Act Baby pt.4 FINALE!!!

Recap: In our acting segment of class I am giving a lecture series. This is a new technique we are attempting to try to give the student a base to work off of before putting principles into action. More importantly, through their written answers, we will know if they truly understand and internalize the concepts. Last weeks lesson: Becoming a Character



Acting Lecture Series Part 4 - Becoming a Character: portrayal and assessment





Now here you are you've found a meaning to perform, lost yourself, learned everything about a character you are to be come......now it is time to become it!!! Soak up the the information like a sponge in dyed water. practice different techniques see what feels right have others watch actively find your character, decide some things about the way you will potray him. keeping it natural. practice being this person and not yourself do exersises as hime work as him play as hime remembering the instructions i have laid out. 
        Here is the final step. This is actually where I say: all the instructions I've written, all that you now know about yourself, all you may be actively trying to suppress,  all you have learned of your character..... forget it. Wring out the water in the sponge letting the dye remain!  Try to let yourself once again go so you can freely act! This should feel thoughtless and fun. Weightless as you are within another or better another is within you instead of one acting as another.
   
       For a serious actor now he must asses his performance. Depending on the how long a role is being played and what direction you are receiving when you asses yourself varies. I do it constantly, to much even because it interferes with staying in character but to find the happy medium is hard. Even harder is what you use as your barometer to judge yourself. A subtle mix of all of these must be your tool for assesment, depending on your venue the value of each varies: audience feedback (in many instances the worst judge), peers, director, mentors, fellow performers, overall success of the show/other, your effect on the production/other, and yourself. Never stop improving and remember almost every opinion is bias for OR against you.
      
      That close our Series on an Introduction to acting!! Thanks For reading, what do you think?