 Hi, my name is Veljika and I'm an actress based out of California and I make acting related videos every Monday, Thursday and Saturday. And like you, I know about Joseph Perlman and I know that he is an acting coach. You have probably seen him a lot on the backstage channel, as have I. He's done so many lives throughout 2020 and even in 2021, he's done some videos with backstage. So I have seen him so many times. He always talked about audit my class, audit my class. And finally, I audited the class and I wanted to tell you guys what I thought about it. In case you're also thinking about auditing it or, you know, joining the class, I did just audit the class. One time I did the Wednesday one, which was from 12 to 330. And I'm going to tell you how I went and my thoughts about it. Of course, I got a small, small glimpse of the acting, you know, session because I only audited one class and I'm going to tell you if I plan on taking more, what are my thoughts about it? And the pricing, first of all, is higher than other acting courses that I have seen. And I understand because, you know, once you have a certain level, a certain status, you can charge more. So you guys can of course check out his website. I'll link all his stuff in the description so you can check it out. Not sponsored. He doesn't even know I'm doing this. I, in my channel, like to share with you guys things that I'm learning, things that I'm doing. I am genuinely interested in taking more of his classes and was genuinely interested in auditing this class. So that's why I'm sharing it with you today because I'm interested. The class started with just saying hi to everybody. This one is on Zoom. I don't know if that's going to change anytime soon. I'm assuming not because he has a lot of people from all over the world. Somebody there had the, towards the end of the class, she said it was like midnight where she was. And for us, it was like 3 o'clock, 3.30. So people from all over the world. There were a few other people auditing as well. So at the beginning of the class, he just waits a few minutes. Of course, once you get on Zoom, he waits a few minutes to allow people to come in, say, says hi to people. And if you are auditing, you can also have your camera on. There were some people that turned their camera on and off that were auditors or students in the class. But if you're wondering, hmm, am I going to turn on your camera? You should. You should say hello. And that's exactly what happened in the beginning. He said, if anybody's auditing, feel free to say hello, introduce yourself. And because, of course, my name isn't so common, I had to say my name a couple of times and just, you know, say hi. And then the auditors just, they don't participate, but they do have opportunities towards the end to do a Q&A session. So after we said hello, then he opened it up for people to talk about, you know, wins, risks they did, things they got cast in, and then they got to share, like, you know, oh, the scene I was working on last week, I actually got cast in it because some people bring things to work on to class that are for actual auditions. So we'll get there though. So at the beginning introductions, if you're an auditor, you will introduce yourself. Everybody says they're wins, not the auditors, but the people in the classes. And during the intros, when people were, you know, sharing like, oh, I got, I booked this or I, you know, I got this win or I took this risk, I sent this email, whatever, they would also ask Joseph some questions. And some of them were also about the industry. They weren't purely about acting technique, you know, later on, we definitely got into more acting technique and practice. But at the beginning it was a lot of industry stuff. So if you guys have seen his lives with backstage, you've probably seen that he talks a lot about the industry and the craft. This is a great opportunity to ask him your specific questions. And, you know, learn more about the industry of what's going on with you specifically because acting is such like, there are certain things you can do to, you know, level up your acting and I'm learning this right now because right now I'm really trying to get a theatrical agent in LA. So I can do some co-star roles. But there's so many things that, you know, oh, this is the way, sort of, kind of, and then you have to figure out how to actually do it for your specific case. So it was really cool to be able to have somebody that's so knowledgeable answer your specific questions. After the intros, there was a little warm-up. So Joseph picked a person and then it was kind of like popcorn where when you were going, you got to choose who went out and then you came in. So they did a little warm-up of improv warm-up and then they got to rehearsal or, you know, playing around with some texts that they had prepared. And some of it was things that they were actually auditioning for. So I'm not going to explain exactly what it was because, of course, this is paid. You should pay for it if you want to do it. But throughout most of the course, most of the audit that I did, Joseph chose one of the students and the student had already had prepared some sites like they had brought some sites to work on during the session and something that I really appreciate about Joseph is the the care, like how much he's really, really