Something For Fun

Halloween is in just a few days and that means frights fill the nights. While most people spend their lives avoiding scream inducing situations there are a few of us that actually pay money to be terrified.

In steps The Nightmare Fear Factory in Niagara Falls to offer that service with a smile. The kind of smile you might expect to see at the front desk of the Bates Motel but a smile none the less.

Take a look at The Nightmare Fear Factory Flickr feed and get a rare glimpse of the different reactions people have to surprise and fear. Some people naturally give over to the feeling and are fully expressive while others are obviously experiencing the fear but don't show very much of it at all. There are even some great examples of people trying to mask the fear with another emotion. Look through some of the photos and leave a comment about what you see.

I think that this is a great opportunity to study the different ways that people can show fear and surprise on their faces. It's also worth a few laughs.

Don't Miss Our Free Seminar Saturday (10/29)

This a short announcement for those who have not attended one of my free Nail That Reaction Seminar. This Saturday (10/29) at 12- 1:30pm we are going to be holding a completely free seminar to introduce you to the techniques and concepts you can learn from our Nail That Reaction Shot course.

I will be going to go into what it takes to Nail The Reaction and book the job. I will also be going over how we express and often not express what we are feeling and what we can do to gain balance between what you feel and what you reveal. Some of what I talk about in the blog and a lot more. Come learn about the language of the face and see what a greater understanding of emotions and emotional facial expressions can do for your life.

Please confirm if you are attending and we look forward to seeing you Saturday. Email us to reserve a spot at info@nailthatreactionshot.com

What I have been up to…

It’s been a short while since my last posting. I’ve been busy with the reorganizing of the studio, classes, building a new website and getting ready to announce the release of my first two books and videos on the Language of the Face - emotional expressiveness for actors; The two books are Emotional Alignment and Nail That Reaction! and here’s what you have to look forward to in each book and the accompanying videos:

Emotional Alignment guides you through a process to determine where you are in the creating and revealing of emotion. It will also give you the tools to deal with any distortion there might be. It also covers the 7 universal emotions, the triggers, sensation and impulses and what they look and feel like on your face from the subtle to most extreme.

Nail that Reaction! teaches you how to interpret directions, sides or copy in such a way as to come up with a real, appropriate, recognizable reaction each time on demand. Using resonators and sounds you will locate, isolate and activate, each of the individual muscle groups distinct to each emotion so as to discover the various meanings of each group, the different levels of intensity of each emotion as well as what they look and feel like on your face. It’s filled with drills and reactions spots for you to work on. Nailing the Reaction Shot is a must for any actor who wants to work on-camera. Especially the commercial actor since the majority of auditions you go on demand some kind of reaction.

In the next couple of weeks I will be posting my release date for the books and videos, some samples and discounts for those who get on my mailing list.

Also, if you sign-up for our mailing list you will not only get notified with the newest posting but you will also get my video on the ‘4 things you must do to nail that reaction and book the job.’

Moving on. For the past several months I have been blogging about why so many actors have a distortion between what they feel and what they reveal and how these distortions may be preventing them from getting a callback or booking the job. This, in short, has been all about emotional alignment. In my next few blogs I will be moving on to the revealing of emotions and opinions in the form of a reaction shot, reacting and the emotional condition.

In order to keep this blog more interactive, post a comment, or send me an email to john@nailthatreactionshot.com - ask your question or share your reaction audition experience with us.