Course 2

The rewards of teaching

COURSE 2: BREAKING DOWN A SCRIPT

Course 2 develops precision in how you approach text. It is a disciplined process of reading, interpreting, and unlocking the behavior of the character.
PDF’s include an Action List
Modules:

  1. How to Read a Script for the First Time
    Focus, annotate, and generate associations without overcomplicating the work.
  2. Actions: The Clay of Behavior
    Reestablish action as the foundation of truthful behavior under imaginary circumstances.
  3. Justifying Text & Creating Impulses
    Take responsibility for implanting meaning, and organically justifying everything the character says and does.
  4. Particularizations & the Actor’s Paraphrase
    Use these two important tools to break free of line readings and adjusting to the text.

Course 2 requires a copy of Top Dog/Underdog by Suzan Lori-Parks

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