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TRANSITIONS

It's the typical reaction of most actors when immediately given their sides, "What's my lines?" Of course, yes, actors need to know their lines, this is a given. But to really bring life to their lines, they need to know what the scene they are going to perform is all about. With respect to this, it is important to understand that "every" scene is actually broken up into sub scenes. In other words, if one studies the side, it will be evident that there are different sections within the scene that deal with separate subject matters. Like any story in general, any given scene has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Study the lines and you'll see not every line deals with the same topic. What is needed, then, is to separate these lines to identify which lines go together, in other words, have to deal with the same subject matter. Then, after separating the entire scene into separate sections of like dialogue, which are sub scenes, it is important to note that whenever one sub scene ends, the actor must then move to beginning the next sub scene. This movement is called a "transition," during which it generally includes a pause. This pause can be brief or it can be extended, but whatever the case, during that pause it is the actor's non-verbal forms of acting, e.g. facial expressions, body movement, that continues to always act. It is these moments, i.e. how one transitions from one sub scene to another, how one manages the change from one sub scene to another, that are the keys to performing naturally. Essentially, "Master the transitions, and you master the scene." Eric Nemoto

HAWAII PROFILES!

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Here's The Video Of "Hawaii Profiles," The Home Of The Actors Gym, Filmed & Edited By Mark Ganialongo

HERE ARE SCENES FROM OUR LAST GYM ON MARCH 18TH, 2026

Matt Helker is Corelli, and Chad Balinbin is Murphy, two cops who meet in a park to talk about turning in two other cops for killing a teenager, in the crime drama, "Fort Apache, The Bronx."

Marty Wong plays Erin, a paralegal who brought a case against a gas company regarding water contamination, in "Erin Brockovich,"

Howard Noh is Jack, the new football coach of Marshall University. Matt Helker is Red, an assistant coach who quit after the entire football team was killed in an airplane crash, a flight he missed. In this scene from "We Are Marshall," Jack tries to recruit Red back.

Marty Wong is Carrie, and Debra Coleman is Nora, playing wife and mistress respectively in the comedy, "Lunch Hour."

Chad Balinbin is Justin, and Debra Coleman is Jane, co-workers at a television station about to go on vacation, who argue over Justin faking his emotion on a report in, "Broadcast News."

Chad Balinbin is Ted, an advertising salesman who is also raising his young son as a single parent, and Howard Noh is Jim, his boss, who has to tell Ted that things need to change in "Kramer Vs Kramer."

Marty Wong is Iris, who inadvertently exposed Stanley, played by Matt Helker, as an illiterate, which got him fired from his job, in the drama, "Stanley & Iris."

Debra Coleman is Bree, a call girl who is talking to her therapist, in the drama, "Klute."

Marty Wong is Lisa, an attorney, who talks with her former teacher, Carl, after dinner in, "Teachers."

MEET THE TEAM THAT MAKES THE GYM POSSIBLE

The Actors Gym is taught by writer/producer/director Eric Nemoto (left in top photo montage). An actor himself with numerous stage and film credits, he is the founder of one of Honolulu's finest community theaters, TAG - The Actors' Group, the owner of Yellow Brick Studio, a production company that has produced 19 movies since 2014 (and represents 30 independent movies in total), and the developer of All Hawaii TV, a Roku TV public streaming channel dedicated to all things Hawaii. The Actors Gym is administered by the ADR Agency, one of Hawaii's top model and talent agencies for over 40 years. It has been owned since 1998 by Ryan Brown (second from left in top montage), whose years of experience has included working with the Miss Hawaii and Miss America organizations and their pageants. Ryan is the creator of the online subscription platform on which the Gym appears LIVE. Rick Bernico (second from right in top montage) is the owner of Hawaii Profiles, the photography studio in which the Gym is taught. Rick operates the four cameras and six microphones, along with a switcher that enables angle changes, which makes the Gym's scenes pop both visually and audibly. Lance Motogawa (right in top montage), is an advertising executive and the host of the radio show, Motogawa Music Entertainment (Hawaii Retro 97.1, Sundays, 8:00 am to 9:00 am). Lance will be lending his marketing experience to the Gym in order to reach a wider (hopefully worldwide) audience, targeting those who would want to tune in to a great class of actors having a great time in beautiful Hawaii! For more information about the Gym, hear Lance interview Eric (March 2nd, 2025), Ryan (May 25th, 2025), and Rick (July 6th, 2025) on his radio program. To hear the programs and specifically these interviews, click on the following: Eric's interview (00:11:05 to 00:27:20), Ryan's interview (00:09:42 to 00:30:21), and Rick's interview (00:10:33 to 00:23:07).