ACTING FACE TO FACE~ NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK

Well, if you've been waiting for Acting: Face to Face to come out in paperback, the wait is over. Of course you can still get the ebook from Amazon. 

However, if you're like me…you know, one of those people who really likes to hold a real book in their hands, marking all over it, making notes and then feel it resting on your chest while you nap… then you you want the paperback version. 

It took almost 6 weeks to have this book formatted to the publishing specs of CreateSpace. Like a  good movie it was filled with many unforeseen twists and turns, but now the journey is over (Well..this part at least). 

For a limited time  you can get your copy for 30% off the list price from my Amazon CreateSpace eStore. 

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If you've read my book,  make a comment. If there is something specific you would like me to address or go more into detail, let me know. 

To hear what others are saying about Acting: Face to Face check out the reviews below. 

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Book Reviews 

John Sudol just might be... 
May 19, 2013
By Mikey
Format: Kindle Edition

...the next big name added to the list of well-known acting gurus such as Stanislavsky, Meisner, Strasberg, Hagen, et cetera!

'Acting: Face to Face' offers a refreshingly practical approach to on-camera acting.
Sudol bypasses the typical-of-other-books-on-acting vagueness and carefully explains to the reader areas of focus in which all on-camera actors should be versed. For example, previous methods of acting instruction have only focused on voice and body work, but...(Read More)

The face is the key!! Great resource for on-camera acting! May 20, 2013
By Shamose
Format:Kindle Edition

This book has given me wonderful insight on my acting for the camera. I didn't really understand why I wasn't getting called back often enough especially with my many years of stage experience. Reading Sudol's book, I better understand why I wasn't quite making the transition and how to change that. This is not really a... (Read More)

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The Job That Got Away

About 20 years ago, I was at an audition, working with a director who was trying to get me to do a specific emotional reveal (reaction). He loved everything but needed to get this specific moment from me.

He was coaching me with what I call ”romantic language,” words and stories intended to stimulate you. ”You just lost the love of your life” or ”you just booked the role of a lifetime,” etc. The language he used really stimulated me, but when I did the read, the response I got from him was a tight-lipped smile and ”thanks.” I failed to produce the reaction he wanted.

I was a trained actor who had worked before; why did I not have the tools to give him what he was asking for?

Although frustrated, the seed for my future work had been planted. I would come to realize that we don’t all speak the same emotional language. The images that director was giving impacted him one way and me another. Was the craft of acting that hit or miss?

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Does anybody else have this experience or find themselves in a similar situation?  Post a comment and share with us "the job that got away."

How This All Began...

When I got into casting, the hardest thing for most actors to do was come in, see an ”X” written on a piece of paper taped to the wall, and give a specific reaction to it. Over the years, I saw the same actors repeatedly come in for callbacks and booking the spots. The question that came to my mind was: “What were they doing differently than everyone else?” So I studied them. What I noticed was that 4 things occurred consistently:

1. the actor produced a recognizable facial reaction 
2. the reaction was appropriate to the situation
3. the actor produced a single reaction at a time
4. the reaction was repeatable.

The fact that it was repeatable implied to me that there was an unidentified, and therefore, overlooked skill involved. Somehow these actors who were booking had the ability to interpret the circumstances given to them and react in a recognizable and appropriate way and I was determined to find out how. Over the next 8 years or so the answer came.

The Language of the Face, simply put, is the non-verbal means by which we communicate what we feel and think through specific emotional facial expressions. Although similar to body language interpretation, they are not the same. The science has shown us that the body tells us how well we are coping with an emotion; the face is the source by which we read it.

What I am talking about is not to be confused with ”face acting.” It is the direct result of thought and feeling. With over 140,000 permutations of facial expressions, the face is the densest source of information that we use to communicate.

The Language of the Face is based on the 7 human universal emotions. Anywhere on the planet, people will recognize and reveal with the same muscle groups:

surprise:

fear:

sad:

disgust:

happy:

contempt:

anger:

Every recognizable reaction will contain a part of or a combination of muscle groups found in the 7 universal emotions. 

The actor who wants to work consistently, in front of the camera, needs to understand and create complex human emotions and reveal them in a visually recognizable way, on cue.

To speak the Language of the Face the actor must:

· Recognize how they personally reveal emotion

· Understand the nature of emotions

· Know what emotions look like on your face

When it comes to emotional reveal or specific reactions, the playing field is not leveled. Some actors where born to do it better. You can level it by understanding the Language of the Face.