Acting Techniques for Effective Communication
The Power of Silence
A course by Ivo Müller , Actor
About the video: The Power of Silence
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll talk about how important pauses and silences are in communication. It can be quite compelling to watch actors listening in silence. And the power of silence has to do with listening to your audience. ”
In this video lesson Ivo Müller addresses the topic: The Power of Silence, 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
“In this lesson, we'll talk about pauses and silence, and how important they are in communication. All cinema started as a silent movie, an important aspect of its history. Silence is also important in the theater, where in the middle of many words, you can have a pause, a silence that is worth a million words. It is the same for public speaking. Pauses can be beats, moments where you give your audience time to think about what they've just listened to. Consider this example with actors Lee Marvin and Jack Palance in the 70s movie Monte Wash. How do you? One more. Mary and I are going to get...”
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Course summary for: Acting Techniques for Effective Communication
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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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