PART THREE, ACTING TECHNIQUES:

IN MY OPINION:

WILLIAM REYNOLDS:

PART THREE, ACTING TECHNIQUES:

• Conflict: It's the basis of every story. That's what makes it interesting. No one wants to watch happy people for two and a half hours. It wouldn't sell tickets. As an actor, your job is to find the conflict in the scene. You want something, she wants the opposite. And only one of you can win. Play into that.
• Moment Before: It's true that every scene has a beginning, middle, and end. But for the character, there's no such thing. So you've got to create a moment before. What was the character doing, thinking, and feeling right before the scene started? ( I talk about this frequently, you 'don't just show up' during the scene, something had to happen before the scene began.)
• Place: Where are you? Whose territory is this? Are there other people around? Is it well lit, or really dark? Do you feel safe, or threatened? I Kansas different than NY or Tokyo? Is a restaurant different than a school? etc. Think about this, become part of this.