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7 things to know before moving to LA : A British perspective

September 25, 2016

Hello my lovely subscribers, readers and friends, So.. I love LA, it's an amazing place and I couldn't be happier to have the opportunity to be living here but coming from Essex in England to the huge City of Los Angeles can be a bit of a shock. I was here for over a year before returning back to England and then coming back for the remainder of my two years out here. I've put together this little post for you Brits who can't decide if LA is for you or not. I had a friend recently who came to LA to do some applied theatre work and after being here for only a few weeks, she told me she couldn't understand how I could live here and it was nothing like she expected. It's always hard moving to a new place and adapting to a new way of life, I've certainly had difficulty adapting but once you get used to the way, it can be very worth it if you allow it to. Anyways here's a few things for you to know before making a decision. 1. It's nothing like t...

From London to LA- My first week back in the land of dreams

September 11, 2016

Hey Guys, My first week back in LA has been a bit of a whirlwind already. After returning home to England in May and being convinced I would be able to afford to come back for my second year, it feels almost surreal that here I am in September sitting in an organic coffee shop on sunset boulevard writing this blog. I really had the best summer, although I spent most of my time working, I made the most amazing new friends, who definitely made the whole process so much easier. I've never worked anywhere where we all just click straight away, but working for Coca-Cola over the summer really showed me that there are people who can really make an impact on your life, even if you haven't known them for very long. I had another one of my dating fiasco's as per usual which only ended up in an awkward situation of having to work together on a deserted man made beach in the middle of a theatre car park in Camden...don't ask. I also found out that in the space of two short m...

11 Things to remember before dating a British Girl

July 25, 2016

Hello my lovely readers, So, the other day I was with my best friend and her fiancé and we were talking about the difference between dating in Los Angeles and dating in Britain. Whilst spending the last year in LA I had a bit of a whirlwind in the dating department and realised that many of my dates were misconceived by what dating a British girl means. Now really it shouldn't make a difference where you're from right? but, from my experiences and from many of my British friends, there definitely seems to be different rules and ideas on what it means to date a Brit. Here I've written a little fun blog on 11 tips to consider before you go out into the big wide world and date a British woman. Enjoy :) 1. Don't make fun/mimic her accent. As I've learnt from dating in LA, it's not fun when your date spends the whole night mimicking your accent because 'it sounds funny and posh' . Please stop, we've heard it all before, its not...

Lifestyle Photoshoot

July 11, 2016

Hey guys, I hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful sunny summer weather, oh sorry my mistake if you're in England then you're probably probably ditched the swimsuits for something more practical like a raincoat since all its done is rain since I got back in June (typical British Summer for you). Anyway apart from the horrible weather it's definitely felt good to be back in London mainly because I can buy a packet of healthy nuts without spending $10 and scoffing them down in a record breaking limit of one minute. One of the main things I was looking to do when I came back to the UK other than work my butt off to actually afford to return to LA is to get a lifestyle photoshoot done. This includes a range of different outfits that represent you and your life. I was searching for ages to find a photographer whom was affordable but that cold take a decent picture. I searched Google for ages and found a few photographers but nothing that really stood out. Most of the peopl...

The art of Substitution acting

June 20, 2016

Hey guys, Before moving to Los Angeles I always very much believed in ' method ' acting and using substitution in order to get into character. For all you non-actors or starting out actors out there who may not know what 'substitution ' is I will briefly explain. Substitution in acting terms is when you take situation from your own life to replace the emotion within the scene or character. By replacing the characters situation with one from your own life helps to trigger an authentic emotion that assists you as an actor to feel and respond truthfully. My first semester at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts was dedicated to finding different activities and practices to initiate my substitutions. As a class we analysed this method through the book Respect for Acting by Utah Hagen, before putting the methods into practise. So, now for the big question.. Does substitution actually work? Well, I believe that this question is a subjective because everyone is differ...

From LA to the UK..

June 09, 2016

Hey Guys, So.. my last month in LA was a bit of crazy one. My apartment lease was up at the end of April so I didn't really have any other choice but to move into an air b n b for the remainder of my trip. I'm still not too familiar with the different places in LA so choosing a place that wasn't too far from my my campus, where I was still currently working limited me to only a few places. The first one I moved to I only lasted for two days because it was probably the most disgusting place I had ever stayed in. The place turned out to have nearly twenty people living in the one house with, where the neighbours would play music all through the night and I was grace with a pair of stained sheets on my bed. Refusing to stay there anymore I decided to leave and move to another apartment close to Beverly Hills. Although it did cost a fair bit more at this point the money wasn't really an issue, so I finally moved into this new place. It seemed really nice unt...

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