Basic acting advices; Status in posture

Working with Meyerholm the one thing you’re working the most with is how people perceive you.

The thing is that ”First impressions.” happens within the first 0,3 seconds you meet some-one new, and from there on off, it’s going to be quite a difficult task to change this first impression ever again. At least it is going to take a bit of work.

You of cause create this sub-conscious first impression from a great deal of things, the age and gender of the person, the clothes he or she wears, is she or he very clean and neat or dirty and messy.

Might as well tell now, appear with greased hair on camera is a sure way to repel your audience straight out of the bag. There can may be some-thing appealing about a messy personality, but never ever a greased dirty one.

But even putting all of that aside the status you project with your body language can easily become every-thing.

You always project the image if you are in control or not, you can easily manipulate people to think you are in control or not in control by being aware of your stand.

I do this all the time in my every-day life, even when I don’t know what I am talking about I talk as if I am in control, thus people assume that I am super smart.

What follows here is picture examples of different status’s and descriptions of what status it is and why it is.

This is low status, the person you see on this picture is very insecure and not at all in control.

You don’t really believe that this person knows what she is talking about, if she did surely she would have more confidence.

What is most common with low status positioned is that the person is trying to shield him or herself, which is ironic because by doing so, you are signalling to the world. “I am an easy target.”

The girl is crossing her arms, only allowing an extremely closed off body language, the legs are tight together, which not only closes of the body language, but also gives you very little earth connection, if any-one came and lightly pushed this person, she would fall down on the ground.

The back is slightly hunched over, this is because this person wants to take up as little space as possible, she wants to be invisible and that is what she signals, her head is also bowed over and her eyes looking down, signalling she doesn’t dare to give you eye-contact, she has put herself in a lower status than you.

For all in the world, you do not want to appear like this in front of camera (unless it’s your additional character.)

You may think it’ll make you look humble and thus likeable, but in reality you’ll appear as some-one with very low self confidence with no control begging for just a little attention

Fluttershy may be a cute character, but she is just a part of a larger group, you are the face of a web-show and thus a “show-host.” Avoid ever looking like this, avoid it like the pest.

This is how you may end up like looking if you are really trying to avoid the low status shown above.
But this isn’t the right way to go, this person is extremely tense, nervous and ultimately have no control at all, it seriously looks like she is compensating for some-thing.
And your audience will catch this, whether they do it consciously or sub-consciously. This will ensure that people sees you as an empty show-off and pass over without comment.

Lets see what is wrong with this picture, there is no earth connection here. This person stands tight and straight using every muscle just to stand up, ones again if you push this person ever so slightly, she will just fall down on the ground.
As this is a picture it of cause can’t be seen here, but this person will probably also move around an awful lot, way to much! Chances are this person will be all over the place yet incredible stiff in all of her movements.
These are also often the kind of persons whom don't know what to do with their hands, so they end up fiddling with them, constantly, and this is annoying, some people resolve this problem by simply holding some-thing, like.. a cup, or a cigar.. yeas MikeJTv and Mendo, I caught you red handed.
But it's okay, tons of Stand up comedians need their mic just to have some-thing in their hands to do some-thing with, they are simply lost without it.

Speaking of stand up, To see such a person as this tense all over the place woman in action, all you need to is watch a newbie in stand-up, a person with the attitude. “I am going to do this!” but deep down don’t have the self confidence or basic knowledge of how to appear.

It’s miss placed and broken energy, movements are good, but carefully considered economic movements can be way more powerful than jumping around, especially when you are tense.
If you capture yourself ever doing this, take a breather, sit down and drink some warm milch, then trying again, and look at the picture below, there is your golden ticket.

There we go, in control, high status, pleasant, relaxed.

What am I doing in this picture? I am at home and relaxed in my position, I got heart connection, the legs are firmly planted on the ground, if you pushed me now, I would very easily find new footing and not fall.

My big is relaxed and straight, not hunched and not tense. My arms are on the side of the body which signals how open I am, it’s pleasant and welcoming, now shielding here.

My neck is straight and I look up in confidence.

You automatically believe this is a person worth listening to, she has surplus and confidence, she must know what she is doing (yeah right -_-;)

This is not only how you want to appear in your videos, it’s how you want to appear in public, it’s how you give yourself the best possible chance of being assumed of some-one absolutely worth respecting and listening to.

