Day 18

Character Day!

We focussed on character... duh. The morning had us doing small exercises like finding centers for each of our characters (Tina and I are both playing 4 or 5 different characters.) We worked to find out triggers, like colors or objects, that can allow us to snap in and out of character quickly. We were also trying to flesh out the characters that seemed more cartoonish. We want all of our characters to be intricate and lifelike.

At night we did character interviews on four of our characters. For this we worked specifically with the characters that carry the most weight in the show. Most of these characters are based on real people, so a large part of the interviewers job was to shake the actor away from the people they know and allow them to submit to the character they are playing.

Partway through the day I had an artist moment and started feeling all strange so I went outside and ran what felt like 10 miles... probably more like 1? It was amazing.

                                                                                             -CJ