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- The old acting adage of, "what's my motivation."

Is not a question that you ask

that has one simple answer.

A character's motivation

is actually made up of a couple different parts.

Once these parts are defined,

the actor is free to really make their role

in the script come alive.

The first part of motivation

is the actor's objective.

This is their goal.

What does their character ultimately want

or need from the other character in the scene?

Or in general?

Having objective

removes all self-consciousness from the actor

because it gives them something to concentrate on.

Without motivation or an objective,

people's performances come off as one dimensional

and they're just reciting their lines

and going through the script without any purpose

whatsoever.

That said, you want actors to only play one objective

for a character per scene.

You don't want to make things too complicated

because it won't come across clearly.

Simple objectives are always easier

than a complicated one.

And we'll go into more of that soon.

What the actor does to achieve their objective

is called their intention.

Here's another clip from my film

of Dice and Men.

The character Tara has a clear objective.

She wants the other character, John Francis

to respect her as a player in their weekly game.

But you'll see, there's more to her performance

than simply asking this of John Francis.

- Why do I keep dying

John Francis?

- You're the party's wizard.

It's kind of your job.

- No!

It is my job to be smarter and prettier than everyone else

and to make things blow up real good.

Look,

I just want one night.

One night

without the dying and the getting raised

and the dying again.

One night where I get to save the day

and be the hero.

- So you want me to cheat?

- No.

And no.

No.

What I want is a little inside scoop

you know?

A little extra nudge

to give me an edge.

One tiny little whispered hint

dropped carelessly from the GMs lips

into my tender perceptive ear.

- No.

(sighs)

So hurry GMs go.

- Please?

- No?