Acting Exercise: Conversation Roles

Yesterday's acting exercise came really easy to me. I was able to have an actual conversation with a particular role, point of view, and opinion on the topic even though I knew all the emotions people felt weren't really "real." By real, I mean a person may not actually believe in what they were saying but they actually felt angry about something and defended what they didn't believe. I found this to be a very easy exercise to do to get a feel for how film/drama acting is. The words really do not mean anything but over the course of a conversation, you start to actually feel the emotion rather than display it like in musical theatre. Although I prefer musical theatre because I find it a lot more entertaining and fun, being able to do film/drama acting is still a great tool to have.