And you very simply practise at home, become aware of your stand now and then, and then change it on purpose. Practise in front of the mirror and look at yourself, take a step outside and analyze your natural responses when you talk to different people in your every-day life. Do you become “Insecure person.” From pic number one. “Tense person.” Or are you just in control completely?

You can most often feel this inside out. But wait! We still miss an important picture!

What we have grabbed is how you project the lowest status, and how you project that you are “In control.” But.. in control isn’t the highest status, it’s actually merely meeting every-body as their equal, leaving that as an just a little above average status.

Oh shit, the boss is here! I’m sorry sir, what I did I am sorry!

The Boss is the person in control! She has taken demand of the situation and you better listen to her, she decides and just is the boss.

What happened here? Ones again, a firm earth connection is a definite must, you can’t push the boss around.

The Boss stands straight and he or she will look down at your, the boss look you in the eye does he feel like it.

The boss doesn’t need to shield any-thing as he is well, the boss, the body languet is thus open, she takes up as much space as possible and moves very little around.

She is in complete and utter control, she is the one who takes the word and sets the days order.

And still, as along as you are aware if this status parts in real life as well as theatre, you can manipulate them and control them, but I’ll go more into than in the next article.

Next time; Status in relation to each other.

Basic acting advices; Prologue

This was a text originally created for the TGWTG forum under the sub-section "Your video reviews." under request.
As that thread very quickly became a base for tons of good discussion it also became quite messed up, so in an attempt to get some order into it for any-one who's only interested in reading the articles, I now also publishing on my blog so I can link directly to these blog posts for future reference.

'Sofie Liv'


We as internet producers have an awful lot of things to learn, we are writers, editors, effect managers, critics.. in fact, so busy are we all that there hasn't been much talk about "Acting."
What is acting? how can we learn to be better actors? The matter of fact is that we all act when we are on camera, and it doesn't matter if you try to be a character or yourself, you are still projecting an image, there's a certain image you want to project, a message you want to get across, an emotion you want to be obvious and a feel you want your show to have. As the front face of your own show, you carry all of that. And having a good presence people find intriguing can be the very break or make in your internet videos. Even if such things as writing and editing is top notch.

It's not that long I have made internet videos, but all ready now I have made a couple of experiences, I've done mistakes and had to figure things out. And I am still on that path, there's still so very many aspects in video producing yet not explored, for me it kind of feels to be a comedian on a tiny stage in a community hall, and the rules here are quite different than if I stood in a opera house, there's things I can get away with here I can't in the opera hall, and virsa versa.

I am side tracking.

Here's a question we first need to ask ourselves. "What is acting?"
What does it really mean this word "Acting." most people assume acting is merely "to play an character." but this is actually not true.
"Acting." means to project an image. It means to use your body, face and voice to project what-ever image you wish, convince people of what-ever you want them to be convinced to.
And acting is not limited to merely a stage or in front of a camera, we actually act all the time, in our every day life, on the job, in school at job interviews.
In the art of acting what you learn is to be aware what you project with your movements, to be aware of what you are saying and how people will take it, to act is to manipulate your audience whether it is a thousand listeners or your teacher.

In method acting we have two large branches the "Stanislawski" and the "Meyerholm." each named after the guy who first starting to really make research into this.

Stanislawski is the fancy one, it's the one all of the big great actors claims to have been taught in, what the big expensive acting schools will teach in.
Stanislawski is all about "Becoming the character." it's about feeling the same as what your character is feeling, manipulating the audience by manipulate yourself, when given a character you are sat to find out who he is, where he came from, what he feels about certain subjects, what he feels in each given scene he is in and why he feels like that, how minor the scene is is unimportant, Stanislawski actors are taught to be absorbers, to absorb and become the character, to feel what the character feels. But.. I don't believe Stanislawski is the interesting one for us the video producers.
The fact is, we don't make big Shakesperian plays with tragic characters, this is not what we want to go for or use time on.
If you are interested, the first Stanislawski practises people learn, and professional actors still use is to hold imaginary cups, decide what this cup feels like, how it smells, what it contains, it is hot or warm? then you can take imaginary showers and try to physically feel the water, stuff like that.

Meyerholm is a much lesser known and lesser used branch of acting, but he is the more interesting for us I believe.
While Stanislawski is about looking inside and feel the core of the imaginary situation, Meyerholm is about taking a step outside of the picture, view from the outside and be aware of your surroundings and how the audience sees you.
This is by far also the better method for comedy acting, as comedy is often about timing, awareness, often is visual and is either win or fail.

