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Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
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Comedy Monologues
by Brian David Phillips •
COMEDY MONOLOGUES This is a little something for my students at the university, particularly students in my Theatre Practice: Acting, Directing, and Production class as they are being asked to perform comedy monologues this coming week as well as my graduate Seminar in Drama: Comedy students who have been exploring the nature of comedy. First,…
Celebrity Hypnosis, Hypnosis in the News, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
Reese Witherspoon Hires Hypnotist For Sex Scenes
by Brian David Phillips •
I’ve discussed how various actors have used hypnosis to deal with stage fright in the past. In the case of Reese Witherspoon, she has used hypnosis to deal with a very specific type of stage fright . . . performing scenes with high sexual content. For her movie role in Wild, based on Cheryl Strayed‘s…
Celebrity Hypnosis, Hypnosis Videos, Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest, Hypnosis: Entertainment, Stage, and Performance, Special Features, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
How to Play with Improvisational Hypnosis
by Brian David Phillips •
** Special Student Series, Hypnosis Videos, Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest, Interactive Drama, Special Features, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
Inspiring Creativity in the Classroom
by Brian David Phillips •
Updating a post from a few years ago, on 26 December 2007, I presented a workshop on "Inspiring Creativity in the Classroom" to senior students in an elite English program at Taipei First Girls High School, the top girls high school in Taiwan. The program is an adaptation of one I have presented elsewhere in…
** Special Student Series, Interactive Drama, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
Realm of LARP Complete Unreality Series!
by Brian David Phillips •
** Special Student Series, Interactive Drama, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
LARPing as Therapy
by Brian David Phillips •
Kristin Brumley (https://www.youtube.com/user/OrlySunja) has begun a fascinating new series which will become regular live online conference sessions via Google Hangouts on Youtube in which she is gathering a group of LARPing experts to discuss various topics. In this particular LIVE Google Hangout of 26 March 2014, they had a discussion on how LARPing and RPGs…
** Special Student Series, Interactive Drama, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
DYSTOPIA Edition of Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About LARP (But Were Afraid to Ask)
by Brian David Phillips •
Here we go . . . DYSTOPIA ROLEPLAY AND INTERACTIVE DRAMA! Okay, this video thingie is yet another sequel to an earlier video I shared (here) and it’s followup (here) and like the earlier version, this one is also cute and a half while addressing some intriguing issues such as Dystopia in Interactive Drama or…
** Special Student Series, Religion, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
The Monomyth: Mythic Structure or the Hero’s Journey Model
by Brian David Phillips •
Prof. Brian David Phillips discusses the MYTHIC STRUCTURE or the Monomyth or the Hero’s Journey Model of literature, film, and psychological transformation as adapted from the work of comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell. Students in my literature and film courses as well as a number of other courses that I teach at the university or various…
** Special Student Series, Interactive Drama, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
Ars Amandi: An Introduction to Love and Physical Intimacy Mechanics for Interactive Drama LARPS
by Brian David Phillips •
Here we go . . . An Introduction to ARS AMANDI with Emily Care Boss, Lizzie Stark, and Sarah Lynne Bowman Okay, this video thingie is a more formalized continuation of intimacy and love simulation in interactive drama that we have seen from a few earlier videos I have shared and like the earlier pieces,…
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Get Your Very Own Fairy Dragon via the Magick Egg Process
by Brian David Phillips •
** Special Student Series, Interactive Drama, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
Nordic LARP, Interactive Drama, on Discovery
by Brian David Phillips •
** Special Student Series, Interactive Drama, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
Vampire Sex Edition of Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex LARP (But Were Afraid to Ask including a Whole Lot about Sex in LARP)
by Brian David Phillips •
** Special Student Series, Interactive Drama, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
From Theatre to Interactive Drama
by Brian David Phillips •
Johanna MacDonald (Walkabout) is a transnational Finnish-Canadian artist in theatre, performance art, stand-up comedy, drag performance, punk music, writing, video, and larp. She started out in Toronto with a fairly traditional education in drama-based theatre as an actor and director, but then moved to Finland, where she couldn’t make heads or tails of the language.…
** Special Student Series, 3D/VR/AR/360°, Interactive Drama, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
Beginner’s Guide to Interactive Drama
by Brian David Phillips •
Rev. Dr. Brian David Phillips discusses Interactive Drama – Freeform Theate Style Scenario-based Live Action Roleplaying Games – with beginning notes on what they are, how to play them, and how to create them. Interactive Drama is a formal term used to refer to theatre style LARPs. Just for fun, this video was shot in…
** Special Student Series, 3D/VR/AR/360°, Interactive Drama, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
What is Interactive Drama?
