Today we worked on a series of improv exercises dealing with playing opposites. Whether you were able to participate in an actual scene or not, discuss how being forced to play the opposite of yourself or someone else (either emotionally or otherwise) allows you to develop the skill of CREATING CHARACTER.
Your answer should be SPECIFIC. Generalized comments will not get full credit. Take the time to be thoughtful, as character is a cornerstone of the acting craft.
When I was forced to act the opposite of someone and create a character helps you devolp a charcater, since you are able to be somewhat your self and just go with the flow. And not have to follow a specific script. It is also helpful to create a charcater by working of of the scenero that you have created to have a situation that goes with what you are working with.
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Being the opposite of some else's character is a great base. It's an opportunity to expand on your partner's ideas with your own, because you can use creativity to imagine how their character would respond based on your their actions. You don't know everything about the character, and based on reactions, both characters are molded.
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Instead of just being able to choose what you are comfortable with and staying in your comfort zone, you are forced to explore new possibilities and stretch yourself as an actor.
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Being forced to play the opposite of someone else's character helps to realize what a character is really about. It is also a good way to help improve how to come up with things on the spot that make sense. We learned how to work with what your partner provides on character information.
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When I was forced to play the opposite, it made me step outside of my comfort zone, really create the character and not be tempted to fall back on how I normally act. When you are acting it is hard to not have a lot of your personality be reflected in the character. It also made me be aware of the other actor because I would have to realize their personality before developing my own.
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When I was forced to play the opposite, it helped me to understand how to create character between me and my partner based solely on each others reactions. It also helped me to understand how to pay attention to my partners personality and build up that character, instead of saying no, or blocking, which is degrading character.
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When forced to play the opposite of someone's chosen character, whether it be an accent or personality; I found it both challenging and exhilarating. I found it challenging to not react as I normally would but as the skit demanded I respond. However by that same logic I found it exhilarating by stepping out of the norm with my reactions. Through this I can further develop character on the spot. Even with those occasional and accidental moments of blocking that happen, they are helping to develop character in the scene
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When I was working off of someone else's character, I found it really easy. Finding the opposite personality of my partner came naturally, and then all it was after that was adding my own twists to it. It was kind of hard not to react the way that I normally would, being in someone else's shoes forces you to not only act but think like them too. Also, I found that not having a direct character and a script made it easier to develop a character. With a script, the script or the director is usually telling you how to act and what to say. Whereas with this exercise, you were your own director, and you could take the story anyway you want to...(as long as your partner will go along with it.) I found that even though I was hard not to preplan, that made it easier to develop a character. Thinking of something right on the spot usually made the character more interesting and relevant to the current scene.
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Creating a character completely based on another person is difficult to say the least, as you can never know what they are thinking, and some people are simply more expressive than others. Your partner can force you to be completely out of your comfort zone, naked, as it were, in front of the class. I think that the class rose marvelously to the challenge.
ReplyDeleteWhen I had the opportunity to act as the opposite of my partner's character, it helped me to really recognize the importance of how our personalities complemented each other.It was helpful to have a specific purpose that forced me to focus on my partner's character and then base my own off of that. The activity of playing opposites was very fun because I had the opportunity to play something so off the wall, and different. Others may have struggled with finding the opposite, but I found it rather easy. I was able to quickly create an opposite character. Doing this helped me to develop the skill of creating a realistic, and believable character.
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Acting as the opposite character than yourself is difficult at times. Using the people around you and their actions can help create a better idea of the person you are acting. It is easy to use emotions from characters and other people you have seen/met. This helps with creating character because it gives you a better understanding of how to play the part you are given. I liked playing the opposite of how I am because it makes me think about what if I Really was the opposite, everything would be different. This helps me put more effort into my acting.
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i think it's easy as it can get when you have no idea what to do the first time but the seconded time it gets more easy and it also helps to get to know people you don't know so you can get ever closer -Taylor
ReplyDeleteI did not participate in the acting but i did notice something. Being forced to play the opposite of your partner really makes you think. You have to realize and silently or mentally communicate with eachother as to who is who. It shows charecter because you are playing off of your partner and not your own ideas. it shows that you are not selfish
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I believe having to play the opposite of your partner really gives you a good, capable way of slowly moving out of your "comfort zone', and helps you to establish more character and find out your boundaries as that character. It can also help your partner establish character faster and better because it gives them more insight to what is going on, and then helps them "mold" a more concrete situation.
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Acting the opposite of yourself is difficult because it isn't who you are and takes you out of your comfort zone. For example a shy person isn't going to want to be super out going as an opposite to a person because that isn't them. To fully understand the character you have to study your partner.
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Reposting for Grant M who put his last name up . . .
ReplyDeleteWhen two people are on a separate page it is hard to understand where the story is going. my partner didn't make it obvious what they wanted to do with the story so i had to take control. another thing that i found challenging was that they weren't showing what their characteristic was. In my opinion i saw this as blocking but over all this was a fun and educational experiment.
Playing the opposite of your character Can build your acting prowess can improve your drama skills by trainif you to think on your feet and employing creativity to alter your personalty and realistically portray an emotion contrary to your own. I believe that if one can be the opposite of there charter they can portray most other personalities effectively
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Being forced to be put in a situation where im supposed to be oppisite of the character is great, i have an idea to lead what i need my characters personality.
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ReplyDeleteI think being the opposite of the other actor was a little challenging. You could have totally misjudged what the other actor was doing or you could lose your commitment. It was a little nerve-wracking for me to be up there because I really had no clue how the scene was going to play out, but it was a good choice and it helped me to get a little bit out of my comfort zone. Sorry this is late, I forgot about it....
ReplyDelete-Devon
Playing the opposite was a good learning experiance.
ReplyDeleteI felt as though me and my partener read each other well and were able to move the scene forward without any complication. Although so many ideas for the scene were running through my head so fast that I must admit my focus level was strained.
Overall I appreciated the exercise and feel as though it expanded everyones skill by a reasonable margin.
Note: I apoligize for this assignment being slightly late
-Grant
Being forced to play the opposite of the other actor in our game was a great opportunity to build character. Seeing what someone is trying to portray makes it easy to form clear character traits--not something weak or slightly undefined. Building off of what you saw from the other actor was helpful in creating guidelines for me. Having clear character traits was the most important thing in my mind with the oppposites exercise, whereas, in some other scene, the most important thing would be moving the scene along or not messing up. This improv exercise made you think about character and pushed you to improve on it.
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Playing the opposite of a character made it easier to create your own character. It forced you to identify traits such as happy or sad and do the exact opposite. This exercise was very good for character building and should pay off later.
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Being Forced to play these games, helps you with the C in C.R.O.W. because when someone is happy, you have to learn to improvise with being sad and sometimes that's hard. So later on in this course it will help us learn how to become a better actor/actress.
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My partner did not have an obvious character and it made it very difficult to act opposite. I noticed that some people had noticeable characters to act upon. Acting does not come natural to me so not being able to clearly see the opposite character was hard. If I had someone that was obviously, happy, sad, silly or serious, etc. it might have worked out better for me.
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i believe being forced to play or to become the oppisite of someone else allows you to have a base. by starting out as the opposite f someone is a great way for beginners to learn how to develop character. then as time goes on you can start developing your own character as the scene progresses.
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I find improv fun to watch, but not fun to do. I am not good at coming up with things on the top of my head. However, from the opposites exercise, I saw how right when I made my character clear, she became the complete opposite. After that, throughout the scene, we built more character as the conversation progressed. We defined our relationship as well. I, being in a hurry to get a band-aid, was very annoyed with her for taking her time.
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