John Cleese had a good way of describing this. "To suddenly play this romantic scene was a very odd experience for me, suddenly instead of being aware of everything around me, I had to let the scene flow and be in the moment, usually it always feels like I have a clock in my head, ticking preciesly I have to follow."

What he described, perhaps even without knowing, is the shift from Meyerholm to Stanislawski as he now had to be serious in a scene instead of as a first priority being concerned about being funny.
This is also why I firmly believe the best kind of actor is the actor who have both branches of acting down and can shift through them when needed.


You may consider this as an introducing chapter to acting, next time we'll talk about how to convey status, "Low and High status." what status you project with your body in certain scenarios.

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my life at current time

Urh.. okay cool.
There still aren't that many followers, but a double up is still a double up!

Cool! thanks guys!

So I guess.. I better start using this blog huh?

So.. what is going on in my life, why havn't I made as many videos as I intended to?

Because believe me, the intention was there! I meant to do a "Green lantern." review before new year, a review of. "The end of time." as a christmas special, and of cause the new year lists of "Best and worst movies." perhaps also about the movies I look the most forward to.

So.. what did happen?

Well.. a lot of things, and.. a lot of trouble.
honestly, this has been the suckiest December ever!

It's not that I don't like December, I adore christmas! but one sucky thing just happened on top of the other! and then one major thing which was more suck than all that happened prior combined came a long and toppled everything off right before christmas!
It actually tipped over my entire world for a week or two.

All ready I was headed towards a black hole, but that was just an earth quack so to speak!

But some-how, that same terrible thing has become a wake-up call and well. suddenly I was. "No."

No I don't want to end in depression! No I don't want to end up in a hole! I don't ever want to have suicide thoughts, NO NO NO! I refuse!
So here's what's up, I actually haven't had a stable job for three years, I had a lot of creative odd jobs different places, none of them lasting for very long, because well, when a creative project is over it's over. I've applied for a lot of creative educations three years in a row, and didn't get into any of them.
When stuff like that happens three years in a row, it does feel like ramming your head into a wall, and it's part of the reason I were headed where I was headed!

And now I have said NO! I did some-thing very difficult, I let go of my persistent pursue of my dream, at least with one hand. And I applied for an education which only has partially something to do with my dream, but I have a really good chance to get into with my skills and school papers.
With a bit of luck, I will be studying as an social educationer in Drama, music and bodily movement, either Februray, meaning yeas, next month!
If I am less lucky I will first be starting at August, but that still mean this year!

And after a years study I can pick whether I like to specialiese in "Children." "People with special needs also meaning handicapped." or "Socially awkward people."
I am actually hoping for either Special in need children or socially awkward people. And yeas, the latter can mean people who has been on drugs and bad societies, people who are in prisons, that kind of stuff. I do think it could all become very exciting. And the important thing. I'LL GET OUT OF HERE!

And a more sure thing. I am freaking moving away!
I found a new place to life! a place where there life more young people, there's better access to the city and the train station so I can go where-ever I like. My friends will be closer and hopefully, my renter not that big an idiot!
I'll be officially be handed the key at February th1, and I all ready signed the contract.

So depression and being stuck the same place can go and bite me! I am sick of it! I refuse to be dragged down by myself.

I am in the editing phase for my newest video which will shortly be posted at the Agony booth, and of cause here!
I think...

Any-way.
Thanks for showing an interest every-body! it wont be to long till the next video I promise, and ones I get started there should be much shorter between each video!

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List of net published fictional work.

I just kind of thought... why the hell not? why not try and get some system into all of this mess.

So I am trying to list the fiction here and link to it.. and sort of.. systematise it. some-what..
And then I will be updating this specific page runningly as my stories grow.




Harry Potter stories;
none of these are in a continuity with each other, all separate stories which has nothing to do with each other.

Snape centret;

Second chance a new choice

About second chance a new choice; This is my baby! my novel! proving that I am indeed capable of writing an entire book should I want to! the longest thing I ever wrote and the best thing!
starting out as guilty pleasure but grew into so much more as Severus Snape goes on a time travelling journey to completely change his past, but it isn't that simple.. things quickly starts going wrong.

Missing moments;

About Missing moments; an additional story tied in with Second chance a new choice, showing scenes that we didn't actually see in "Second Chance." or sometimes we did but now we see it from another characters perspective. It was just written for my own scene, it's almost like a collection of cut scenes out of Second chance.

