Recently as part of this Broadcast Media Course, I have been asked to assist a lot of my class-mates with their work by appearing in their short films. At first, I was quite apprehensive due to the fact that it has been a couple of years since I have appeared and acted in front of a camera. After some thought however, I decided it would be a valuable experience for me to actually be put into the shoes of an actor, as well as the shoes of the director, script, writer and other production team members etc.
As of now, I have appeared in around 6 films in a week playing various characters, from a business-man to a comedian's manager to a bitter homeless man. I found the whole experience to not only be fun, but it also allowed me to understand what kind of position I will be putting my actors into for my own film. I think I will be able to better understand any grievances they have with certain aspects of filming now, and I will be able to act accordingly and hopefully be able to produce a much better film because of it.
Here is an example of one of the films I have appeared in:
"The Meeting" by Andy Cox
As you can probably tell, my acting isn't particularly fantastic, but I am more happy with the fact that I have been allowed to experienced being able to work in front in behind the camera.
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