Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
• Avoid cliché: Generalized emotion that is not specifi c to the moment robs your char-
acters of emotional truth.
• Mask/Shell: Decisions regarding culture, upbringing, or personality that will determine
how much of a character's emotional core is revealed.
• Scene work involves three essential elements: objectives, intentions, and actions.
• Dialogue must be imbued with the character's objectives and intentions.
• Improvisation is unscripted, uninhibited play to discover something new.
• Iconic moments are the important storytelling images in the scene.
• Acting is truth: The portrayal of a character that is true to the depth of the emotional
reality he or she is trying to express.
Recommended Readings
Hooks, Ed.
Acting for Animators, Revised Edition: A Complete Guide to Performance in
Animation
.
Johnstone, Keith.
Improv for Storytellers
.
McGaw, Charles.
Acting Is Believing: A Basic Method
.
Moore, Sonia.
Training an Actor: The Stanislavski System in Class
.
Spolin, Viola.
Improvisation for the Theatre
.
Stanislavski, Constantin.
An Actor Prepares
. New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1989.
