BBC article on the brain activity of actors
Check out this article from the BBC. They did brain scans of actor Fiona Shaw mapping the different regions of the brain that were active when acting. Interesting stuff!
Belhaven Theatre
Learning to serve our community through Theatre Arts
Wow, what a great article about the use of the actor’s brain. But really does any of us think that an actors does not call into action the creative part of the brain?
As an actors headshot photographer I find that using stimuli such as; visualisation and direction pointers I can help the actor to move into a different, more creative state for their headshots.
I find that without using techniques such as these and calling into action the “acting part of the brain” an actor is much less able to express themselves for the stills camera.
Nick Gregan