
Guaranteed!
That’s right, you no longer have to lie awake at night, worrying about how to nail the next role you want to go for.
Because when you know these Acting foundation secrets, the exact methods and techniques for consistently confident about your acting, mastering the craft and avoiding feeling disempowered, out of control or lost in performance, you’ll finally have peace of mind.
That’s because you know exactly what you are doing every time you approach a new role or go to an audition. You know how to dazzle with your performance while having great fun doing what your heart desires.
Introducing: Learn Method Acting, Characterisation and Monologue Mastery with Joan of Arc)
The #1 way to prevent unauthentic acting. You are on your way to achieving mastery.
This course has helped over 3000 people solve acting anxiety, prevent them from seriously doubting their skills and abilities, from becoming depressed and eventually quitting their dream career. The skills that you will learn will provide you with clarity on the path to your career success.
Just look at what they’re saying about Learning Method Acting, Characterisation and Monologue Mastery:
Rachel Williams
First of all, these courses are powered by an amazing lady. Sylvia really cares about her message, projects and her students. I have been so impressed by the support and positivity of both my son and myself.
I first came across the Monologue Mastery courses when my son applied for one of the films Sylvia was producing. Her input has really inspired him. He followed all her guidance and created a selection of monologues so he could show a variety of aspects of his acting ability to create different characters. He has embraced her warm-up techniques and is much more confident in the whole audition process. We have many conversations based on Sylvia’s things, and I genuinely feel that this information has helped him fine-tune his film and Theatre goals.
Isaac
I was lucky enough to become part of her Monologue Mastery Acting Course.
I would like to say how much I really believe Sylvia cares about her students. Every email we wrote and the questions we had were answered straight away. She has really supported me towards my goals, and her wise words have helped clarify my goals.
As a young actor, I am always excited to go to auditions. Being part of the Monologue Mastery Acting Course has improved my preparation 100%. Sylvia encouraged me to build up a selection of monologues rather than just having one that I used repeatedly. This has improved how I feel when I get to an audition.
Daniella Raphael
The course is going great! I’m really enjoying studying The monologue, and I was fascinated by your journey in this Industry.
I found it very interesting learning about the archetypes and how every character and person fit into mainly one of them. This has really helped me connect with characters from my own monologues, and I will definitely use this in the future.
I really appreciate the Actors Inspirational Journal. I loved the layout of all the pages with the inspirational quotes and pictures, my favourite being: “Without wonder and insight, acting is just a business. With it, it becomes creation.” By Bete Davis. I look forward to experimenting with this journal. Many Thanks.
Listen, if people like Isaac can go from feeling insecure to feeling 100% in control with their acting career with newly gained clarity and direction, just imagine how well this course will work for you.
Imagine what it will feel like to finally know you are one of those Intimidating Actors who knows precisely what they are doing with any new role they choose. And just think of how good you’ll feel when you know the ins and outs of how to achieve “great acting” on Demand no matter what the challenge is.
Start enjoying:
- Being true to this art form.
- Becoming fulfilled in your acting career.
- Achieving meaningful performances that reach the audience’s hearts.
- Discovering your confidence superpower.
- Becoming an empowered Actor who is ever so proud of the great work they produce again and again.
All you have to do is enrol in Learn Method Acting, Characterisation and Monologue Mastery.
Here’s a sneak peek of what’s inside:
• You’ll find out what Mastering The Craft is all about is and how you can avoid learning acting the wrong way, which is then very difficult if not impossible to unlearn.
• How my little-known Archetypes for Actors Secret can help you always get an in-Depth feel, sense and irrefutable knowledge of who your character is and how to portray them truthfully every time you’ll be amazed!
• The #1 crucial secret every Actor ought to know about being In-The-Moment, and in-character from the very second they walk into their Scene.
• Which of these 3 Acting techniques and tools: Prepping Warm-up, Mind mastery and Improvisation, are you overlooking? Find out in module #7
• Why do some Actors almost always nail their characterisation? You’ll discover their secrets so that you can feel 100% confident about your work too!
