Is Drama School Necessary?
Thu, 3 July 2003, 07:57 amWalter Plinge13 posts in thread
Is Drama School Necessary?
Thu, 3 July 2003, 07:57 amHi I've been wondering about this for quite some time.
Is it necessary to get into a drama school to be an actor? I spend quite alot of time training myself and doing as much short films and plays as I can so I can put my theories into practice.
I go to paid classes I try to do as much as I can without going to Drama school because it is so hard to get in, so I try to learn as much as I can through my own endeavours. I am my own drama school.
People who don't get in are considered talentless, but I think if you let them affect you like this and give up your dream then you have lost eveything.
How important is Drama School? Is it the be all and end all of acting?
Me I don't think so, I think it all depends on your committment and effort you put in, but it would be nice to be in one.
What are your thoughts? Experiences?
Cheers
Is it necessary to get into a drama school to be an actor? I spend quite alot of time training myself and doing as much short films and plays as I can so I can put my theories into practice.
I go to paid classes I try to do as much as I can without going to Drama school because it is so hard to get in, so I try to learn as much as I can through my own endeavours. I am my own drama school.
People who don't get in are considered talentless, but I think if you let them affect you like this and give up your dream then you have lost eveything.
How important is Drama School? Is it the be all and end all of acting?
Me I don't think so, I think it all depends on your committment and effort you put in, but it would be nice to be in one.
What are your thoughts? Experiences?
Cheers
Re: Is Drama School Necessary?
Tue, 12 Aug 2003, 02:27 pmWalter Plinge
I am still young, it is my first year out if high school this year, so i can't pretend im some great authority on the subject. But i thought i might putmy two cents worth in.
At the beginning of this year, i thought that it would have been absolutely essential to train at waapa in order to be a succesfull actor. After eight months in the real world i have found that this is not so. Firstly there are countless examples of actors who have trained themselves through experience. The thing about acting schools is they give you that platform to gain that experience i.e. you spend all day acting and working with professionals. Outside of an acting institution we can still get this experience its all about your drive how much you want it. I still want it bad, and as a result at one point of the year i was acting abt 30hrs a week under professional directors , i've stage-managed a show under a professional director and in october i am forming my own theatre compnay at my old high school and am directing samuel beckett's "Waiting For Godot". I have gained experience on an exponential curve. I think that, without trying to boast, that i am a good example of what you can achieve when you have the "drive" to get what you want. I think the only advantage that an acting school would have over gaining your own experience is that at acting school the opportunities for learning are given to you on a silver platter. I know i still have a long road to walk yet, but i will get there one day, keep postv keep ur drive and so will u.
cheers,
Gazz
At the beginning of this year, i thought that it would have been absolutely essential to train at waapa in order to be a succesfull actor. After eight months in the real world i have found that this is not so. Firstly there are countless examples of actors who have trained themselves through experience. The thing about acting schools is they give you that platform to gain that experience i.e. you spend all day acting and working with professionals. Outside of an acting institution we can still get this experience its all about your drive how much you want it. I still want it bad, and as a result at one point of the year i was acting abt 30hrs a week under professional directors , i've stage-managed a show under a professional director and in october i am forming my own theatre compnay at my old high school and am directing samuel beckett's "Waiting For Godot". I have gained experience on an exponential curve. I think that, without trying to boast, that i am a good example of what you can achieve when you have the "drive" to get what you want. I think the only advantage that an acting school would have over gaining your own experience is that at acting school the opportunities for learning are given to you on a silver platter. I know i still have a long road to walk yet, but i will get there one day, keep postv keep ur drive and so will u.
cheers,
Gazz