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Art of Acting
1. Pretended I had just had a long day at school at collapsed onto the couch
2. Turned the tv on by gesturing with a remote
3. Played video games by gesturing with a PlayStation controller
4. Fell asleep by closing my eyes and resting my head on my shoulder
5. Called my dog onto my lap so I could pet him
Monologue Terminology
Scoring- breaking down longer material to understand what actor needs to do in each moment
Beats- moments that can be separated from one another in monologue (like paragraphs)
Objectives- goals that character has in a beat (state w/ active verbs)
Tactics- ways character tries to fulfill objective (state w/ active verbs)
Blocking- movement character does on stage to fulfill objectives. Stated with stage locations and
stage levels (Floor=level 1, kneeling=level 2, etc)
Almost-divorced white single dad that spends all Sundays watching football and betting on sports and
playing poker and hates his wife and kids and life