Stop Acting The Plot. Craft Your Truth

Everything you need to know is in your audition material.

The breakdown and sides should be enough to craft the scene.

It’s not always useful to read the script:
You get involved as the audience.
You don’t want to know more than your character knows.
You don’t want to forecast or act the story.

You only want to deal with the circumstance, and make it specific to you.

The camera sees relationships -
how you feel about who and what.

Ask yourself:
What did the reader just do to me?
How do I feel about it?
What am I doing because of how I feel?

It doesn’t have to be true to the plot, it has to be true for you.

What’s this scene really about?

Put it in your own words:
That liar screwed me over for the last time.
I’m finally kicking that son of a bitch to the curb.

Forget about the plot. You can’t act the plot.
What’s this circumstance about for you?

Specifics create emotion, emotion creates reality.

We’re watching you – not the story.