I made a video for you this morning (sorry I didn’t shower before recording it).
It’s about a lil mistake many people make, are you one of them?
If you are, it could cost you the job.
It’s such a common mistake – and it comes from wanting to HELP the audience, (a casting director, studio executive, clients, etc…).
But this one thing you may be doing actually DISENGAGES your audience. Oh no.
It’s all about keeping the Ritual of Entertainment alive!
Please enjoy…
So, now let’s hear from you (you don’t need to shower first).
What can YOU do to keep the audience’s imagination alive?
Leave us a comment below with your thoughts, questions, disagreements and insights.
This is so right ON. I’m a pleaser by nature, so this goes double for me. Thank you, Josh!
Awesome, GraceAngela!
Let us know how you explore this!
Have a great day.
Josh
LOVE this one! I love them all but this one particularly resonated today. Thank you!
Thanks for letting me know. Without these comments I wouldn’t know what lands. Appreciate it.
Have a beautiful day!
Josh
I love the mention of trust. I think that is so key For the artist in the ritual of imagination. Thanks Josh!
Yes! Trust is key. Happy Holidays, Beth!
Terrific advice thanks particularly on stage when you need to vocally project without “projecting!”
A director helped me with this once when I was overdoing it by saying: “just remember, YOU are enough.”
Yea Sean – that is one of the biggest lessons to learn.
Thanks for that great reminder.
Have a beautiful day!
Josh
I love this! I think they do this so well in The Crown. Very little is said explicitly and they leave the revelations until the very end of the episode, which makes it so fun. The Florida Project is another great example of show don’t tell. The new Star Trek Discovery is so great, but every now and then they don’t trust the audience and they write in or add a piece of direction that tips us off to someone’s suspicion and completely ruin the suspense!
I say all this as an observer. As a storyteller it’s SO HARD! It’s so easy to fall into the trap of not feeling like you’re conveying important plot points or a feeling you want to transmit. It takes so much practice to just be in the moment and let what’s there be there, almost like a narrator. How many of us listen to audio books and still see rich scenes in our heads without the reader forcing us there? Thanks for the reminder.
Love all these references! Definitely re: The Florida Project. And, it does take practice to do this – and initially a bit of faith. But once the rewards show up – confidence builds to trust.
Have a sweet day!
Josh
Hi Josh, thank you so much! To answer your question, I would say to help keep the audience’s imagination alive is by keeping one’s imagination way open to possibility which includes a knowing that audience and performer are in relationship and venturing into the story together. You are a super awesome and inspiring visionary!
Being open to possibility is definitely key.
Thanks for your insight!
Have a great day
Josh
I just completed my first ever voice-only work; a radio version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Truly, if you ever leave the emotional moment to wonder how you sound (I’m a voice teacher so I think about that a lot) – bam, you’re gone, and so is your audience along with you. Ya gotta be there, emotionally, the entire time. Straight on. And I did shower today. But not until like 2:30 pm, ha!
Congrats on A Christmas Carol and the 2:30 shower and your insight!
Have fun
Josh
As soon as we over-tell…the audience’s imagination stops firing… THIS IS SO GOOD! This is such a great explanation of this common acting issue. Please make more videos with mini tips. 🙂 Great insight. Thank you!
Thanks Colette.
More good stuff coming.
All The Best!
Josh
oh my GOD this is so helpful and cool!!! after years of all sorts of programs and classes, no one has ever discussed this. it sits well with me to hear it. wow. thank you.
Hey Cassidy
Better late than never, right?
I’m so happy this resonated with you.
Wishing you all the best!
Josh