by Brian David Phillips •
Rev. Dr. Brian David Phillips discusses critical and theoretical approaches to Interactive Drama – Freeform Theate Style Scenario-based Live Action Roleplaying Games – with an emphasis on formal analysis rather than recreational play. Interactive Drama is a formal term used to refer to theatre style LARPs. Just for fun, this video was shot in 3D…
** Special Student Series, 3D/VR/AR/360°, Interactive Drama, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
Taiwan Interactive Theatre Society Highlights
by Brian David Phillips •
Here’s a short slide show of images from various Interactive Dramas – Freeform Theate Style Scenario-based Live Action Roleplaying Games – performed/played by the Taiwan Interactive Theatre Society, Taiwan’s longest-running theatre style LARP troupe. Just for fun, this video was shot in 3D and can be viewed in 2D or 3D, just choose the appropriate…
** Special Student Series, Celebrity Hypnosis, Hypnosis in the News, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
Fiona Fullerton wants Hypnosis for Nerves for Strictly Come Dancing 2013
by Brian David Phillips •
** Special Student Series, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
Bryan Cranston’s Advice to Aspiring Actors (Video)
by Brian David Phillips •
Originally, I embedded this short video but the originating site very cleverly does not give one the option of turning autoplay off. Grrr. So, here’s the link instead. http://thechive.com/2013/10/01/bryan-cranstons-advice-to-aspiring-actors-video/ Live Trance and Prosper, Brian www.BrianDavidPhillips.net CORE HYPNOSIS SKILLS Vanilla core skills for those with no previous hypnosis training or experience wishing a more solid foundation…
** Special Student Series, Interactive Drama, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about LARP (But Were Afraid to Ask including a Whole Lot about Sex in LARP)
by Brian David Phillips •
Okay, this video thingie is cute and a half while addressing some rather important issues such as SEX in Interactive Drama or LARP (Live Action Roleplaying) or Live RPG . . . a subject near and dear to me as my doctoral dissertation was on the subject (well, on interactive drama with a sub-discussion on…
** Special Student Series, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
The Way of Improvisation
by Brian David Phillips •
I use a LOT of improvisation in my educational endeavors . . . from theatre (no duh and a half) to communication to the teaching of hypnosis (improvisational exercises that usually throw folks for a loop at first but which accelerate mastery and creativity big time). Improvisation is your friend. In this worthwhile TedX talk,…
** Special Student Series, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
Your Brain on Comedy
by Brian David Phillips •
For my communication students . . . Chris Bliss explores the inherent challenge of communication, and how comedy opens paths to new perspectives. Chris Bliss is a national headline comedian, with credits including the Tonight Show and the Late Show with David Letterman, as well as an internationally renowned variety artist, opening for superstars from…
** Special Student Series, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
Actors Discuss Stanislavski
by Brian David Phillips •
For my theatre students . . . Method of Physical Actions Vulnerability Rehearsal Space, Organic Process
** Special Student Series, Trance-Acting: Actors, Directors, Dancers, and Musical Performers
Stanislavski in Chekov’s The Cherry Orchard
by Brian David Phillips •
For my theatre practice students . . .