listening to each student and how honest he is to everybody. And if they hit something really well, he's like, wow, did you feel that? You know, you did this really well. And then when they're not quite there, he asked different questions and assist them to get to that place, you know, to be able to perform that at its fullest capacity. So I really appreciated that. There were some very, very talented actors in that course. And it was just really fun to see them play with this text. So whenever, for example, he chooses you, you can say, OK, I have these sites. I'm this is for an actual project. This is for, you know, a TV show or a streaming network series that I'm auditioning for. So that's the style and then they go for it and they do choose a partner to do the other side if there's other people in that scene. So the other person, of course, would be the reader and it is somebody in that class. And if you do have any NDA scripts and you really don't, you know, don't trust anybody yet in your class, you can also ask Joseph himself to read the the other lines. So, you know, because sometimes you get NDA scripts and you just are so scared to share them with anybody. You can share them with him and then, you know, you will feel comfortable that they're not going to share them. But in general, I feel like most actors aren't going to go around and distribute scripts, especially in a place like this in an acting class where it's supposed to be a safe space where, you know, you're building relationships and trust within these classes. I would hope so. Hope that nobody would share your sides. Pretty much everybody that was in the class did get to go get to rehearse something. I know there's different tiers. So I'm not sure if the people that didn't go was because they were either auditors or in a different tier. But in general, I really enjoyed this class because I got to see how other actors work. And I love seeing other actors, auditions, addition and act because I learn a lot from, you know, what they're doing. And I'm like, oh, I'm making that mistake, too. And I really see what it looks like, you know, when somebody else is doing it because sometimes it's hard to see it when you're doing it. I really love seeing actors work. And especially the way that Joseph is giving them feedback and, you know, instructing them to find really what's in that text. I'm not going to take this class right now just because this specific class, to me, auditing it one time, I saw that it is a lot of rehearsal and working on, you know, playing around with improv and your text and things like that. And I do want more specific training and acting and specifically Meissner. I want to do more Meissner training. So although in acting classes, you will still work on some text. I want to focus right now more on the, you know, the technique of acting rather than practicing text. But I do definitely want to take this class in the future and be able to play around with text and have Joseph give me feedback in the future. Once I'm ready for that, I just feel like right now I'm getting a lot of commercial work and I'm not getting as many scripted, you know, auditions and as many opportunities to play around with that text. So I know it would be more beneficial for me if I did it later on in the year, but I definitely enjoyed it. He's such a sweet, honest person and there's a lot of different kinds of acting teachers. Some people will not give you very much feedback and that's something that I don't really like. Some people will give you positive feedback, like will give it to you in a very nice way, which is the way he does it. And then there's some people that give it to you in an honest way that sometimes can be rough and dirty, you know, and I appreciate that too. I appreciate both ways of like, this is how it is. You're not giving it all to me. Like what are you doing here? You're not giving it all to me. So I appreciate a lot of different kinds of styles of acting coaches, but that's why I'm not gonna take it right now because I don't have enough things to work on when the scripted side. So for this class, it got down to 345 and we were actually still going, but unfortunately I had to leave by 345 because I had another appointment after the class. So just a heads up, it might take a little bit longer than the 330. So I know there was gonna be a Q and A after everybody got done working on their scene or monologue or whatever it was because somebody did also work on a monologue. But I didn't get to stay for that, but I know he was going to be as awesome and kind as he was throughout the whole class. Yeah, I had to leave early unfortunately, but I really enjoyed it regardless. I think it's a great way to practice your craft and to see how other actors work and to get some feedback from Joseph. So I would recommend auditing the class if it's something that you're interested in, it's something that you can afford. I definitely, definitely recommend it. But yeah, I'm going to go ahead and feature Joseph Perlman's YouTube channel right here in case you guys wanna check him out. Links in the description for everything else at the end of every video I feature another channel. Today it's Joseph. Thank you so much for watching and if you would like to be featured on my next video, make sure you're subscribed, like this video and leave me a comment.