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Discover the essential steps to create a compelling character that captivates audiences. This guide covers the emotional and physical transformations necessary for character development, including costume choices, voice modulation, and body language. Learn how to identify your character's motivation, objectives, tactics, and obstacles to enrich their backstory. Understand the nuances of voice, such as rate, volume, tone, and pitch, and explore how to use your entire body to portray unique characteristics effectively. Unlock the secrets to powerful character performances!
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Creating a character • In order to become a character, you need to change • Emotionally • Physically • The way you look- costumes, makeup, wigs • Your voice • The way you stand/walk
Creating a character: To change emotionally, actors use the following: Review: • Motivation- The character’s reason for doing what they do. • Objectives- The character’s goal. • Tactics- The ways the character tries to reach their goal. • Obstacle- The things that get in the way of their character achieving their goal.
Creating a character:Voice • Rate- How quickly or slowly you speak. • Volume- How loud or quiet. • Tone- The quality of your voice, like accents, or nasally tones, sick tones, etc. • Pitch- Not monotone, using inflection.
Creating a Character:Body • Use your whole body to create a character: forehead, back, fingers, shoulders, teeth, lips, etc. • Facial expressions • Posture • Pace • Quirks/habits /repetitive gestures • Adjusts glasses, twirls hair, eye twitch, etc.)