• You’ll discover a drop-dead-easy way to be and feel like your character feels on set, to be them in essence, you’ll wish you had known about this years ago!
• Find out why so many people quit this profession discouraged and how you can make sure it never happens to you!
• The “can’t fail” way to get your monologue right, delivering it powerfully and anew each time, no matter how many times you do it. Learn this once, and you’ll be blown away by the results!
• The absolute best way to do meaningful character research for a monologue when you have very little or no background information at all.
• The 3 secrets of becoming a strong and transformative Actor beyond versatility, virtually to guarantee your success!
And so much more.
Simply put, if you want to finally Master the Acting Craft, Gain Confidence about your Future as an Actress and start off with clear direction on your path to success. You need to Learn Method Acting, Characterisation and Monologue Mastery.
But don’t take my word for it. Just look at what others are saying:
Kathryn Raphael
Sylvia Love Johnson is a force of nature with her passion and ability to break down acting techniques. I have appreciated her commitment and her ability to inspire, challenge and support young talent. My daughter has greatly benefited from the coaching sessions and precious advice.
Margaret Leitch
I would recommend Sylvia very, very highly as an acting career coach. Her coaching and mentoring of my son Ross,13, has been top drawer. Sylvia is so clever and talented and has an immense wealth of knowledge and experience to share. Her gentle, cheerful and bubbly personality is just perfect for drawing a young, occasionally awkward person like Ross out of himself and help him believe anything is possible.
Sylvia nurtures the relationship with Ross and myself to be the best supportive unit that we can be, and we both love her to bits.
Faiz Francis Ouma
Now, if there’s something beautiful that has happened to my career Sylvia Love Johnson is one. The day I got to join her class and be taught. I learnt so much that I don’t think I would have learnt anywhere else. My best part was the Archetypes. This deepens my character relationship with me. It gets me really close to them. This is something any actor would want. I am so grateful for this opportunity and glad to have met you.
I would recommend any actor out there to pass through here. Trust me, you will learn something. Something that you’ll run away with and will change your thinking on approaching a character. She was so patient with me as it took me a bit of struggle to get the hang of it, which encouraged me a lot. Coach, I am so grateful for being part of my acting process. I can never take this part for granted. Thank you so much, and may God add you more wisdom to keep showering on us. I can’t wait to make a film with you.
At this point, we both know that Learn Method Acting, Characterisation and Monologue Mastery is precisely what you’ve been looking for to take your passion for acting to the Next Level.
It’s precisely what you want. It’s precisely what you need.
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2A little More about the CreatorText lesson
I look forward to helping you achieve all your acting career goals.
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3Why Method Acting?Video lesson
Hey Star, if you want to up your game as an Actor/Actress get Advanced Acting Training, become proficient in Method Acting,
Master some one of the most Legendary Real-life Characters of all times as well as getting an introduction on finding clarity and direction to achieve your Acting Career Goals you are in the right place you have chosen well
I’m Sylvia Love Johnson and I’m honoured to be part of your journey.
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4Method Acting IntroductionVideo lesson
On Method Acting
“Acting and living, and everything else, for that matter, is compassion.
What Lee and Stella [Adler] and Mira [Rostova] and Herbert [Berghof] were all espousing was compassion, an amplification of humanity, which is all that will save a scene or a play or a relationship or the world.
The world is so inordinately tiny not geographically, but spiritually. We shuffle along, happy to do the least amount of work, the least amount of exploration, perhaps because we feel we don't deserve all the riches that surround us.
Movies and plays and art and music and interaction with other people who sought compassion and understanding saved me. They will save us all. What is at the heart of The Method is compassion, empathy.
Go into your private moments and private spaces and realise all that you've felt and all that has been given to you and taken away. We will never murder; we might never give birth; we were not Napoleon. But within us are similar emotions, drives, feelings that can place us within an adjoining heart of a murderer; of Napoleon. Of anyone.
What the teachers were telling us, what Lee was telling his students, was to empathise with your own history and to merge with the histories of others.
Art means nothing if it does not connect with an audience, even it might be an audience of one. Honesty with our emotions will find a connection with the honesty of someone else with their own feelings. Otherwise, it is performing, which is not to be confused with acting.
