Only this time he wasn't using
cold reading to do it.
Only this time he wasn't using
cold reading to Let's make this safeguard all our do it.
It covers types of theater, the Actors' Equity Association, and typecasting; acting concepts and technique and preparing to audition, with discussion of choosing and preparing monologues and breaking down scenes/sides; auditioning tips, including
cold reading, interviewing, and dealing with nerves; and business aspects, such as preparing resumes, headshots, and other materials, talent agents and casting directors, and finding the work and submissions.
The program consisted of the following instructional sequence for each selected treatment story: key words, one minute
cold reading, read along, practice reading, comprehension test, and pass timing.
Jane decides to round up all the suspects and use his
cold readingHe said, "the time has come to make decisions based not only on ideology and gut feelings, but from a
cold reading of reality.
He's written a wonderful play called Faith and
Cold Reading, which we're hoping to get off the ground next year.
He starts with the basic requirements for a good
cold reading, technical rules and common mistakes, then gets specific about plays, monologues, screenplays and teleplays, television commercials and daytime TV shows.
Zvi has seen Winkler speak at IDA conferences and talk about how, during his years at Yale School of Drama, his entire sense of self-image dropped from his shoulders to his ankles when the actor was asked to do a
cold reading.
The obvious criticism of this method is that the names themselves provide information to the medium that can be used for a type of
cold reading.
But I have to disagree with Gener's central premise: These actors are most definitely acting, just as fully as they would be on an improv stage or at a
cold reading.
He adds there are also many con-artists out there who are more than willing to take your money and give what he calls a
cold reading.
The most popular technique used by self-proclaimed psychics to demonstrate that they can obtain knowledge through paranormal means is
cold reading.
Done well,
cold reading can be impressive, but there's nothing miraculous about it.
Classes will highlight non-performance related skills as well, including marketing, promotion and
cold reading.
