If you ever read my post on Why You Need A Personal Acting Practice, you’ll understand why it’s so important. But what about actually putting the advice into practice and learning how to practice acting at home, especially when it comes to character acting and getting into character? Whether you’re working on an acting class assignment or looking for scripts to practice acting alone, I’ve got you covered!
Don’t worry; I’ve got you covered with my new free download!
I have created a multi-page free printable to help you actually create an acting practice that works so you can keep track of all the different acting exercises and character development exercises that will help you to do your best work. These printables include a variety of drama games for teenagers and acting games for kids, making them suitable for actors of all ages.
This download includes:
- Checklists of character development exercises
- Acting exercise checklists to improve acting skills
- Acting schedule template
- Scheduling advice for your at-home acting practice
- A 15+ page guide to all of the acting exercises included on the worksheets
This means you get 25 pages to help you improve your acting technique – entirely for free!
Why did I make these printables to help you learn how to practice acting at home?
So, we all know (especially if you’ve read my post) how important it is to have an acting practice. However, knowing how important it is to have one and actually being able to implement one are two different matters.
I wanted to make these free offerings for you so that you can create a system that works for you and actually helps you to take practical steps towards working on your acting technique at home.
Some common problems when it comes to building an acting practice at home are:
- Not knowing what acting exercises are actually useful in improving your acting technique.
- Not knowing how long to spend on which exercises.
- Taking on too much at once and feeling overwhelmed by everything you have to do.
- Thinking you don’t have time to do a practice that makes any difference.
- Feeling guilty about not being able to fit enough in around your existing commitments.
- Not having an actual plan that helps you focus on what you need to focus on.
These printables can help you overcome these issues and create a system that works to your needs and schedule. All you need to do is refer to the worksheets and plan your at-home acting rehearsals, incorporating elements of research and improvisation.
What is included in the free-acting practice printable?
How-to and Acting Exercise Guide
The first part of the printable includes a how-to guide. This will simply walk you through how to use the Practice Acting At Home pack. It includes the purposes of each section of the printable and how you can make the best use of them.
The most important part here is the advice on scheduling. It contains scheduling recommendations for your personal acting practice. This means you will be able to plan your time in a way that is useful and works for you without getting overwhelmed with things to do.
Finally, there is an exercise guide for both the Role Work Checklist and the Personal Practice Checklist. This gives a quick description of all the acting exercises and character development exercises used in the checklists so you can refer to them if you need a reminder. It includes various exercises focusing on physicality, such as the mirror game and Laban’s efforts.
It also contains a number of links to various resources in case an exercise is new to you or you just want to understand it in more detail.
Acting Role Work Checklists
Have you ever worked on a role and not known where to start? Do you ever feel like you’ve forgotten half of the useful exercises you learned in acting class? Do you want to discover new character development exercises you can use to help you consistently build complex and engaging characters?
Whenever you have a script, monologue, or character to work on, these acting role work checklists will allow you to keep handy lists of useful exercises you can use as you build your character.
You can print these off and tick the exercises off as you go, so you know what you’ve worked on so far. These checklists include important concepts like given circumstances Stanislavski and circles of attention Stanislavski to help you dive deep into your character.
The Role Work Checklist also includes exercises to explore your character’s internal motivation, movement and voice work.
You can practice creating genre-based characters and assigning attributes to bring depth to your performances.
Personal Practice Checklist
As actors, there are certain things we need to do outside of working in a role that help us to build the skills we need to be great actors. These include things like concentration, physical agility, vocal strength, and emotional freedom. We need to be doing these exercises regularly, whether we are currently working on a role or not. These skills are like muscles that need to be kept in shape.
The Personal Practice Checklist will allow you to keep a handy list close by of the different exercises you can do to work on each area of your acting practice.
This includes acting warm ups and exercises focusing on physicality in drama to help you develop a well-rounded skill set. You’ll find exercises like the telephone call scenario, animal work, and creating a world to enhance your imagination and performance skills.
The checklist also includes exercises to work on your neutral physicality, explore Lecoq’s undulations, and practice the psychological gesture. These exercises will help you develop a strong foundation in movement and expression.
Acting Schedule
This weekly schedule will allow you to plan which acting exercises you are going to do and when. Each section of the Personal Practice Checklist is added to the schedule, with a check box next to it so you can tick off what you’ve done or what you plan to do on which day.
Underneath each section is a selection of exercises you can use in your practice. You can circle the ones you choose to do so you can keep track of the work you’re doing.
Finally, the schedule has a time column at the side, so you can plan what time you’re going to do your work and for how long.
This is particularly useful for planning your voice work and body language exercises, which are crucial aspects of your acting practice.
Using Your Acting Practice Printables
It’s simple; all you need to do is:
- Plan a time to practice acting.
- Tick which areas of acting you want to work on on the schedule.
- Circle the exercises you want to do.
- Work through the Role Work checklists whenever you work on a script or monologue.
- Check the Exercise Guide whenever you need a reminder of what to do.
RESULT: A reliable and creative at-home acting practice that actually helps you see results.
