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Our favorite tools
On this page you'll find some of the main tools we recommend for actors.
Our recommendations...
For your acting resume: CANVA
There are many CV creation sites, some of which charge a fee.
Did you know that CANVA now offers free actor CV templates, created by professional designers and customizable in just a few clicks?
Choose the style you prefer, import your main photo, enter your information and your actor's CV will be up and running in just a few minutes!
Did you know that CANVA now offers free actor CV templates, created by professional designers and customizable in just a few clicks?
Choose the style you prefer, import your main photo, enter your information and your actor's CV will be up and running in just a few minutes!
To film with a Smartphone: FILMIC PRO
For some years now, our cell phones have been filming in 4k.
With the right filters, you can turn your smartphone videos into real cinema shots, as long as you can use your phone to its full potential and control the settings in detail.
The Filmic Pro application lets you do just that.
With the right filters, you can turn your smartphone videos into real cinema shots, as long as you can use your phone to its full potential and control the settings in detail.
The Filmic Pro application lets you do just that.
To meditate : VIPASSANA
One of India's oldest meditation techniques, and the original teaching attributed to the Buddha 2,500 years ago, the Vipassana technique according to the approach of S. N. Goenka is a complete phenomenological approach that is not unrelated to our work.
It is also a natural psychological reinforcement for the actor who practices it regularly, as well as associating him or her with the body in the present moment.
You can book your first 10-day retreat free of charge (where you'll also be provided with board and lodging) and gradually "settle in" to this wonderful technique.
It is also a natural psychological reinforcement for the actor who practices it regularly, as well as associating him or her with the body in the present moment.
You can book your first 10-day retreat free of charge (where you'll also be provided with board and lodging) and gradually "settle in" to this wonderful technique.
To choose your photos : PHOTO FEELER
The photo is the key to being pre-selected for casting.
And as you know, most of the time your com tools are just skimmed over quickly, and the choice is made largely unconsciously!
Rather than asking your nearest and dearest, who aren't a representative sample and aren't objective, or self-proclaimed actor photo-book experts who will often only rationalize their own ideologies and personal tastes, why not scientifically test which of your photos are the most memorable, according to specific criteria?
The Photo Feeler site lets you do just that.
Get as many people as possible to rate your photos, so you can see which ones are really the most interesting in the categories you can choose, and all for free. Or, if you don't want to have to vote yourself on other people's photos, and you're in a hurry, you can pay a little to save time.
And as you know, most of the time your com tools are just skimmed over quickly, and the choice is made largely unconsciously!
Rather than asking your nearest and dearest, who aren't a representative sample and aren't objective, or self-proclaimed actor photo-book experts who will often only rationalize their own ideologies and personal tastes, why not scientifically test which of your photos are the most memorable, according to specific criteria?
The Photo Feeler site lets you do just that.
Get as many people as possible to rate your photos, so you can see which ones are really the most interesting in the categories you can choose, and all for free. Or, if you don't want to have to vote yourself on other people's photos, and you're in a hurry, you can pay a little to save time.
To learn your texts: MEMORIZER
Learning the text is one of the biggest pitfalls for actors, whatever their training or acting technique.
When they really know their text, this work is often tedious and relies on mnemonics or visualizations that can dissociate them and encourage a very mechanical and unspontaneous performance.
Fortunately, there's ONE memorization technique that's much easier and more effective than the others, and which has the advantage of not using intermediate visualization, so you can work spontaneously from there. It's a combination of several learning techniques from the educational sciences that we've explored in detail.
Before our more advanced videos on these two aspects (from memorization to text work), the Memorizer site automatically takes you through the essential steps of this technique that changes everything.
Try it out with your next text, which you can copy and paste into the frame following the simple English instructions (Google Translate can help you with these short instructions), and tell us what you think!
When they really know their text, this work is often tedious and relies on mnemonics or visualizations that can dissociate them and encourage a very mechanical and unspontaneous performance.
Fortunately, there's ONE memorization technique that's much easier and more effective than the others, and which has the advantage of not using intermediate visualization, so you can work spontaneously from there. It's a combination of several learning techniques from the educational sciences that we've explored in detail.
Before our more advanced videos on these two aspects (from memorization to text work), the Memorizer site automatically takes you through the essential steps of this technique that changes everything.
Try it out with your next text, which you can copy and paste into the frame following the simple English instructions (Google Translate can help you with these short instructions), and tell us what you think!
For your email signature : MY SIGNATURE
Your email signature lets you effortlessly recall your essential information when exchanging emails with agents, casting directors, directors or producers.
Associate your name with your face thanks to this repetition, and each time offer your interlocutors links to your com tools, social networks and contact information in an elegant and professional way thanks to the MySignature site, which will produce a pretty e-mail signature for you in no time at all.
You can customize the settings as you like, but for even greater flexibility (and a little more time) you can also use CANVA (mentioned at the top of the page).
Associate your name with your face thanks to this repetition, and each time offer your interlocutors links to your com tools, social networks and contact information in an elegant and professional way thanks to the MySignature site, which will produce a pretty e-mail signature for you in no time at all.
You can customize the settings as you like, but for even greater flexibility (and a little more time) you can also use CANVA (mentioned at the top of the page).
