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Actor's Character Analysis Guide

This document provides guidance on character analysis for acting by outlining questions to consider about a character's past, present, future, and how they might be abstracted as different concepts. It includes over 30 questions to analyze a character's background, traits, objectives, and more to help an actor develop their portrayal.

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Actor's Character Analysis Guide

This document provides guidance on character analysis for acting by outlining questions to consider about a character's past, present, future, and how they might be abstracted as different concepts. It includes over 30 questions to analyze a character's background, traits, objectives, and more to help an actor develop their portrayal.

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Character Analysis

(From Robert Barton, Acting OnStage and Off p. 217-219) Character Past: 1. I come from 2. My childhood was

3. Experiences making the most lasting impression on me were

4. The 10 most important given circumstances are 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 5. The five most powerful members of my private audience would be(These are the voices that you always hear whether they are physically present or not, i.e. your mother, your pastor etc.)

6. Crucial actions before my scene were

7. The moment before my entrance in complete detail involves

Character Present: 8. Immediate conditioning forces are 9. Others in the script (and/or playwright) describe me as 10. I describe others as 11. In groups I tend to 12. I would describe myself as basically 13. My usual style of clothing and type of accessories include 14. My most distinguishing characteristics are 15. My favorite things are

16. My temperament could be described as

17. I am most and least interested in

18. My physical life varies from the actor playing me in

19. My vocal life varies from the actor playing me in

20. The actor playing me needs to use the Magic If for this role in

21. Three examples where endowment must be used are

22. The location of this scene can be described as

23. The most crucial moment of evaluation (including all alternatives considered and rejected) is

24. I make the following discoveries in the scene

Character Future: 25. My super objective is(should be clear, direct and active, does not need to be literal or achievablebut needs to activate you internally) 26. My intentional hierarchy would include.

27. My immediate scene objective is to

28. Obstacles I face are

29. My strategy in the scene could best be described as

30. Specific tactics I employ are.

31. My best possible future would be

32. My worst possible future would be

33. My wildest dreams come true would be

Abstracting: If your character were each of the following what would he/she be? 1. Fabric: 2. Animal: 3. Beverage: 4. Mode of Transportation: 5. City: 6. Tree: 7. Color: 8. Play: 9. Scent: 10. Song: 11. Type of Day: 12. Decade or Era: 13. Film or TV Series: 14. Landmark or Building: 15. Snack: 16. Mythological or fantasy figure: 17. Spice: 18. Musical Instrument: 19. Painting or Photo: 20. Toy:

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