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- One of the most useful things
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you can do for your talent in advance
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is to break down their
characters in detail,
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and share that information with them.
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This will allow them to
incorporate your direction
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while researching and
preparing their roles.
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To break down your characters,
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you're going to need to
write a detailed background
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for each one.
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If you look on the right,
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this is an example of a
role-playing game character sheet,
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where you break down each
personality trait a character has
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and assign it a number.
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You want to do something similar to this
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when you break down your characters,
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but maybe not with the sheet itself.
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You want to include information
on your character's past,
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their upbringing, individual
quirks of their personality,
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any details that you can think of
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that will enhance their
character on the screen.
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One important question to answer is,
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what do other characters in the story
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think of your character?
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That's definitely going to influence
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how they fit into the overall story.
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Once you've determined
what the other characters
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think of the character you're
doing a background for,
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what does the character say
about himself in the script?
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When the character talks about himself,
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is it coming from a place of depression?
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Is he an egomaniac?
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All of this will influence
what the character
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is going to deliver.
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Acting coach Uta Hagen has nine questions
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every character should ask themselves
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as they go through a scene.
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Who am I?
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What is my character
info and my basic traits?
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What time is it?
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And that can mean time
of year, the time of day,
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and even the time period they're in.
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Is it medieval times?
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Is it in the future?
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Where am I?
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What country am I in,
what building am I in,
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and what room am I in?
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What chair am I in?
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What surrounds me?
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You want to know all the inanimate
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and animate objects in your environment,
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and how they're going to influence you.
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What are the given circumstances?
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What has happened before this moment,
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what is happening now,
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and what's going to
happen after this moment?
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What is my relationship or relationships?
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My relation to other people,
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events that are occurring around me,
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and even the things on
the table in front of me.
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What do I want?
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This is an important one.
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What is the character's
need and objective?
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We'll talk more about
finding those a little later.
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And what is in my way?
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What are the obstacles
I have to get through
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in order to obtain that objective?
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And finally, what do I
do to get what I want?
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What do I have to do physically
and with conversation
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in order to achieve my objective?
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There will always be more questions
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about characters and scenes
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that will come up during
the production process,
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but taking this crucial step
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and time to break things down
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will make the rest of
your job a lot easier.
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