Acting Techniques for Effective Communication
Why Acting Tools?
A course by Ivo Müller , Actor
About the video: Why Acting Tools?
Overview
“In real life, we play different roles. You might have a character you play at work and another you play with your family. This lesson is an introduction to acting as a tool for better communication. "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women are merely players…" (As You Like It, William Shakespeare) ”
In this video lesson Ivo Müller addresses the topic: Why Acting Tools?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Acting Techniques for Effective Communication . Learn how to convince and engage an audience by exploring the tools and techniques used by actors, from humor and silence to authenticity.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Why Acting Tools? In this lesson, we'll talk about why acting training tools can be important for everyday communication and how acting and communication have had an alliance at least since ancient Greece. We'll learn some historical facts and names that've influenced public speaking, theater, movies, and TV as we know it today. Let's talk about acting and communication. Actors are about feelings and emotions, but for the actor to feel is not enough if that feeling is not communicated. Good acting is a task of communication. As a young actor, I remember having a discussion with a former a...”
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Course summary for: Acting Techniques for Effective Communication
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Business, Character Design, Communication, Creativity, Storytelling

Ivo Müller
A course by Ivo Müller
Ivo Müller is a Brazilian-born actor, producer, writer, and teacher based in Los Angeles, California. After discovering a love of live performance in middle school, Ivo earned a B.A. in Law at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, before abandoning his burgeoning career in favor of acting.
Ivo’s acting credits include a stage production of Twelve Angry Men, and Tabu, a critically-acclaimed, multi-award winning 2012 Portuguese movie that won the Critics Best Picture award at the Berlin Film Festival. Ivo has worked with studios including HBO, Sony, and Globo TV in Brazil, and has taught actors and directors at film schools in Brazil. He has over 11K followers on Instagram, and even has his own page on Wikipedia."
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