My future destiny

About my future destiny; A surprisingly dark story about time travel, where it's not the adult Severus going back in time, but the young boy Severus going ford in time, only to be frightened to death about what he is supposed to become.

We meet again, and yet nothing is the same

About We meet again; I don't believe Severus ever got to even as much as see Lily ever again after their graduation, even when he fought for her life doing the last year of the war. And here's what I think would maybe happen did they meet.. but it's not romantic pink or anything, it's pretty gloomy and sad. I am not so sure I like the twist ending myself, but something had to be done to end it :/

Other Potter Stories.

The Hogwarts Staff room

About the Hogwarts Staff room; probably my second favourite out of all of my potter stories (next after second chance.) scenes taking place exclusively inside of the Hogwarts staff room, showing conversation taking place among that colourful group which is the Hogwarts teachers, and reached the entire time span as the books, though in only short chapters, some amusing and some a little dark. Every day is a new day at the hogwarst staff room.

They are both in you

About they are both in you; yeah I know Remus Lupin were best buddie with Harry's dad and not Neville, doesn't chance that he must have known Neville dad though.. and well, it's just a great excuse for having the two kindest characters in the potter books get a conversation going.

Oh so it's you I am named after!

About, so it's you I am named after; It's just a little fun story of Albus Potter being cute as he finally meet the portraits of the his two name brothers which he was named after.



Doctor Who stories
Again, none of these stories are connected, other than may being referring to the show itself, but within my stories, there is no plan to be found, they are all one shots.

Time and time, again and again;

About Time and Time; Well.. we all secretly wish for a big Doctor clusterfuck where they all can meet each other.. and here it is.. every single eleven doctors stuck on each other for a few minutes because one of them had to go and fuck up the universe. each chapter taking place from a new doctor point of view, meant for fun.

The poor boy and the princess

About the poor boy and the pricness; set directly after cold blood.. the first time around Rory died.. shezz boy, stop dying all ready. Well, it's Amy mourning him without even knowing it, and how does she do that? by making up a tale.


To live

About to live; Don't know about you.. but I find the thought of meeting your future self.. knowing you will one day, no matter what you do, turn into that.. kind of scary yet fascinating.. and here's the second doctor.. shortly glancing and the ninth.. and not liking it.

One day

About One day; well.. I find the thought of the Doctor never checking up on Susan.. kind of odd.. I mean, yeas he is afraid of looking back but she is his legit grand daughter, so this is my take on what may have happened.

My imaginary friend by Amelia Pond

About My imaginary friend; I'll like to say.. I was the first one to write one of these! there's kind of a lot of them now, but it really was my own idea and mine was the first! What it basically is is Amelia writing an essay about her imaginary friend, and we then read what she wrote.. my idea dammit.

All those faces again and again;

About all those faces; this was a tribute written for the brigadier, made before Courtney died.. making such a tribute all the more worthwhile and just... sad..
It's about the very old retired and ill brigadier thinking back on all the times he met the doctor and all the different incarnations he have seen the doctor as.

Once I had blue eyes.

About Once I had blue eyes; My take on the difference between the classic doctor who and the new doctor who from an inside perspective.. from the doctors perspective.. as he ones again looses to the Daleks in the beginning of season five of the new series.



Darkwing Duck Stories!
All right now are we talking. this is the reason I really wanted to make a page.
To get some sense into the Darkwing stories.
Darkwing Stories are probably what I enjoy the most to write, it's just a great way for me to let loose, and all though you can read every single one of my stories as one shots.. I'd like to make a time line right here.. and the time line will include episodes from the show which matters.. such as the pilot and so one.. so lets get going!


These are the days of our lives; My Story
a kind of prologue feel of a story taking place way back long before Drake Mallard became Darkwing Duck, while he was still Drakey and only nine years old.
Exploring what it was in him that would ensure to make him a super-hero, also contains the first meeting between him and a certain witch, contains lots of cameos of mini versions of known characters.


Darkly Dawns; the television show.
The pilot to the Darkwing Duck television show where Darkwing for the first time meets Gosalyn and decides to adopt her.

The story of the unremarkable kid, called Honker; my story
takes place straight after Darkly Dawns as the Mallards moves into a new normal home, with new normal labours. takes place in the point of view of Honker, the kid next door who can't help but notice how very strange the Mallards behave.

Out of time; my story
Oh, typically Megavolt and Darkwing! now the two eternal nemesis's are stuck on each other as they hop scotch through different dimensions, never knowing where they are going to land next! It's a weird and strange nightmare.

