The Actor's Truth

Democratising Acting Education

A mobile-first platform making professional acting education accessible and affordable for aspiring actors.

Democratising Acting Education

industry

Edtech

Services Provided

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UX Research
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UX/UI & Digital Product Design

PLATFORMS

Responsive Website

BUSINESS TYPE

B2C

Overview

We designed a platform that blends online learning, offline mentorship, and gamified experiences into one seamless journey for aspiring actors

Woman wearing a yellow and purple sari speaking in front of black curtains.
The Actor's Truth logo with stylized leaf design on a dark green circular background.
Couple embracing indoors near a green plant and smiling at each other.
Two men in a room with a decorated Christmas tree in the background; one man sits behind a table with a bicycle placed on it while the other stands gesturing.
Icon of a smartphone displaying a user profile silhouette with a checkmark symbol in front.
Three women in traditional South Asian attire seated on a stage, engaged in conversation during a performance.
Clipboard icon with a star and a checkmark indicating approval or completion.
THE Challenge

Navigating Complexity

Turning Challenges into Breakthroughs

Actor’s Truth wanted an e-learning platform that makes learning for new-age actors simple, accessible, and engaging.

our Approach

The Method Behind magic

Our Strategic Design

We applied our STEP framework to design a mobile-first learning ecosystem that balances education, practice, and motivation. We combined intuitive UX, gamification, and pictogram-based interactions to transform acting education into a daily habit.

Decoding the Ecosystem

A 360° View

We studied the acting education landscape to understand accessibility gaps, learning patterns, and motivation triggers for aspiring actors.

Key Themes Identified

Supportive Learning

Use a supportive approach with clear explanations. Incorporate top elements from leading acting courses.

Diverse Courses

Offer topics beyond acting, focusing on transferable skills (communication, confidence) they can use in daily life and careers.

Celebrity Influence

Engage celebrities for exercises and testimonials, Organize surprise visits by senior actors and facilitate opportunities for student socialization.

Indirect Competitors

  • Traditional acting schools offering offline or rigid online programs.

direct Competitors

  • Online acting platforms with limited engagement and low retention.

Opportunity

We linked the café app to the POS, ensuring customised orders flow smoothly and reduce errors.

Core problems

  • Top acting schools charge high costs and are only available in metro cities, making them less accessible to aspiring actors. The rigid schedules lead to strict time commitments that may not be for everyone.
  • Creating an examination and evaluation process for acting in an online platform was difficult.
  • Students didn’t want to enrol in the course because they believed there weren’t many opportunities in the acting field.

Key Opportunities

  • The Actor’s Truth leveraged Educational technology to bypass the shortcomings of traditional education. Learning how to act is now self-paced, interactive, and easily accessible to everyone interested at just ₹2500, which is very affordable.
  • Daily activities such as Quizzes, streaks and pictogram interactions will encourage consistent use. Actors can upload their performances and receive feedback immediately. Live Weekly and Monthly Q&A sessions with mentors for real-time feedback.

Building the Experience

Turning Insight into Frameworks

We designed a guided learning journey that moves users from beginners to confident performers through structured lessons, practice, and feedback.

Flowchart illustrating email ID input, OTP generation, validation, and user verification process.
Multiple smartphone screens showing various UI pages of an educational or course app with sections like course introduction, profile update, email verification, and assignment details on a green background.
Flowchart showing user navigation through a course purchase process with screens for Home, Pricing Details, Summary, Introduction Video, and Drawer (Nudge), connected by arrows indicating selection steps and delays.

Our Solution

01

Gamification

Daily activities such as Quizzes, streaks and pictogram interactions will encourage consistent use.

02

Progressive Learning Design

Lessons unlock gradually, so users know where they are and what comes next, reducing cognitive load.

03

Responsive Design

A mobile-first approach to ensure users can learn anytime, anywhere, removing the constraints of location.

A set of five mobile app screens showing quiz questions, acting domain familiarity, account creation confirmation, progress resumption, and time spent logging.

Form Meets Function

Designing Engaging Interfaces

We designed a mobile-first visual system with strong contrast, expressive illustrations, and micro-interactions that bring energy to the learning experience while staying intuitive and distraction-free.

Typography samples for Oswald and Schibsted Grotesk fonts in various weights, alongside a palette of color swatches with hex codes including dark green, yellow, light green, white, and gray.
Two rows of various green outline icons including a building with a flag, pencil, calendar, computer monitor, book, play button, ellipsis, download arrow, lock, trash can, paper airplane, location pin, phone, envelope, flame, key, speech bubble, and hourglass.
Grid of 12 dark green pictograms on white background including a password with clock, phone with checkmark, shopping cart with checkmark, rocket, unlocked padlock, lightning bolt, stopwatch, open book with pencil, megaphone, person presenting at a board, smiling face, and an ID card.
UI Components interface showing an acting course FAQ, star rating, date-stamped user comments, a form field for full name entry, navigation bar with Home, Routine, Resources, More, a purchase call-to-action, profile of Parul Narayan with social links, a daily streak calendar, and navigation for Scripts, Interviews, and Articles.

Success story

See why we’re not just a UI/UX Design agency; they see us as a strategic partner to their team.

The team manifested their professionalism by always delivering on time. What stood out about Yellow Slice was their strong sense of teamwork.

Saurabh Sachdeva
Founder & Acting Coach