Acting Discussions

Discussing the acting is more difficult than the acting itself. We have started analyzing scenes again in STAC and I once again realize talking about acting is challenging. Subconsciously, everyone has something they want when they are speaking but since it's subconscious, we don't really realize what it is we want. So, as I was analyzing a scene from The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nast, there were certain parts of the scene where identifying File's want was puzzling. Sometimes, people do not want others to realize what they want and they hide it. File, I feel, does this during the scene sometimes which makes it difficult to pinpoint what exactly he wants. One can't make up what he wants, but there also does not need to be a right or wrong. As long as the want fits the parameter of the moment, it's acceptable. What I will have to do is get better at analyzing wants and start to notice what I want when I speak so I can better analyze it in a script.