Call it Method, call it acting, call it art, it is the painful, glorious compassion that joins us all, shared in one space at one time."
Marlon Brando
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5Why Keep an Acting Practice Journal?Video lesson
Hey Star, Use a journal to record your insights, discoveries, thoughts and feelings about your character throughout the process of creation.
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6Gift: The Actor's Inspiration Journal Audition Mastery Kit Volume IText lesson
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To Succeed.When you Achieve Mind Mastery
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Get the Volume One Free.
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10The Univesal Essence of your CharacterVideo lesson
INTRODUCTION
"Archetype" means "original or old "pattern, model or type". The "original pattern" of which all other similar persons, objects, or concepts are derived, copied or emulated. Carl Gustav Jung used the concept of archetype in his theory of the human psyche. He believed that universal, mythic characters archetypes reside within the collective unconscious of all people. Archetypes represent fundamental human motifs of our experience as we evolved; consequentially, they evoke deep emotions.
Actors can have faster access to their character’s psyche and relate deeply with their emotions and motivations when they understand their archetype. They are many different archetypes, but Jung defined twelve primary types that symbolise underlying human motivations.
Each type has its own set of values, meanings and personality traits. Also, the twelve types are divided into three sets of four, Ego, Soul and Self. Most, if not all, people have several archetypes at play in their personality construct; however, one archetype tends to dominate the personality in general. I usually choose one archetype per character. It is a good idea to know what is your character’s archetype is to have a more profound understanding of their innermost motivation, thoughts, feelings, purpose, hopes and fears.
How to use this guide: All the monologues in this have an archetype identifier. Refer to this guide the gain deeper insight while working on characterisation.
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11Archetypes: Inner-Most DesireVideo lesson
The main reason why we use Archetypes is to get a sense of the inner most desires, greatest fears, and motivations of our character as this will help us dive in while shaping the personality we are creating.
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12Archetypes WorksheetText lesson
Hey Star,
By now you know a lot about Archetypes. Use this worksheet to test your Archetype knowledge and how to apply it to your character building in the process of creation.
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13Archetypes QuizQuiz
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14Confidence and the Transformational ActressVideo lesson
Hey Star,
One of the biggest pain points for actors is confidence. Learn to be a confident transformational Actor by mastering the craft.
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15Abolishing Limiting BeliefsVideo lesson
In this life mindsets is everything. The right mindset will lead you to places so beautiful you can’t imagine or dream. For Mind Mastery it’s imperative to abolish limiting beliefs.
In short, the sum of your beliefs creates an energy field around you. That energy field reflects on to the Universe communicating with source creation and attracting on to your life the things that you experience. Like attracts like; therefore, the energy that you reflect needs to match with the energy of the experiences you want to attract; this is the reason why we need to abolish limiting beliefs before we can experience the life want.
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16Master the Self- Tape MethodVideo lesson
Doing a great self-tape for an audition is not only fun but will make the difference between booking or not booking the job you are eyeing. Become an expert in under 10 minutes.
More and more casting directors are having actors send in their self-taped auditions to be seen for the part without having to go in and audition in person. Follow this advice to up your chances of getting the role.
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17The Ultimate Actor's Warm-up - Acting MasterclassText lesson
Hey Star,
Click on the Resources Link to join Actors Act Academy Online School and Learn More about The Ultimate Actors Warm-up - Acting Master Class.
Enjoy it!
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18Three Minutes Warm-upVideo lesson
Hey Star,
Doing a good warm-up before any type of performance will have you In- the -Moment from the second you walk into your scene. Don't miss it. This is a short one but very powerful.
Preparing for your warm-up:
Ensure that you are wearing conformable clothing and allow no distractions. Switch off your phone, and find a cosy space where you will not be disturbed. You might want to dim the lights and apply relaxing music for some of the sections. Make sure your space is free of clutter, safe as large and as neutral as possible. Relax and set your mind in a receptive mode with your intention. Before you start to visualise yourself getting exactly what you want to get out of the practice. If you are travelling or on tour, this is the perfect companion to take with you for quick and thorough prepping. The warm-up will help you relax, focus and get ready to perform at your highest level. Don't skip it.
