Had a rehearsal last week for a short film I'm directing next month.
Small production meeting and ran through the script with some of the actors.
Prior to the rehearsal, I watched a bunch of episodes of Inside the Actor's Studio. I thought it would help put me in the right state of mind to work with the actors and coax compelling performances out of them. Unfortunately they were all pretty good the first time through the script and didn't require much direction whatsoever.
Not everyone could make the rehearsal however, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that a few people show up next month with awful performances or at least completely unprepared, that way I can mold their character portrayals from scratch and really feel Martin Scorsese-ish.
