Guidepost 2 What Are You Fighting For The

Guidepost #2 What Are You Fighting For? The Actor must find a positive motivation, since it will serve him in a more forceful, stronger, more emotional way than a negative choice will.

Guidepost #2 What Are You Fighting For? The character may appear negative or languid on the surface, but the actor can’t settle for this appearance.

Guidepost #2 What Are You Fighting For? He must dig deeper into what motivates the character in the strongest, most positive terms.

Guidepost #2 What Are You Fighting For? An actor must make the most active choice possible for every scene.

Guidepost #2 What Are You Fighting For? There is no passive scene, none that belongs to another character if you are in it. None where you support and someone else stars.

Guidepost #2 What Are You Fighting For? Only by each actor making the strongest choice of what s/he is fighting for in every scene can a play come to life.

Guidepost #2 What Are You Fighting For? How do you achieve balance if everyone is in there pitching hard for what he’s fighting for?

Guidepost #2 What Are You Fighting For? Through Relationship Through the give and take of relationship Through consideration for the other characters in the scene

Guidepost #2 What Are You Fighting For? Through your sensitivity to their reactions to what you are fighting for

Guidepost #2 What Are You Fighting For? Through an increased awareness of the others and how you affect them and how they affect you

Guidepost #2 What Are You Fighting For? An Actor is looking for conflict. Conflict is what creates drama.

Guidepost #2 What Are You Fighting For? Maximum conflict is what you should be looking for.

Guidepost #2 What Are You Fighting For? Who is interfering with your getting what you are fighting for? Do battle with her/him woo him/her charm her/him

Guidepost #2 What Are You Fighting For? Find as many ways as you can to go about getting what you are fighting for. The more ways you find, the more interesting your performance will be.

Guidepost #2 What Are You Fighting For? All of life is a fight: we always want something. The actor needs to find out what the basic fight is in every character in every scene.

Guidepost #2 What Are You Fighting For? Remember: All of the guideposts are ways of creating and carrying out relationship.

Guidepost #2 What Are You Fighting For? QUIZ HINT: Beware the BOLD and their neighbors “by” them.