AMY SANDS
Actor - Comedian - Film Maker
Stand-up Comedy
I have always had a great passion for the genre of comedy in theatre. Any time an opportunity arose for a comedic role, I would always put myself forward as I feel I can embody comedic characters through my physicality and facial expressions.
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In March 2019, I had the opportunity to perform my own set at a stand-up comedy gig. The entire process allowed me to gain quite a bit of knowledge in comedic timing, figuring out your audience and trusting your work to be good enough. In essence, performing stand-up comedy is acting, but as yourself. What I took from doing stand-up comedy that I feel intertwines with acting is, stillness is good - not all comedy is going mad. I also learnt not to over-do it, let it flow and make it true.
Comedy in my own film
Along with acting, I have passion for media and making trailers and music videos. I had the opportunity to make my own comedy trailer based off my own made-up imaginary series coming out. I decided to also act in this and base it around the 1980s in Belfast. During this process I learnt in both areas of acting, directing and creating film. It was my first time acting onscreen, I learnt a lot about angles, voice control and toning down the acting. I also had to direct my three other actors whilst being the camerawoman. It gave me an insight to creating my own media in the future which a career path I might like to look into.