Acting experience

Yes, I know, I do not write regularly. Shame on me.

So much more I appreciate that you keep reading this /unconsistent/ blog!

Today I wanted to talk about an interesting experience I made: acting.

I have never felt any strong passion for acting (although I love to direct others who do it...), but in our film school the students asked me to participate in a casting, and I won the role. Ok let's do it, I thought.

So I was to do this character who had lost is wife recently. It was a quite interesting little story and I accepted the challenge to try to make a little portrait on the screen.

Actually the thing I got out most of this, was to experience how it is to be an actor in filming setting. How it is to try to immerse into a role when people are running all over the place, talking about camera angles, lighting, schedule, making jokes, etc. I gained a new admiration for professional actors who deliver on the word Action. And also a new understanding of how important it is to treat the actor well and to do everything in one's power to facilitate for him or her to be in their role.

In short, it was a great experience and I learned a lot that I hope makes me a better filmmaker.