Given+Circumstances,+Magic+IF,+and+Scoring+Script

Philip- #1- Captain Kirk Geoff- Red Leader-Spock Steph- barely noticeable Nikhail- #2

Given Circumstances: Learn all of the relevant facts that influence a characters behavior.

Magic IF: Use these facts to place **yourself** inside the character’s life perspective. “ If I were in this position”

Score: Write down the results in manuscript form and mark the script into workable units.

__Outline for Workshop__

1. Define given circumstances for the audience 2. ** The GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCES are circumstances that an actor is given by a director in order to carry out a scene. I.e; You are at a doctors surgery in a waiting room. At this stage the actor does not know any more information, so finds it difficult to create a character. The director then gives more circumstances, such as you are 5 years old. Other characters can then be brought in to see how they interact with one another and to give the scene direction. ** Basically, what are the details of the situation taking place, and what kind of character are you playing. By adding details to the mental image of everything that happens in the scene, we get actors to act more convincingly. 3. Define Magic if, briefly talk about realism and staying spontaneous, briefly go over the rules of improvisation (Red Leader) 4. ** A volunteer is to act as though they are walking down the street. The other students then ask... “What if...” and make a suggestion to the volunteer to act out a situation. This may be, “What if you were attacked by an old lady”. It may be appropriate that the other student becomes the old lady. The reactions to WHAT IF need to be spontaneous and need to be ** 5. Explain the techniques to scoring a script- figuring out what actions fit with what piece of dialogue, what the emotion and objective are behind every line, prompting the character to say the line. 6. Some one hand out scripts and break the audience into smaller groups(Geoff) 7. Have some groups come up onstage and act out their scene as examples of the variation that can occur in scoring a script
 * as realistic and naturalistic as possible. Examples include; “What if you were hit by a bus?”, then “What if you found out you had broken your leg?” **What would **__You__** do in this situation? Provides a connection to what is going on while keeping yourself distinct and not getting lost in the role.

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