Directing Your Child’s Self-Tape
Directing Your
Child’s Self-Tape
Directing Your Child’s Self-Tape
Are you helping, or hurting?
Are you helping, or hurting?
When five takes become fifteen and the frustration is building,
how do you decide whether to go again? And what do you
say that actually helps without making the next take stiff or robotic?
When five takes become fifteen and the frustration is building, how do you decide whether to go again? And what do you
say that actually helps without making the next take stiff or robotic?
This 2-hour seminar will teach you how to
make the tape better, and not worse.
This 2-hour seminar will
teach you how to make
the tape better, and not worse.
Wednesday, September 23
6-8pm PT
Live on Zoom · $99
Wednesday, September 23
6-8pm PT
Live on Zoom · $99
Limited to 25 parents
Limited to 25 parents
My name is Tinpo Lee.
My name is Tinpo Lee.
CPS Permit #: CPS-LR-1001313476
CPS Permit #: CPS-LR-1001313476
I’ve spent 25 years as a working actor (IMDb). I also raised and coached my daughter, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, from her first commercial to becoming a series regular and feature film lead.
Just like you, I’ve spent a lot of nights taping in the living room, with a deadline the next morning, and the question of whether another note is going to help or make things worse.
"His approach is simply unique. He first lets you analyze the character so you connect with them without judgement, then tells you to relax and be in the present moment, because he wants an authentic performance without faking it."
"His approach is simply unique. He first lets you analyze the character so you connect with them without judgement, then tells you to relax and be in the present moment, because he wants an authentic performance without faking it."
"His approach is simply unique. He first lets you analyze the character so you connect with them without judgement, then tells you to relax and be in the present moment, because he wants an authentic performance without faking it."
Miguel Gabriel, actor (Puss in Boots, Camera)
with Miguel Gabriel, client (Puss in Boots, Camera)
In two hours, we'll cover:
In two hours, we'll cover:
How to be a better reader
How to read opposite your child so their performance gets better, and the common mistake
parents make without realizing it.
How to read opposite your child so their performance gets better, and the common mistake
parents make without realizing it.
Coaching without over-coaching
Coaching without over-coaching
How to give useful adjustments instead of confusing ones, and when to stop talking and let
your child act.
How to give useful adjustments instead of confusing ones, and when to stop talking and let
your child act.
Balancing the director and the parent
Balancing the director and the parent
How to get a better performance without taking over or causing a fight.
How to get a better performance without taking over or causing a fight.
When it's not working
You’ve worked it to death, and take three is still the best one. When to push, when to change
tactics, and when to stop.
You’ve worked it to death, and take three is still the best one. When to push, when to change
tactics, and when to stop.
Live tape review
Live tape review
We’ll look at real volunteered self-tapes together. I’ll show you what I would adjust, how I would give the note, and what I would leave alone.
We’ll look at real volunteered self-tapes together. I’ll show you what I would adjust, how I would give the note, and what I would leave alone.
When to call in a coach
When to call in a coach
For the bigger roles. For more difficult material. For those auditions that ask your child to go beyond what they normally do. That's when you should call in a coach. But for the co-stars and commercials that come in constantly, you should learn how to help your child make the best tape they can.
For the bigger roles. For more difficult material. For those auditions that ask your child to go beyond what they normally do. That's when you should call in a coach. But for the co-stars and commercials that come in constantly, you should learn how to help your child make the best tape they can.
Who is this for?
Who is this for?
I'm not an actor.
I'm not an actor.
You don't need to be a better actor. You need to be more helpful from the other side of the camera. You can see what they can't. The trick is to learn how to communicate with your young artist in a way that helps and doesn't hurt.
You don't need to be a better actor. You need to be more helpful from the other side of the camera. You can see what they can't. The trick is to learn how to communicate with your young artist in a way that helps and doesn't hurt.
I'm already a pretty good coach.
Maybe you are. Most parents helping their kid have developed good instincts. But acting isn't math, and the note that feels helpful in the moment is often the one that makes the next take stiffer. This is about knowing which is which.
Maybe you are. Most parents helping their kid have developed good instincts. But acting isn't math, and the note that feels helpful in the moment is often the one that makes the next take stiffer. This is about knowing which is which.
My child already has a coach.
My child already has a coach.
That's great. This isn't about replacing good coaching. It's about helping your child make better self-tapes and grow as an actor and a person during those auditions that are too small to pay for a coach.
That's great. This isn't about replacing good coaching. It's about helping your child make better self-tapes and grow as an actor and a person during those auditions that are too small to pay for a coach.
Directing Your Child’s Self-Tape
Directing Your Child’s Self-Tape
A 2-hour seminar for parents of young actors
A 2-hour seminar for parents of young actors
Wednesday, September 23
6-8pm PT
Live on Zoom · $99
Wednesday, September 23
6-8pm PT
Live on Zoom · $99