Fongus Homungus; The television show.
Episode so central and important to the show for introducing the enchantress Morgana, Darkwings biggest love.. and luckely for him the feeling is mutual.. a shame she's a criminal huh..

Tonight the moon shines bright; my story
ahh, to be so madly in love! it just sucks when you can't trust your love interest though you want to! And now you probably should work together but it's so distracting! this story ties into "These are the days with of our lives." with certain plot points, and is kind of a part of a trilogy.

Tiff of the Titans; television show.
Introducing Gizmoduck, a rivalling superhero into Darkwings life.. and Darkwing hate the guy! they pretty much hate each other and they are to titan rivals to the last!

Ghoul of my dreams; The television show.
Morgana the beautiful enchanter is back... to commit a crime.. damn it! you naughty girl Morgana! stop it! fortunately it's heavily implied in the end that she has pretty much decided to turn good..

Love Alakazam; my story.
Oh you lucky devil Darkwing, Morgana did indeed turn good! and here is how she did it! all for you, you sir, are one lucky duck! to bad she doesn't get on to well with your alter ego Drake Mallard :/

I stole you with me home; my story
but lets not forget the other lady in Darkwings life, his most treasured little darling.. Gosalyn.. who suddenly a day.. realise she actually have kind of a question to ask her adopted father.

Just us Justice ducks; television episode.
Yayness, the biggest duck team-up you ever saw! It's just a fun two parter team up episode!


Time and Punishment; Television episode.
Gosalyn by mistake gets trapped in a time top with Megavolt and Quackerjack, and arrives at the future that would happen without her presence.. where Darkwing Duck.. had become Darkwarrior Duck.. a man without mercy always out for ultimate justice, turning him into an even bigger menace than any villain.

Pulp Heroes; My story
man.. having to deal with other heroes all is sure annoying! yet another rivaling superhero intrudes on Darkwings tuff, and guess what? He doesn't like this new-comer either! man it's to bad they are stuck inside of the city!


The Steerminator; Television episode.
Oh oh... the return of Darkwings greatest enemy.. Taurus Bulba.. just go check the episode out, it's ridicoulesly cool!

My daughter, her life; my story
A miracle have happened, a true blessing.. though.. it fells like a curse.. They found Gosalyns real parents which she can go home with now..
Or are they her parents....? plotting, team-up, meeting of new family members. lots of small details :)

I am Dark who..? ; my story
Return of Darkwarrior duck.. the dude is freaking bad-ass.. he ripped apart time and space to fight himself back, to set things as he deems right.. and well, terrorise the city a bit while he is at it.. Darkwing never having faced any-thing quite like this before grows nervouse.. and he figures, the menace needs to be fought in a completely different way.

The terror of Mr. Sandman; To be written.
every-body starts getting waking nightmares.. first small and not worth taking notice off.. but then they start growing.. and suddenly starts becoming a real problem as they enters the real world.. christ.. and Darkwing? will he be able to face his own greatest nightmare? even if he doesn't exactly know what that entails?

Night of the Godzilla Monsters; To be written.
Will tie in with "My Daughter, her life." where Chameleon and Tuskernini first meet and decided to strike up partnership by making a movie together, they make the movie.. but unfortunately everyone hated it and got major bad reviews, at ones the two plots revenge and Chamille uses her shapeshifting abilities to become the big movie monsters, crushing the city while Tuskernini sets the stage.. It's time for Darkwing to tell who's boss!

Visit to Duckburg; to be written.

The beginning of the Boom comics! the overtaking of Sain Canard by Quackerwers, Darkwing hanging up his cape.. and all going shit..

When we are not allowed to life;
a sort of prolouge to the BOOM comics, showing a little more what happened in the three years Drake Mallard wasn't Darkwing and the days that lead up to it all breaking loose ones again.

The Duck knight returns; Boom comics.

The first.. and kind of only Annual Boom comic.

This is the best I can be.
ties directly into the Annual Boom comic! exploring Clara and Quackerjacks relationship a bit further.

The rest of the Boom comics, and the ending of the Boom Comics!

My midnight Rose; To be written.
... Will be the last in my trilogy and tie into "These are the days of our lives." and "Tonight the moon shines bright."
In the Boom comics Morgana was lost as she chose to sacrifice herself to safe Darkwing, now Darkwing realise he had a way to get her back all along, using the items they got on their first adventures together, though it may become extremely risky, but.. it's worth it. And Darkwing Embarks on a journey to get her back no matter the cost.