Perform at Your Best
COACHING for BOOKED ROLES in Los Angeles
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Getting the job is one thing. Showing up fully prepared in a way that serves the material, the director, and the other actors, is something else.
Role preparation coaching at BLS is for actors who have booked work and want to make sure they're ready.
This might mean a series-regular role you start shooting in two weeks. A guest star with three scenes and a complicated emotional arc. A lead in a film that requires an accent, a physical transformation, or access to challenging emotional territory. A Broadway production where you need to be at full performance level before rehearsals begin.
Whatever the job, the preparation is specific. So is the coaching.
You Booked the Job. Now Let's Do the Work
What Role Prep Coaching Covers
Character Development
If the role requires an accent, Braden's professional background in dialect work (Netflix's Love, Death & Robots; dubbing for Russell Brand in Get Him to the Greek; Wesley in The Princess Bride video game) ensures that preparation is thorough and performance-ready. See Accent Coaching for more.
Script Analysis
Scene-Specific Preparation
Emotional Access
Accent and Dialect Work
Physical and Vocal Work
Who is this person? What do they want, in this story and in their life? What is their psychological makeup? What is their history? How do they move, speak, relate to others? Building a complete human being from the material you've been given.
Deep breakdown of your scenes. What's happening on the surface, what's happening underneath, how your character's arc functions within the larger story. For more on this process, see Script Analysis.
Connecting to the emotional demands of the role using the BLS technique: specific, sustainable, and grounded in your own psychology. Going as deep as the material requires without compromising your wellbeing.
Developing the specific physical and vocal signature of the character. How they carry themselves, how they use their voice, what their presence communicates before they say a word.
We'll work the scenes you'll actually be shooting. Your dialogue. Your relationships. Your circumstances. The work continues until your choices are clear, grounded, and repeatable, because you may have to do the same thing twelve hours into a shooting day that you did at 7 a.m.
Ideally, you walk onto set and knock it out of the park.
But if you'd like continued support once production begins, BLS also offers On-Set Coaching — with Braden there alongside you during the shooting day.
What Happens After Preparation?
*During the regular hours of M-F 10a-5p Pacific Time. Coachings outside of these hours are subject to a 1.5x overtime rate.
Pricing
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$150 / hour*
($75 / half hour)
Or start with an Intro Eval if you're not sure whether this is right for you.
What is booked-role coaching?
Booked-role coaching is private acting coaching for actors who have already been cast in a role and want to prepare for the work at a deeper level than audition preparation allows.
We can work on the character, script, relationships, circumstances, emotional material, physicality, accents, individual scenes, or anything else the role requires.
How is booked-role coaching different from audition coaching?
Audition coaching is about preparing to be cast. Booked-role coaching happens after you've gotten the job.
Once you've been cast, we have more information and more time to work with. We can look at the entire character, the larger story, multiple scenes, relationships, and the specific demands of the production.
Can you help me prepare for a film or television role?
Absolutely. Booked-role coaching is particularly useful for film and television roles because we can prepare specifically for the character and scenes you'll actually be shooting.
We can also work on theatre and motion-capture roles when that's what you've booked.
Can you work from the entire script?
Yes. When you have access to the full script, we can use it to understand the larger story, your character's journey, relationships, circumstances, and what is happening outside your individual scenes.
If you only have your scenes or sides, we can work from those as well.
What can we work on during booked-role coaching?
That depends on the role.
Sessions may include character development, script analysis, scene work, emotional preparation, relationships, physicality, vocal choices, accents and dialects, memorization, or anything else the material requires.
The coaching is built around the role rather than a predetermined formula.
Can you help me develop my character?
Yes.
We'll look at the character's psychology, circumstances, relationships, objectives, behavior, physicality, history, and the choices available within the material.
The goal isn't to invent a collection of traits. It's to understand the person you're playing well enough to actually inhabit them.
Can you help with difficult or emotional scenes?
Yes.
We can work through what makes a scene emotionally, psychologically, physically, or technically difficult and find an approach that allows you to perform it truthfully.
The goal isn't to force you into producing a particular emotion. It's to make the character's experience believable and playable.
Can you help me with an accent or dialect for a booked role?
Yes. Accent and dialect work can be incorporated directly into role preparation.
We can work from the character, script, reference material, or other production information and develop an accent that is believable, consistent, and performable.
Can you help me prepare several scenes?
Yes.
We can work on individual scenes or several scenes together, making sure the character remains consistent while still responding truthfully to the circumstances of each scene.
How early should I book coaching before filming?
As early as you can, particularly if the role involves significant character development, emotional work, physicality, or an accent.
That said, last-minute coaching can still be extremely useful when production schedules don't give you much time.
Do I need to be in Los Angeles?
No. Booked-role coaching is available both in person in Los Angeles and online.
Online coaching can be particularly useful when you're shooting somewhere else or when your production schedule makes traveling impractical.
Can I work with you even if I already have extensive acting training?
Absolutely.
Booked-role coaching isn't about starting your training over. It's about applying what you already know to the specific character and material you're playing.
Will you tell me exactly how to play the character?
No.
I'll challenge choices, ask questions, offer possibilities, and help you understand the material. I won't try to force you into my version of the character.
The goal is for you to understand and inhabit the role yourself.
Is booked-role coaching just running lines?
No.
Running lines can be useful, but memorization isn't the same thing as preparation.
The work can include script analysis, character psychology, relationships, emotional work, physicality, accents, scene work, choices, and whatever else the role requires.
Do you offer on-set coaching too?
Yes. On-set coaching is a separate service for actors who want Braden physically present during the shooting day.
An on-set coach can work with you between takes, help you process adjustments, run lines, prepare for upcoming setups, and help you maintain the work throughout a long production day.
If you're still preparing for the role and don't need a coach physically on set, booked-role coaching is the appropriate service.
Do I need to book booked-role coaching before hiring an on-set coach?
No.
You can book private role preparation, on-set coaching, or both depending on what the production requires.
For demanding roles, some actors use private coaching to build the character and scenes before production and then bring Braden onto set to support that work during filming.
Can you guarantee that my performance will be successful?
No.
No coach can guarantee how a performance will be received or what ultimately makes it into a finished production.
What I can do is help you prepare as thoroughly and specifically as possible so you can walk onto set ready to do the work.
