ACTING 103 – REBOOT

  • This week’s assignment has TWO PARTS.
  • The first part is to memorize (or re-memorize) the short script below.
  • The second part is to watch the short films at the bottom of the page, thinking about the choices that were made in creating the different characters.
  • Those who took Acting 101 will have memorized it before; we’ll be approaching it from a different perspective in the Acting 103 class.
  • Memorize both part, so you can perform both in class. Then focus on creating several different character type, making them different from each other both externally and externally. Then practice saying your lines as the different characters.

After memorizing the lines…

… practice them as they might be said by the character “types” below. Find each character’s way of walking/standing/sitting/and moving around the room.

  1. A character with a high pitched voice who talks fast and excitably
  2. A character with a low rumbly voice – vaguely threatening
  3. A happy/optimistic character
  4. A pessimistic character… “life is a downer”
  5. A critical, judgmental character – looking to find fault in the other person
  6. A character who is accepting and caring
  7. A shy, submissive character
  8. A rough, violent characgter
  9. A 10 year old
  10. An 80 year old
  11. A worrier
  12. A character who is loud and brassy
  13. A character who is shy and timid.

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Hi everyone!

We’ll be doing improv and cold reads this coming week, so there’s nothing to memorize. Instead, I’ll be asking you to read the short script below and think about the characters in it, and to watch and think about some short films.

PART 2: VIDEOS TO WATCH

In this excerpt from OrphanBlack, we see Tatiana Maslany creating two “clones” of the same character. What differences do you see between them?

In the video “Travius”, below, one of my early short films, actor Jay Irwin creates several characters with different personality types. His performances are larger than life.

One of my short films: The Break

In “The Break,” I’m focusing on creating characters with different personalities, but the difference is more subtle than what Jay was doing in “Travius”.

In “Joe Clone Joe” (below), the three characters are all copies of the same man, so I was keeping the differences between them very small.

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