Directing The actor Flashcards
Working definition of acting
The ability to live truthfully under imaginary circumstances
For an actor to convey the truth:
1: ________________
2: ________________
1: Actor must know what they are talking about
2: what the actor is saying must be personal and meaningful to the actor
Actors have two essential problems:
1: _____________
2: _____________
Therefore ______________
1: Self conscious
2: because of this they do not listen
Therefore outward focus is the key to listening
With repetition we are working on 3 things:
1: Two human beings… BEING with each other
2: accept everything deny nothing
3: the invisible thread
The two emotional centers of human being are:
1: love center - it exist only in the here and now - in the movement
2: fear center (the logical mind) - it exist only in the past and the projected future - its only funtion is to keep you safe
The two most important skills a director needs to understand:
Editing (storytelling through visual art) and Acting (storytelling through expression).
The foundation of acting is the reality of doing :
Whatever we do, we really do it (and fully do it)
And The quality of our acting depends upon how fully we do whatever it is we are doing
The three most important things to identify in a Scene are:
1: specific relationship
2: the moment before
3: what am I fighting for
_______: - outward focus - this is what allows the actor to live truthfully kn the moment
______________: its crucial that an actor work from something personal and meaningful - this is what will give the scene truth and authenticity
_________ - an actor must fight for something in every moment.. we myst be doing something that is outward focused and in relation to our scene partner(s). This is what makes the scene important, and makes it interesting for anyone to watch it.
Core
Personal Meaning
Doings
When memorizing the words of a script, learn them fast
and flat - with NO emotion, inflection or meaning. Just the words - only
the words. This will allow the actor to have the words available to use
them however needed in the MOMENT of the scene and you do this in the _______________
Line rehearsal
__________ writing is the first step to personalizing the point-of-view of
the character - it begins to connect the character’s core with the actor’s
core
Core Phrase
__________ writing allow the actor to fully understand what the words mean
- in a personal and affective way
Key fact
DOINGS - To bring a scene to life, it requires ________! It requires that the
actor DO something in every moment - and to FIGHT for what they need
to accomplish.
Action
Personalizing the Doing - By utilizing an ________ extreme
circumstance, we can form a deep level of understanding of what our
“character” is fighting for - the tools allows us to experience the DOING
first hand, and then bring that fight directly to the text!
Imaginary
Imagination - always work from an imaginary circumstance. This is what keeps the exercise _____ while allowing it to be extremely affective.
Safe
