Ask A Healer Creative Wellbeing Series

Are you an actor waiting for a great role? Why not create it yourself, in a virtual reality town called Beckinfield!

I have been experiencing a lot of pure creative joy lately, since I found out about this MPTV project online. Lately, I've also realized that whether it's virtual reality or 3-d reality, a lot of the same things happen. My character does something which impacts another person's character or vice versa and so we go....

MPTV stands for Mass Participation TV and it's a website where you can become a part of a fictional town called Beckinfield, California, write your own storyline and create your own character. It's really a dream for actors as well as writers, but isn't limited to professionals. Anyone can join and, as long as they adhere to the guidelines, can post video blogs of their own as part of this fictional town.

The best part is that it's free to join and you can do it from your home with a digital camera of webcam.

The creators of the Beckinfield MPTV project start you out with some really interesting fictional preset antagonists and a basic situation to deal with as a townsmember. From there, you can plug into the town dynamics in whatever way you feel drawn.

There is an excellent training tutorial. In addition, the Beckinfield newspaper comes out every week, catching you up on the events of the past week and actors get emails suggesting topics for the upcoming week.

At the time I joined, there were over 100 actors involved. There has been a big increase in those numbers since it was announced that Jonathan Frakes was part of the project and that there was a contest where $10,000 could be won as well as a trip to Hollywood.

Jonathan Frakes plays famous director Dylan Marks. He has come to Beckinfield to direct a play called The Legends of Beckinfield. The ultimate online auditions are now going on and any member can audition, as long as they are from the U.S., I think.

Scott David, a well-known casting director picks three of his favorite Beckinfielders to commend each month and one of my favorite L.A. folks, Marc Zicree, is also involved in some fashion. I've read some excellent articles by Marc Zicree and Scott David on the website as well.

If you wanta be a star in your own mind, I'd suggest visiting Beckinfield, watching some of the videos and catching up on what's happened so far.

If you click video timeline on any page and START AT THE BOTTOM, you can watch the videos that build up to current day and understand that characters participation so far.

This is very helpful in figuring out where to plug in and how.

Then, you can build a character and start playing!

My character is named Leda Jo Gupta and here's my Beckinfield Character Page.

Free Online Acting Class:
I've been acting for decades and have also directed several stage plays and taught acting classes. Over the years, I developed a technique that helps me create believable characters and I offer a free online acting class for those who might be interested.

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