What are acting skills?

Acting skills consist of many other varied skills such as: • Vocal skills (using emphasis, pauses, pitch, tone, accent, articulation, pace, volume/projection and clarity) • Physical skills (movement, mime and gesture) • Imaginative skills (be open-minded and willing to try new techniques to challenge yourself) • Analytical skills (when you’re learning a new monologue, analyse the text and try to understand where your character is coming from and how they would say certain lines) • Observation skills (when watching someone else perform to an audience, pick up on the techniques they use and how they may act playing a role to give yourself ideas for the future. Also when you’re on stage performing with other people, make sure you’re weary of what is happening and when you’re line is next by observing; but not too intensely whilst in front of an audience) • Communication skills (how you can communicate with someone whilst performing either by speaking, for example the tone of our voice, gesture by using different parts of the body such as your head or hands, or even silence with the movement of your eyes) • Team skills (how you co-operate with others, for example letting other people give their opinions and ideas and how you can work together as a group to achieve a task/s) . To be an all-round performer, you have to train hard until you are competent in all these areas. My aim is to include all, if not most of these physical skills in my monologue. I will achieve this by practicing my monologue adding in different skills and annotating where to put them on my sheet.