Who is the aggressor?
That's the question that
decides the staging.
It goes hand in hand with
"What should the scene look like?
It's telling the story in
movement by finding what I call the pattern
of behavior.
choices
who is doing what to whom? who is the aggressor?
| 2. |
The questions you ask yourself when doing a scene: |
Who is... |
the
motor? Aggressor, who makes it go? |
Staging comes
from the actors: What is my position - am I the aggressor? |
| pursuing who? |
| the driving force, who has
the energy? |
| attacking? |
| guarding? |
Legs have to follow the
aggressor. |
In
conflict, someone has to attack.
| 1. |
Principle of
movement: |
by itself
must tell the story. |
Who
is aggressor? |
Passionate? |
Whole element behavior, lift
it off pages. (He is) aggressor. |
"In the end, it
can't look like acting."
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