The Ethical Acting Technique - Overview Pt 3

The next steps in the outline of the technique are:

STEP EIGHT – THE CHARACTER’S SUPER-OBJECTIVE
(An OBJECTIVE is something the character WANTS, which would explain their actions.)

- Read the play, and decide in a single sentence what it is the character WANTS throughout the play. This Super-Objective MUST explain EVERY action the character takes, or it is wrong. The Super-Objective should look a lot like the MESSAGE of the play, if the character is a Protagonist, and a lot like the opposite of the message if he’s an Antagonist.

STEP NINE – THE CHARACTER’S OBJECTIVE IN EACH SCENE
- Read each scene and decide, in a single sentence, what the character WANTS in each scene. IT MUST be some part of his Super-Objective!

STEP TEN – TACTICS & BEATS
(A TACTIC is HOW the character tries to get what he wants, or WHAT HE’S DOING AT ANY MOMENT to get what he wants.)
(A BEAT is the EXACT MOMENT a character starts a NEW tactic.)

- Read a scene, and as you go, decide what the character’s TACTIC is and write down, in a simple sentence, what his TACTIC is at the side of the script.
- Find the EXACT MOMENT, or BEAT, when he changes tactics, and mark it with a small red line in the script. Then, figure out the NEW tactic, and write it down at the side of the script.
- Do this FOR EVERY MOMENT YOU’RE ON STAGE!

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