criteria 2.1 - prep for acting role

understanding the role



the normal heart script:



scene in the normal heart (research)

character name - emma brookner

motivation - the motivation behind my character is the anger directed to the examining doctor over the lack of attention given to the disease she is currently studying. mentioning how theyre in the third year of the disease being prevalent, as well as the fact that loads of people have already died yet the institute the doctor is representing is adamant in their ignorance when it comes to funding her work. 


learning lines


we looked at four different techniques when focusing on line learning. 

  • select five pieces of furniture in a room such as your bedroom and order them.
  • then assign each line to a different piece of furniture, in chronological order.  
  • create a mental image from the line.
  • then run through the different pieces of furniture in the chosen order and memorise your lines that way.
- writing out the first letters - https://youtube.com/watch?v=Jbe1-oHnR6k
  • pick a chunk of your lines to memorise.
  • write down the first letter of each word in the chunk, including any capital letters and punctuation, etc.
  • then go through the letters trying to remember each word.
  • continue this method until you are solid in knowing your lines. 
- recording the other actor's lines - https://youtube.com/watch?v=NSAq2_CxehA
  • record yourself reading the other person's lines, focusing on the lines you need to use as cues. 
  • leave gaps for yourself to then read your lines.
  • practice by playing the audio and filling in the gaps with your lines, becoming more familiar with your cues.
  • take a section of your lines or start from the beginning of a monologue.
  • pick the first few lines and start to learn those, reciting them over and over again until you have them down.
  • then select the next few lines and do the same with those.
  • once you have learned those, start from the beginning and add the new lines as well, repeating all of it until you feel confident in knowing them.
  • continue adding more each time until you have learnt the whole extract/excerpt. 
  • always say your lines OUT LOUD!!
  • going for walks and reciting your lines can also be helpful.
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legend script:























analysing actors

  • challenges keep the actor and audience interested
  • everything as an actor takes you somewhere - the emotions take you to an emotional reality contrary to your own
  • complex characters feel real which makes them more loveable - you love them because of their flaws
  • feel it out, take chances - if it feels grounded in reality, its really important. important to understand character's motivations, where they're coming from - play big/crazy moments in a real way
  • play a character that convinces the audience you ARE them
  • do homework on the role - be well equipped when you get to the floor, have ideas. preparedness gives you freedom to explore avenues
  • incorporate things from life/work into your acting
  • finding a character with an interesting backstory - break the default expectation, add backbone to the character. if you don't have anything to think about you just get lazy
  • each character needs to be treated as if they're real people - responsible for their existence. otherwise difficult to do so if you don't care about them
  • cathartic to express strong emotions. a joy to make people laugh
  • action movies = more fun to make, than watch. we can express so much with emotions and more so body language - communicating by not even talking
  • acting = 3D anthropology/archaeology - digging away in the mind-shaft of the collective of human being's emotions across history. actors being back findings and put them in the glass case of a motion picture. 
  •  reading script - did the writer think about the character and could the character be someone outside of the script instead of just a plot tool or pawn for the story. can you do something with the character? bring something to it? make entertaining to PERFORM = entertaining to watch
  • what does the film represent as a whole - the intention/feeling? you are the only one who can do this thing with what you have, the only one who can show what it means to you
  • remember that as an actor you have the least power in a project
  • working in theatre - exercises acting muscles. become quick and direct in finding out who a character is and what they're like
  • as an actor, as the character you get to travel - it helps as a human being - you're living. you get to understand different parts of or things in life. it gives you perspective on the world/life/people - helps you grow as a human being

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