DO: Say your lines clearly, and project. Nobody likes to have to turn up the volume all the way and still not be able to understand enough of the dialogue to even know what the characters' names are.
DON'T: Say your lines as if they are a song, because they are not.
DO: Tone down the drama. It's not realistic if you overact.
DON'T: Make the sunrise look like a three-way lamp turned up one click at a time.
Do: Make whatever blood present RED, not PINK.
DON'T: Use the same set for two completely different locations.
DO: Make sure the set doesn't make shadows on your backdrop. It only makes it more obvious that it's just a painted wall.
DON'T: Star an actor that plays a leading role in a well-known British comedy.
DO: Make sure all hairstyles are respective to the appropriate time--as in, NOT the 20th century styles.
DON'T: Cut off the end of the knife/sword you're about to stab someone else/yourself with and try to hide it. It won't work, trust me.
DO: Make sure your actors/actresses look (realistically, not a lot of makeup) like the age their roles are. If you have someone who looks thirty one moment and the correct thirteen the other, and their true love never moves a day from twenty, something is wrong.
DON'T: Make silly/stupid faces when you're about to die. It ruins the effect, causing your audience to laugh instead of cry.
DO: Cry realistically.
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Ah, you ruined my plans!
Just kidding. Great piece of advice, especially the singing one. I do that. Everyone I know does that. Good job.
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I laughed at the part about lines not being a song. I've noticed a lot of actors doing it, and it's weird. Though it does bring up an interesting question.
What would a Shakespeare musical be like?
I've come up with either epic or a complete train wreck.
Great job with the tips.
Great post! I think some actors will find this very helpful when they produce the movie!
- gleek456 <3
*single person applause*
Bravo.
Have you ever seen Romeo+Juliet, that modern remake of the play? THAT is a magnificent Shakespeare movie...despite the guns and cars and it obviously not taking place anywhere near Shakespeare's time.