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Stage and School- Keys to Characterization

Sixteen Keys to Characterization

AB
internalizingdeveloping a deep understanding of a character
externalizingshowing the internalized character to an audience
concentratingthe ability to focus all of one's energies on a task
observingwatching people carefully to see nuances of gesture and expression
emotional memoryrecalling specific emotions that you have experienced or observed in order to relate to a character's emotional states
projectingreaching out to the person in the last row and allowing them to experience every emotion
motivatingexplaining why a character does the things that he/she does
stretching a charactermaking a role unique, individual and interesting
the consisitent inconsistencya individual aspect of a character that an actor chooses to emphasize
playing the conditionselements of time, place, weather, objects, and the state of the individual
playing the objectivesall of the ways and means that a character attempts to obtain his/her goal
playing the obstaclesfacing each crisis or obstacle that a character faces as if you were that character
playing the objectusing props or costume pieces to accentuate character
energythe intensity with which an actor approaches his/her performance
focusdirecting a line, emotion, attention or delivery to a specific target
uniquenessbringing something unique to every role, even the roles roles from classic literature


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