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Why Acting Scripts are a Necessity for Actors

by Adrian Lloyd Schroeder

Increase your acting skills with acting scripts. Cold read auditions are a standard method of hiring actors.

A cold read is when an actor is given a script and asked to perform it with 5 or 10 minutes preparation. You can practice your cold read skills with acting scenes. What should you do when you are given a script for a cold read? Do you know what steps you should take?

Every time you audition you want to wow the director and casting agents. To do that with a cold read, you begin by examining the script. Ask yourself where is this script taking place? People tend to be reserved in public and more intimate in private.

What type of relationship do the characters have? Are they husband and wife, mother and daughter, or perhaps even strangers. Clearly people speak and react differently depending on who the are addressing. You will address your boss at work differently than your mother. Create a back story by defining what the characters were doing in the minutes prior. This helps you begin the scene. Scene analysis begins with the answers to these questions. The script will usually define these things, or at least give you hints.

Next, determine the wants of the characters. Each character in the scene has a want or need. Without a want the character would disengage and there would be no scene. For example, remember the scene from A Few Good Men where Jo and Kaffe argue? Kaffe is defeated and wants to quit. Jo hasn't lost faith and she wants to pull an all night work session and forge ahead. Each character has a goal they are trying to accomplish.

Two characters may have wants in opposition to each other. This is called the conflict of scene. It is possible for the conflict to be something other than a person. In disaster films like Armageddon the primary conflict is the cast against the asteroid. It is a team effort to save the Earth and there is no villain. There is only the impending catastrophe.

It is up to the actor to define the wants and conflict. Different actors may see the script from varying perspectives. In an audition scenario you want to make a bold choice that you impress the director. Acting a role as melancholy or reserved will not impress the director. However playing a strong character choice will make the scene interesting.

A scene may lend itself to a particular interpretation. It may be clear from punctuation or notes in the scene that a character is to behave a certain way. You want to make a choice for the character that fits the context of scene and dialogue. However, it is up to the actor to choose the how and why of the behavior. Perhaps the character is angry, excited, crying or even drunk. You want to make a bold choice that fits the scene.

An actor decides what emotional states the character goes through. How does the mood of the character change throughout the scene? Does your character have a change of heart or shift his thinking? Is it possible your character feels differently at various parts of the scene? You should experiment with multiple contexts as you read the scene.



Are you looking for additional <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Top-Ten-Acting-Tips-to-Improve-Your-Acting&id=4904749">acting tips</a> to advance your acting skills? ActingScenes.com has numerous scripts and guides, including method acting and <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?An-Actor-Prepares&id=4645300">an actor prepares</a>.

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Title: Why Acting Scripts are a Necessity for Actors
Author: Adrian Lloyd Schroeder
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