Getting into Character

Hey guys, second tip here. This one is most important for anyone who wants to be involved mainly in theatre, although this comes into play in movies too. Getting into character is the process of leaving your normal life, and taking on the life of the character you were designated to play. Now it doesn't matter if you are an ensemble member or a lead, everyone has to get into character. Some of the best methods of this, is read the given circumstances for your character. For those of you who don't know what that means, is that read the description for your character again. This helps you get the basic idea of the character. Now if you are still in the rehearsal process, than a good thing to do, is right a biography on your character. Create anything and everything it doesn't tell you. For instance, if the given circumstances only state:

Name
Age
Occupation
1 Trait

Than what you should do, is create a biography listing that, but go into more detail. Explain why they chose the job they have, what was their education, where did they grow up, what was their childhood like. All of these things are great for not only developing character, but for getting into character when you read that before a performance. Another method, is to try relaxing. Taking deep breathes in, and trying to empty your mind almost always works because you don't than have to worry about your normal life, and after reading a couple things about your character, it will become easily obtainable.

Writing a Script

Hey guys! First tip here and this one is on writing a script. Now most people never could imagine that they can write a script. But that isn't true. Script writing is actually very easy. Now every time I get an idea for a show/movie script the first thing I do is write it down. That way i dont forget the idea. So after I've written down the idea, I will try and expand on the idea. I will think of characters and than for each character I'll write as much information about them as I can. Now after this is done, I'll write a final plot that will include as much details as I can fit in. Now sometimes I will dive right in to writing the script part of it, but most other times I will write out a scene list. This helps especially since you might need help starting your script. I write out the scene, the characters in the scene and than a short description for the scene. Once I've done that, I'll start on the script. Now how I write scripts might not work for everyone, but the best way, in my opinion, is that I imagine every scene in my head and I put in my own dialogue and then write it down. But for most people is they would just improvise with maybe one other person or themselves. Than after that write it down. Once I've done all of that, I will create a title and put everything in the correct format, which is shown below:

Character Name:

Dialogue

So once you've got all of that, print out a copy, and find a local director and give it to them. In the off chance you are lucky, they might put it on. But before you do that, make sure to spend the money and get it copyrighted because if a director finds a good script he/she is going to want to take credit for it. So spend the money and get it copyrighted, than give it to your theatre teachers at your school, or give it to any local director. If it is a film script, try yourself to turn it into a masterpiece. Now if it is really good, which for most first time scripts its not great, you can send it to a production company (whichever one of your choice, film/theatre) and see if they will perform/film it. Next week will be tips on directing! Stay tuned!

Tips every couple days!

Every couple days i will be giving tips on anything and everything related to theatre. Now hopefully i will get some questions from the people to help me decide what tips i should put up but otherwise i am just going to put up some tips on what i feel needs to be explained.