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    Acting; Find Your Voice
    Acting; Find Your Voice
    Acting; Find Your Voice
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    Acting; Find Your Voice

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    Acting; Find Your Voice

    From script to performance, learn how an actor creates a character from scratch and brings the role to life off the pages of the script. 

    In this book, you will learn the building blocks for creating a character for the stage and the camera. You will learn how to analyze a script, construct a character backstory, understand the character's goals and challenges, and build the character's physicality and vocal qualities.

    Each lesson in this book will introduce one step in the character creation process and include a worksheet and an optional activity for you to complete. Each activity builds on the one before, and by the end of the course, you will have built a foundation for a character who's ready to come alive off the pages of the script.

    Performing Art has a powerful and important role in inspiring, educating, and empowering people worldwide, breaking through cultural and language barriers. Whether you want acting to be your full-time, part-time, or side hobby, this book will guide you through the essentials of acting; how an actor creates a character for film and stage.

    This is an introductory level book, and if you are new to acting, thinking about acting, or need a refresher after a long time away from acting, this course is for you!

     

    What you'll learn:

    Analyze a Script

    Construct a Character Backstory

    Understand the Character's Goals and Challenges

    Build the Character's Physicality & Vocal Qualities

    Understand the Character's Looks and Props

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRoyal Hawaiian Press
    Release dateJan 10, 2022
    ISBN9798201049485
    Acting; Find Your Voice

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      Book preview

      Acting; Find Your Voice - Actor Academy

      Acting

      Finding Your Voice

      By Actor Academy

      All material contained herein is Copyright

      Copyright © Actor Academy, 2022

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      Paperback ISBN: 979-8-9853307-7-9

      ePub ISBN: 979-8-2010494-8-5

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      Written by Actor Academy

      Published by Royal Hawaiian Press

      Cover art by Tyrone Roshantha

      Publishing Assistance by Dorota Reszke

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      www.royalhawaiianpress.com

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      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical,

      including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system without prior written permission of the Author.

      Your support of Author’s rights is appreciate

      Table of Contents

      Intro

      Construct the Background Story

      Activity 1, Character Biography

      Identify Goals and Challenges

      Activity 2, Analyze the Scene

      Build Your Character Physicality

      Activity 3, We Create a Movement Sequence

      Express the Character’s Voice

      Activity 4 – Perform a Scene

      Understanding Costumes & Props

      Activity 5 – Design a Fashion Style

      Recap - Next Steps

      ActivityBooklet

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      Intro

      Welcome to Artist Academy, theatre artist and content hub, and this is introduction to Character Creation Process. In this course, we will learn the building blocks for creating a character for both the stage and the camera.

      You will learn how to analyze a script, construct that character back story, understand the character's goals and challenges, and build the character's physicality and vocal qualities.

      The team of Actor Academy is very excited to be teaching this new course in this book. Each lesson in this course will introduce you to one step into character creation process and will include a worksheet and an optional activity for you to complete.

      Each activity builds on the one before, and by the end of the course you will have built a foundation for a character who is ready to come alive of the pages of the script. This is an introductory level course and if you are new to acting, thinking about acting or need a refresher after a long time away from acting, this course is for you.

      If you are ready to begin, we will see you in lesson one, the background story creation. 

      Construct the Background Story

      Welcome to lesson 1 of the character creation course. Before we begin, let's talk about what tools you as an actor have to build a character. The script is the main source of information about your character and every choice you as an actor make has to ultimately honor the script and the writers intense.

      You as an actor will need to do further research on the time and location where the story takes place and any other factor that could be part of your character's upbringing and development, such as the times and location, when and where the story takes place.

      The more information you have about the character, the richer your character will be, but not everything will be available to you in the script or the research, especially for fictional or ancient history characters.

      And that's when your actor's imagination comes into play. You will have to use your imagination to fill in the blanks and make choices that still honor the script and the world created by the writer.

      The first step to building a character as an actor is to

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