Self-Tape Challenge
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Practice Script #2
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Practice Script #2
Step 3 (Use a Good Reader) and Step 4 (Practice Script #2)
Were you able to connect with your character? Did you struggle with this one? Let me know how it went for you. Post your Self-Tape video here for practice script #2
HOW TO POST YOUR SELF-TAPE:
1. Click REPLY button on the right hand side2. Upload your video
3. Click POST
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HOW TO POST YOUR SELF-TAPE:
1. Click the gold REPLY button on the right hand side above the Subscribe button2. Upload your video
3. Click POST
Watch this video to see the step by step
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Script #2
Thank you for the practice!
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Hey Gloria! Glad you’re liking the challenge. I don’t think your video uploaded with your post, maybe try it again.
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Dan and Alex, Thank you so much for your feedback on practice script #1 😊🙏
I have taken note of your advise and hope that you see that in this video!
I really enjoyed this one too, thank you 🙏
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Really great Kaylee! I liked your emotion and the pace. Your empathy was quite good as well. The only thing I’d change, and I know it’s a small thing, but I’d move your hair out of the way. It’s a bit distracting and it might throw the casting directors off a bit. Other than that, well done!
-Dan
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Can you re-load this? It’s not coming through on my end.
Thanks
Dan
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Self tape practice script #2 🙏
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l, like Cindy seem to be having problems uploading??
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Will try again to upload
self test practice #2
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Dave Lewin Practice Script #2
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Pretty good Dave. I’d like to see a little stronger moment before, and move your eye line just a bit closer to camera. You had a nice use of your space. Maybe take a bit more time (not much) but a bit more at the top before you start your dialogue, but all in all it was pretty good.
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Really nice Stepan. I liked how simple you were. I would take a bit more time before you tell her you saw jamie at the movies with someone else. Just a little more hesitation there would be good, but I liked your performance.
Well done!
-Dan
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Very nice Cindy.
Moving forward I would use a bit more energy and be a little more “matter of fact” I did like your empathy, but just pull it back a bit. Less is always more on these things. Always think how you would deliver this news to a friend. When you’re not sure about something, always fall back on being a real person in a real place having a real experience.
You’re doing great! Keep up the good work.
Happy Holidays!!
-Dan
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Thank you for the constructive advice Dan.
Happy Holidays to you too!
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I really liked this Cindy! Great job. 👏
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Thank you Madison!
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Hi Dan, I have already reloaded it.
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Let’s hope this time my video uploads. Fingers crossed!
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Very Cool Elizabeth! Well done. 👍
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Tank! I like your subtle glances and the inflection in your voice. It really adds to the feeling of the scene.
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Great job Tank!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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I greatly appreciate the feedback.
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Hi, here’s my two takes stitched together or the Self tape exercise.
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Really great job here Leslie! I love how you took your time with it. I liked your volume and how unsure you were about the situation. It seemed very real and grounded.
Things I would change moving forward, is I’d raise my camera up a bit so it’s more eye lever. I’d exit frame on one of the takes, and maybe look around a bit to be more grounded in your environment. We can also go over this in the next Zoom meeting.
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Nice job Leslie! Very authentic and grounded. 👍🏽
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Thank you so much for the feedback Jack!🤩
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Thank you for the feedback! I will do that! I look forward to the Zoom meeting!🤩
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Script #2
I used my little sister as a reader but I think she was a little distracted smh, next time I’ll use a different reader lol
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Good read Leslie. Yeah, I would not have the reader moving so much, which made shadows in your background. Your read and your performance was very good and simple. Well done! 👏🏽
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Great Alex. Very simple and grounded. Nice work on this one. On a second take maybe take your eye line other places and make it more difficult to look your friend in the eye. Be a bit more uncomfortable.
Well done.
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Good work here Alex! 👍🏼
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Working on my self-tapes! Here is my practice for script #2.
Appreciate any feedback, thanks!
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This reply was modified 10 months, 2 weeks ago by Denise Syer.
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This reply was modified 10 months, 2 weeks ago by Denise Syer.
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Denise, you did a really nice job on this self-tape. It was grounded, honest, and simple.
What stood out to me was your ability to stay present and real throughout the entire piece. You didn’t push, you didn’t overplay it—and because of that, the heartbreak landed. I could feel it. It was subtle, and right at the forefront. That moment where you revealed what you had seen to your friend felt like a real conversation, not a performance.
So many actors feel the need to do more, to make it bigger, more dramatic, more emotional. But you trusted the simplicity of the scene.
Thank you for not making this more than it needed to be. That choice made it more authentic, more relatable, and ultimately, more moving. Really great work, Denise. Keep going.
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Thank you Dan for the feedback!
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Nice job here Denise! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Here’s Self-Tape Practice Script #2
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