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Entrances (and exits)

Entrances (and exits). or How to Make an Impression. Primary Source: Pioneer Drama Service Blogsite. You only get one chance to make a first impression!. This presentation focuses on the energy that actors should bring to their entrances.

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Entrances (and exits)

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  1. Entrances (and exits) or How to Make an Impression

  2. Primary Source:Pioneer Drama Service Blogsite

  3. You only get one chance to make a first impression! • This presentation focuses on the energy that actors should bring to their entrances. • Using proper technique will convey the importance of the character’s entrance.

  4. Consider the following: • Each entrance begins a new beat. • Every time a character enters he/she brings a new dynamic to the scene. How do you change the environment? • Where are you coming from? What were you doing there? (Among other things, think of given circumstances.) • What is your energy level? (Character mood intensity) • What compels my character to enter the scene now?

  5. Consider more of the following: • What is his/her action? What is he/she doing? (State as an action verb.) • Imagine how your entrance will look to the audience. This is really the job of the director, but to be a highly skilled actor, you need to bring an awareness of the space that you’re working in. (You need to be aware of more than yourself.) • Is your back to the audience for very long? (Unless you’re trying for some unusual effect, it shouldn’t be.)

  6. Consider even more of the following: • How will the set pieces, lighting and other actors affect your entrance? • Is some sort of lazzi appropriate? (Think Kramer on “Seinfeld.”)

  7. Kramer’s Entrances

  8. Why? For the most part, these concepts apply to exits also. Your exit from the stage is really an entrance into the next setting!

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