combat conflict prize fight
| 2. |
Audience watches what is the
contest. |
Every
scene look for: |
a contest of wills. |
Look for worthy opponent. |
No fun if scene isn't a
contest. |
| two guys in a ring. |
Prize
fight. |
| caginess of people. |
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| a
personal contest. |
Two people trying to work it out. |
| difficulty, it is a contest. |
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| a war. |
Endless war between men and woman. |
Audience wants blood, excitement, passion. |
To make a contest, to make a conflict,
even though you are friends.
Every play is a war, a contest.
Scene must be a contest of wills.
| 1. |
Dueling |
Actor is part magician. |
Every moment a battle, find ways, every moment is unusual. |
Once you have
a spell, don't move. |
Theatrical sense. |
How do I
make everything special? |
Contest
between two characters
is biggest moment of the scene. |
Comedy: a scene is a contest.
Mystery requires it to be a contest.
"In the end, it
can't look like acting."
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