Character. Coherence. Consistency.
What makes good Character? Cast: Choices. Wants. POV. Physicality. Vocal. Relationship between self and partner. Catch phrases.
Question marks.
Feeling the Need to incorporate roles into narrative. (Forcing?) Thinking about it is distraction. Loosing track of names. Getting names out. Letter writing. Remembering and using Info within the letters.
Warm Ups - Victorian yoga.
Excercises .
Run
Take a suggestion of two words. Open with a Letters scene. Then a Group scene. Then more scenes inspired by and living within one of the two worlds created from the Letters Opening.
Elaborate & Embryo became the story of Clifford & Clara.
I liked the opening of Letters because it made it easy to imagine two contrasting worlds and when the characters went to those worlds I had an impression of them in mind. I also liked the use of Names to show emotion. Fun playful living within the genre is simple to watch and the story can be discovered by the players just as it will be by the audience.
What makes good Character? Cast: Choices. Wants. POV. Physicality. Vocal. Relationship between self and partner. Catch phrases.
Question marks.
Feeling the Need to incorporate roles into narrative. (Forcing?) Thinking about it is distraction. Loosing track of names. Getting names out. Letter writing. Remembering and using Info within the letters.
Warm Ups - Victorian yoga.
Excercises .
- Austin Love Letters - without Hesitation. Focus on Writing about the present Environment.
- Letters into a scenes. Scenes use information from the Letters.
- Names, Names, Names. Names are used often within the scene.
Run
Take a suggestion of two words. Open with a Letters scene. Then a Group scene. Then more scenes inspired by and living within one of the two worlds created from the Letters Opening.
Elaborate & Embryo became the story of Clifford & Clara.
I liked the opening of Letters because it made it easy to imagine two contrasting worlds and when the characters went to those worlds I had an impression of them in mind. I also liked the use of Names to show emotion. Fun playful living within the genre is simple to watch and the story can be discovered by the players just as it will be by the audience.
