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What Should Parents Do To Raise Their Child Into A Good Actor?
Just Follow My 6 Secret Recommendations For Raising Your Child Actor
It takes a special clan to raise a child actor. Many talented kids dreams to be an actor gets shattered because their parents did not have the proper education of the process in being an actor.
No doubt they have their child’s best interests at heart, but with lack of education in the business, a parent can derail their child before they even get started.
1. How A Child Can Be An actor If Not Trained?
Acting is fun, but it is not a part-time hobby. If your child is serious about pursuing this field, you must cultivate a mindset, as one would do when becoming a professional musician, athlete, or dancer. Your child must train continually by an acting coach in order to stay competitive. When a child is in school sports, parents are diligent about never missing practices or games. However, when it comes to their acting classes, many parents do not attach the same importance and discipline. They find the money to invest in other activities, but fall when it comes to paying for artistic training. There are good acting classes and special child acting coachs; find one that is challenging that your child loves. Do your research. Preferrably, a great acting coach will enhance every area of their life.
2. Don’t Be Impatience And Rush
Many parents rush their child to auditions straightaway. If a child is not emotionally and professionally ready, the process can be too scary, shut the child down, and make them want to quit. Check in with your child’s acting coach and TRUST their advice if they are ready or not. It May take considerable period before they are ready to face auditions with improved chances of getting selected
3. Each Audition Is A Success
With every audition your actor has already achieved success. They are NOT easy to get. They have beat out hundreds, if not thousands for the opportunity. When your child is ready to begin auditioning, please understand that it can take 10-50 auditions before getting selected. If an actor is well trained, can take direction well, and has confidence in their acting craft, they will raise their odds of bagging a role. Each audition makes them better at what they love to do. The audition brings them into the sphere of new casting directors, producers, and directors.
4. Motivate And Give Positive Support
The best thing a parent can do for their child actor is to take them auditions with positive support encouraging them all the time, regardless of how difficult, competitive and stressful the audition process can be. You too will be under stress. Don’t show it to the child keeping this stress to yourself. Your child will feel it. One of the most difficult things about the auditioning process is not allowing tension and anxiety creeping into a child and especially in parents. Let it go, and this mindset is mandatory for the long-term success of any actor-child or adult. When it's over, don’t talk about the audition, unless your kid actor wishes to discuss it.
5. Don’t Direct The Child Or Movie On Film/TV Set
Once your child begins to work, my very best advice is: remain their parent. I have witnessed parents on set who do not remain in the background as support but instead try to network with people and crew. They make suggestions to the director, try to get their child more lines, talk the directors/producers for other projects, or nagging them for more information on the current one. Remember, filming on a set is team’s job. You are there for your child’s emotional support. You are there to ensure they are safe.So be that!
6. Trust your child
When child actors achieves the proper skillset, they know “what to and how to” their job. They know what to wear for auditions. They know how to prepare their lines.
Last word of advice
PLEASE do not coach them! A casting director can smell it from a mile away. When I began as an actor, my teacher said it takes 10 years to become a great actor. I did not like hearing this at the time. But I can now attest that she was right. Acting looks easy. It is not.
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