Targeting My Lines

This lesson we focused on targeting lines. We went through the text and went through each of our lines and placed a clear target to the words that we are saying. For example:

Shannon looks up, leaving the hoover on. - I look up at Ruth.
"Oh hi! You alright?" - I notice Ruth. I greet Ruth. I question Ruth.

We did this for all of our lines in the text, which really helped me to understand my given circumstances and realise my objectives for the scene. I feel like it has put a lot more meaning behind my lines and will allow me to develop my character further.

A Target for the actor is what you are doing and seeing. It should be:
- specific
- moving
- external
- changing
- active
- waiting to be discovered
- needing to be changed

Declan Donnellan said, "The stakes open to offer the best escape from the block. The actor muse see the target, and before it vanishes, the target must be split in two."

This means that you must acknowledge the outcome of the stakes. At every moment, there is something to be won and something to be lost. - positives and negatives in life. What you can gain and lose in a scene are always just as important as each other.