Character Development

IN MY OPINION;

WILLIAM REYNOLDS

HERE WE GO AGAIN, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

FOR AN ACTOR.....'THE CHARACTER'  SO FRIGGIN IMPORTANT...

Lately I've really been 'hung up' on actors not having a clue about what character development. So, exactly what does development mean. JUST THAT, develop, create make something out of nothing. Characters are real people. They have a>>>Look>>>A personality>>>Emotions>>>And, perhaps the most importantly, A MOTIVATION;

Great or just plain old good character development is the key to engaging your audience and creating a great film. Actors use several well-known acting techniques to develop their characters and deliver their material, one of which is method acting,  Method acting actually involves a series of approaches but its overall aim/goal is to develop life like performances by encouraging the actor to replicate the emotional experience of the character through his or her own emotions. Example might be "I need to be sad, very sad".  Then perhaps reflect on something that happened in your own personal life that caused or created that same kind of emotion. Many times it becomes easy, at least if you are able to focus. In essence, in method acting, the actor is asked to internalize the emotional life and thought processes of the character. The actor is expected to literally feel the same emotional impulses as the character would in circumstances described in the script. Of course there are other approaches that may work better for you, but lack of time and space. We are going to stop with that first one which has always worked for me.

And lastly, at least for now. WHAT IS THE ACTORS (THE CHARACTERS) MOTIVATION. Why is he/she doing what they were doing in the first place. Everyone on the face of the Earth does this everyday a hundred times. THINK ABOUT THAT.