These couple of exercises where to get us to focus on how change around other people? What do we add or take away from our personalities? How do we change our voices? It was making us grow more aware of ourselves, and that attention and focus of ourselves will make us that have that same inquisitiveness and attention to details with characters.
So analyzing myself in different situations went as follows:
At work: Extremely attentive, upbeat, keeping stress under wraps, chatty to colleagues, checking politeness constantly, trying to be efficient with the jobs expected of me
In lesson: listening, inquisitive, open, light-heartedness, focused
With parents: not afraid to moan, quite sarcastic, making or asking for tea, colloquial
Leading a youth club: trying to be funny, conscious of how I talk to others/setting an example, good at helping out, upbeat and lively, attempting to act older, give out instructions, teacher-esque formality when running games
Out walking: on a mission, don't wander, in my own world, probably would appear unapproachable, purposeful
Dancing with friends: bubbly with learning movements then snap straight into focused dancing mode when the music starts, happily seek help with steps, don't leave until I have mastered something, perfectionist, determined to perform, easier and more tempted to spot rooms for improvement and holes within routines
We then had to imagine 3 conversations and comment on how our voices and physicality changed, so we looked at how we change in places then to people.
Boss: Have to stand still to make sure I hear every word, always polite, try to always be helpful and asking lots of questions to double check information, better use of language and pronunciation and always sign of with politeness marker 'thank you'.
Sister: Go into higher intonations, quite over dramatic and elongate words or reactions, use gestures a lot and quite happily multi task whilst talking
Boyfriend: Voice goes softer, giggle a lot, ask lots of questions, usually talk late at night so I'll be wrapped in my duvet, happily relaxed whilst talking, not afraid of pauses in conversations
This raising awareness of how we act around people in our lives we can take into how characters we will play change and alter their behavior and voices according to who they are with on stage, or talking about, or the settings they are in. In makes characters 3D people, not everyone acts the same in every situation and with everybody, so being able to alter their characters according to that is a real craft of acting and takes it to that more mature level.
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