THEA 1520 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-10: Michael Shurtleff, Guideposts, Sound Stage
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Facts are never enough once you know the fact of the relationship, you are ready to explore how you feel about this other character you must go further, into the realm of the emotion. You need to ask feeling questions about your emotional attitude toward the other character. These are the most important questions to ask. The answers to them will allow you to function emotionally in the scene. Maximum conflict is what you should be looking for. Do battle with her, fight her, woo her, charm her, revile her. Find as many ways as you can to go about getting what you are fighting for. Every scene you will ever act begins in the middle, and it is up to the actor to provide what comes before. In order to create this moment before, before he enters, the actor may have to go back ten or twenty years in the life of the character.
