What exactly do acting schools teach? Why do some stars have extensive schooling and others appear to have just walked onto a set?
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I have no experience with acting but I do a fair amount of public speaking.
Some people are naturally good at it. They can “feel” the mood of the audience and they have an intuitive understanding of what they can say and do to change those feelings.
Over the years I’ve learned a bunch of tricks that help with public speaking though; dramatic pauses, how to stand, how to emphasize certain words or phrases etc. That’s from a series of short courses so it’s only a fraction of what someone would learn in a full degree.
I’ve also found that while there’s some carry over between speaking to a room full of people and running a webinar, there are also huge differences. Acting schools will teach about those differences (and others) too.
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