CHARACTER & EMOTIONAL TRUTH

Believability, Specificity, and Authentic Connection

COMMON DEFICIENCIES

• Generalized emotions
• Emotional indication
• Surface-level choices
• Lack of specificity
• Forced emotional moments
• Playing emotion instead of action

SUGGESTED TRAINING FOCUS

• Given circumstances
• Specific playable actions
• Emotional authenticity
• Personal connection to material
• Behavior instead of performance
  

HELPFUL EXERCISES

• Moment-before exercises
  
• Given circumstance journaling
  
• Private moment work
  
• Substitution/personalization
  
• Character interviews
  
• Action verb exploration
  

Combined Character & Emotional Truth (30 Minutes)

1. Character Journal – 10 min
2. Moment Before – 5 min
3. Action Verbs – 10 min
4. Character Interview – 5 min

This sequence moves you through:
Circumstances → Inner Life → Personal Connection → Objective → Action

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

• Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen
• An Actor Prepares by Constantin Stanislavski
  
• The Intent to Live by Larry Moss