David Dalton's Lounge Discussions

I developed Somatic Memorization Technique (S.M.T.). It's not a gimmick, it's a proven technique that trains your right & left brain to work together to absorb the content faster. My students will memorize 4 - 6 pages of dialogue in about 30 minutes. But it's like going to the gym, you have to exercise your brain if you want results. See reviews here: http://www.amazon.com/Working-Actors-Guide-Memorize-S-M-T/dp/B004J4XUBE/...

Damn, some Anglo women in the Southern Hemisphere REALLY need to check their thirst which seems to be bordering on fetishization. No matter how you look, an actor still has to put in the work to master their craft especially if one wants a long-term career. Anyway, be easy and good luck on the path.

Experience the word! Relax! breathe...find a rhythm. Give birth to a word each time you read it, each time you say it. "Rose"...a rose is a rosé is a rosé... practice saying rose after you experience whatever, can one image even the fine details you are transmitting about a rose...the smell, the juice, the color, the romance...do not be timid with this transmission. Do that by emphasizing in your mouth and vocal track muscle memory the key words, the ones you make a choice about, even a bad choice helps; exaggerating big in your mouth, like you want somebody to read your lips, launch the words from there, make each one land on somebody or something. If you digest your words that way you won't go up on your words on stage because even that would be a new experience with the words. Embrace having it different each time. Embrace making mistakes. Be real. There are other things to do.

Little thing I was told when wanting to get up in the morning at a certain time. Say 7 o'clock. Bump your head seven times before going to sleep counting 1-7. You wake up at exactly that time. Now, I am not suggesting you bump your head while thinking of your lines, just had to say tis all.

I go outside with the script and YELL the lines. In this way they stick really fast. Don't ask me why... it just does. In this way I can just get on the set and in 10 minutes be able to shoot an entire scene. Tell me if it works for you too! http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4701284/

This looks like an interesting concept guys. Good luck with it!

Yeah, I get a ton of brainfreezes at the end. It's almost like I want the ending to be just perfect since it will be the last thing the audience see before leaving.

Exactly, it surly gets trilling anytime a writer gets to the end...

With your next script, you might try writing the end first, after you have your logline. I did this a couple times. You end up rewriting the end as you go, but at least it's there, like an anchor.

lol, that's true you know? when you begin from the end, as you write along it will keep you inline as well, so you don't go off your track. Its just like an anchor I use to guide my life "always aim at what you want to achieve, and any step you take; ask your self if it will lead you to your destination..." Big Ups to you @David Dalton.

I don't even start to write until I have a solid outline with all the turning points and reveals. Sometimes, all I have is the beginning or one character or just and end. I will write down what I have and meditate on that. Pretty soon, all the ends start to come together. I don't force anything. I let it come to me.