THTR 1020 Study Guide - Final Guide: Decibel, Little Theatre Movement, Cold Reading
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Monday, 3/14 skipped accidentally b/c a&m morning session. Ability to understand and identify w/ another"s situation to the extend of experiencing the person"s emotions. Goes hand-in-hand with vulnerability: given circumstances. A character-analysis approach that begins w/ examining character"s life circumstances: For naturalist acting/motivated/dramatic acting, an actor can never really be backstage: objectives. What a character wants, stated in the positive. Ex: if a character wants to divorce their husband badly, you"d say the character wants to escape. Ex: ex: single, wall street broker, that guy power, independent, ambitious, an opportunist: magic if. What if i were this character: mind/body connection. Actor has to work very hard to reconnect this mind/body split. History of acting: prehistoric hunter tricks deer by wearing its hide. The first costume : thespis circa 534 bce. Stepped away from dithyramb chorus and acted as an individual. Because he was somehow embodying someone other than himself: hiding and trickery versus visibility.
