Exercise 6: The Six Ws
1. Who am I?
2. When am I?
3. Where am I?
4. Why am I here?
5. What do I want?
6. What will I do to achieve my want?
Subconscious = the part of the mind that influences our thoughts and actions without us being aware of it
There is a conscious objective (what you want to do in the moment) and a hidden objective (the inner motivation)
Exercise 7: be able to imagine the set and objects around you, even when they are present, and interact with them as if they are real
Be able to derive from a brief character description and the setup of a scene what the character’s objective will be
Exercise 8: Actions and desires can be broken down into short first-person phrases (“I want help” or “I leave”) to give your acting direction
Balance of physical and psychological impulses when improving = psychophysical (thinking and doing working together in harmony)
Active analysis: Actors decide on the main event of the scene and an action for each character, then flesh out the scene with improvisation
The character’s ultimate goal in the piece is their super objective; in a greater sense, the super objective is the theme of the play, building off of all the characters’ individual super objectives
Germ = the essence/core of the character; single word or short phrase
Acting Tip: write your character’s germ and super objective at the top of your script
Tempo-rhythm = the character’s psychophysical pace; or, the pace of the setting
Exercise 11: Knowing the character or object’s tempo-rhythm makes it easier to step into their body and think the way they do
Have the germ, super objective, current objective, and tempo-rhythm of the character in mind as you act; don’t focus on one aspect of the character so much that you forget the others, as they are all equally important
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