Lockdown and Actors: Locked But Not Down

1.) An Actor's Preparation to introspect and analyse where he stands in his performance

2.) How an actor can improve observation skills in his home and therefore making his acting skills improved

3.) How an actor can improve his dialogue delivery skills merely by talking to family members in his house

4.) Improve Acting by doing your household work

5.) How and What you should read during lockdown to improve acting skills

6.) How to use household properties to improve scene making skills

7.) How To devise games and techniques and challenges on your own to develop acting skills

8.) How To Prepare for Self Audition in your house during the lockdown and the essential do's and dont's of while taping a self audition

9.) How to effectively use social media to brand yourself as an actor while the lockdown

Manil Mayank Mishra is an actor, writer, acting teacher and when not working, a working poet. His fundamental focus in acting sessions is ‘How Not To Act’ for acting for him is simply about ‘not acting’. He has taught acting (camera and theatre) at the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) Delhi and has conducted online acting training sessions for Mukesh Chabbra Casting Company (MCCC), New Delhi. Also, he has been the Faculty (Acting and Theatre) at Indian Academy of Dramatic Arts (IADA), Academy of Radio Management (ARM) and has taken various acting workshops/regular classes at Dr Ruhi Foundation School, Air Force Bal Bharti Public School, Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication etc. Being an actor himself, he has worked in many mainstream Bollywood films, web series, TV serials and commercials. He conducts workshops to mentor aspiring actors, anchors, voice-over artists and scriptwriters. He has also written and directed stage productions like ’36 Defence Colony’, ‘Khushfahamiyaan’ etc which have been popularly covered by all national media portals and newspapers.