Defining Useful Objectives Three Main Qualities Objectives need
Defining Useful Objectives Three Main Qualities Objectives need to be singular. You need to focus your energy on one thing rather than diffuse it by trying to do several things at once.
Defining Useful Objectives Three Main Qualities Focus on something you want right now. Your character’s need might be rooted in the past, but direct the action toward an objective in the immediate future.
Defining Useful Objectives Three Main Qualities An objective must be personally important to you. You, the actor, must personalize it.
Defining Useful Objectives Three Main Qualities Remember the three requirements by the acronym “SIP: ” Singular, Immediate, Personal.
Kinds of Objectives Super Objective Act Objective Scene Objective Unit Objective Beat Objective
Kinds of Objectives Super Objective What the character is fighting to accomplish in the whole play. His/Her Dramatic Function.
Kinds of Objectives Act Objective What the character is fighting to accomplish in the Act.
Kinds of Objectives Scene Objective What the character is fighting to accomplish in the Scene.
Kinds of Objectives Unit Objective What the character is fighting to accomplish in the Unit.
Kinds of Objectives Beat Objective What the character is fighting to accomplish in the Beat.
What Is a Unit? A Unit is a group of beats that work together towards the same end. Think of a Unit as a Paragraph & a Beat as a sentence within it.
What Is a Beat? A Beat is something happening. When something else starts happening, a new beat begins.
Overall and Immediate Objectives An Immediate Objective is what the character is fighting for right now.
Overall and Immediate Objectives The Overall Objective is what the character is fighting to achieve once the Immediate Objective(s) has been accomplished.
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