Videos of Mark W. Travis interviews
by FILM COURAGE and
MICHAEL WIESE PRODUCTIONS
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Full interviews
The ‘Director’s Director’ Mark W. Travis on Creating Authentic Acting Performances [FULL INTERVIEW]
Story Mastery & The Director’s Journey – Full Interview with Michael Hauge & Mark W. Travis – PART 1
Story Mastery & The Director’s Journey – Full Interview with Michael Hauge & Mark W. Travis – PART 2
Write Your Life and Become a Better Storyteller [FULL INTERVIEW]
General – For Everyone
The Power of Authentic Storytelling
How I Would Have Directed Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant Bear Attack Scene
The Question Everyone in Hollywood is Trying to Answer
The Primary Reasons to Tell a Story
Where People Go Wrong With Their Own Stories
If You Want To Quit Your Day Job, You Have To Be Able to Create Your Own Work
For Directors
What Stops An Actor From Getting Into Character? The beginning of The Interrogation Process.
How A Master Storyteller Keeps the Audience Engaged.
How a Director can Ruin a Movie Without Realizing it
The #1 Job of a Movie Director
The Most Critical Thing A Director Does When Reading A Screenplay
A Movie Director Should Know This As Much As Anything Else
How Does A Director Find the Heart Of A Story?
Should A Director Rewrite the Screenplay?
Biggest Mistake A Director Can Make Before Production
Directing the Perfect Acting Performance
How To Deal With A Blocked Actor On A Movie Set
Creating An Instant Riveting Authentic Acting Performance
One Thing A Director Does Not Want In Their Movie is Acting
Should A Director Take Acting Classes?
Top 3 Acting Performances Every Actor Should Watch
What If An Actor Says Everything Is Fine?
The Primary Reasons to Tell a Story
Why Writers Need to Lie to Get To The Truth.
How To Interrogate A Character
Great Storytellers Know These Two Time-Altering Techniques
For Writers
Where Writers Go Wrong with Story – Events Aren’t the Story
How A Master Storyteller Keeps the Audience Engaged.
The Most Critical Thing A Director Does When Reading A Screenplay
Should A Director Rewrite the Screenplay?
If You Had No Fear, What Story Would You Tell?
The Sequencing of a Story: Where to Start and Finish?
The Primary Reasons to Tell a Story
Why Writers Need to Lie to Get To The Truth.
Where People Go Wrong with Their Own Stories
First Time A Writer Sees Their Characters Come To Life
What Writers Need To Know About Voices
Great Storytellers Know These Two Time-Altering Techniques
For Actors
What Stops An Actor From Getting Into Character? The beginning of The Interrogation Process.
Directing the Perfect Acting Performance
How To Deal with A Blocked Actor On A Movie Set
Creating An Instant Riveting Authentic Acting PerformanceCreating An Instant Riveting Authentic Acting Performance
One Thing A Director Does Not Want In Their Movie is Acting
Should A Director Take Acting Classes?
Top 3 Acting Performances Every Actor Should Watch
What If An Actor Says Everything Is Fine?
From Michael Wiese Productions
Mark’s mini Master Class
MEET MARK W. TRAVIS
THE TRAVIS TECHNIQUE
MEET YOUR CHARACTERS
WHAT IS THE INTERROGATION PROCESS?
HOW DOES THE INTERROGATION PROCESS WORK?
THE CASTING PROCESS
FORGET ABOUT GETTING THE JOB
ERASE THE TITLES
CRITICISM NOT ALLOWED
THE IMPOSTER SYNDROME
THE ERROR OF ASSUMPTION
COLLABORATION
COVID AND THE FUTURE OF STORYTELLING
FULL CLASS on THE FUTURE OF STORY (need to be logged in)
Locations
Honolulu, Hawaii
Los Angeles, California
Prague, Czech Republic
Cologne, Germany
Auckland, New Zealand