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19Breathing Exercises in ActingText lesson
Hey Star,
Practising breathing techniques will help you greatly in terms of commanding your acting skills and improving your delivery.
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20The First ReadVideo lesson
METHOD Acting: "The First Read" Respect and Treasure your Virginity
Hey Star, please make the most of it. You can never delete, forget or redo a spoilt first time. You can never be fully prepared in anticipation of the first time you make love. Or can you? How was that first time? Do you wish you'd made the most of it?
Luckily in Method Acting, you are a virgin every time you meet with a new role; This allows you plenty of time to prepare.
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21Text AnalysisVideo lesson
When you are researching and preparing for a role, your aim is not to learn and remember as many things as you can about your character as possible.
You aim to start thinking and acting like your character from day one of your research. To achieve this, your research is not to be merely intellectual; your research needs to be emotional and spiritual. It needs to involve psychological discoveries and action; to be more specific, you must use improvisation and imagination.
The Analysis of the Text has the main objective to find the subtext. Everything that is not written. What is the Character feeling and thinking, and why? How does it feel to be this character? Why?
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22Stanislavsky's DefinitionsVideo lesson
Stanislavsky's Methodology Definitions
Objectives and Super-Objectives
Imagination
Motivation
Concentration
Relaxation
The Magic If.
Subtext.
Action.
The Physical Apparatus.
Tempo-Rhythm
Adaptation
Communion
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23The Total Relaxation ExerciseVideo lesson
Confidence in acting comes through the mastery of the craft.
Method Acting techniques and exercises help you achieve mastery and truth in your acting. You learn to nurture and widen your imagination immensely. You become an expert on the use of the senses and on reaching high levels of concentration.
The Relaxation Exercise
Practice this before every performance, filming, or rehearsal. Also at home, every day if possible while you learn to develop your craft. Strasberg stated that relaxation and concentration are
“Two sides of the acting coin.”
The elimination of fear and tension is important. Actors need to relax their bodies to concentrate and have control over their minds.
Stanislavski said that relaxation is the emotional and physical state required to enter into what he called the “creative mood.” The mood in which great acting happens.
Relaxation encourages fluidity, seamlessness, focus, and the merging of action and awareness these conditions are the recipe for good acting.
You can achieve a creative mood by doing the Relaxation Exercise.
The Relaxation Exercise is restorative. It’s also the exercise to be done before all the Sense Memory Exercises. You can do this exercise any time you lose concentration or become anxious or tense.
The Relaxation exercise will help break self-sabotaging unconscious habits that make it when you eliminate these physical and emotional habits, your muscles and nerves relax and your body becomes more responsive and sensitive. You become free from the limiting, reactive negative patterns caused by tension, while your imagination unleashes. You suddenly have access to new forms of expression and a sense of self.
Deeply ingrained forms of tension and stress will define you negatively. They are habits. These habits can be distracting and become ineffectual physical mannerisms that limit you to playing yourself. hard for you to express yourself.
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24The Mirror ExerciseVideo lesson
The initial sense memory exercises include activities and situations such as having a breakfast beverage, applying make- up or shaving.
Following we have a variety of physical exercises, known as Overall Sensations, which require movement and are fully enveloping experiences. They can include taking a bath or a shower. Assimilating extreme weather conditions such as cold or heat rain or strong wind or disoriented drunkenness.
These exercises teach you, amongst other things, to engage parts of your body that are often ignored or forgotten about
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25The Breakfast BeverageVideo lesson
The purpose of the sense Memory exercises is to activate each of your senses, one by one, exploring in great detail imagined objects, people, activities, and places. Concentration and focus are the key elements We use the technique to access the feelings and behaviours of our characters. Training your mind, body, and senses helps you create a truthful presence on the stage.
STRASBERG STATED THAT ACTORS MUST UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN NATURE AND HOW TO RESPOND WITH THE SENSES BEFORE TRANSFORMING INTO A CHARACTER.
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