Wiley Action!: Acting Lessons for CG Animators 978-0-470-22743-5 用户手册
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Beginning Acting Exercises
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PA SS IT AROUN D
This is a good sound and movement exercise to begin with for your group exercises. you
will need to let go of your inhibitions and respond to your group.
will need to let go of your inhibitions and respond to your group.
1. Start by forming a circle. One member of the circle will then do a sound and move-
ment. They should move their whole body into some position at the same time that
they are making a vocal sound. The sound and movement should not be human.
Don’t try to assume a character or tell a story. Just throw your body and voice. The
bigger and wilder, the better. Do not say words, just sounds. This is supposed to
be preverbal, primal sound and movement. Try to move your spine as well as your
limbs.
they are making a vocal sound. The sound and movement should not be human.
Don’t try to assume a character or tell a story. Just throw your body and voice. The
bigger and wilder, the better. Do not say words, just sounds. This is supposed to
be preverbal, primal sound and movement. Try to move your spine as well as your
limbs.
2. After the first member of the circle does his sound and movement, each successive
member of the circle will repeat it as exactly as they can one at a time all around the
circle, ending with the person who created the sound and movement repeating it one
more time. This should move very quickly from one person to the next just like the
wave at a basketball game.
circle, ending with the person who created the sound and movement repeating it one
more time. This should move very quickly from one person to the next just like the
wave at a basketball game.
3. Immediately after the sound and movement has completed the circle, the next per-
son in line will do a new sound and movement and then it should whip around the
circle like the wave. When it gets all the way around, the next person in the circle will
start a new sound and movement, and so forth.
circle like the wave. When it gets all the way around, the next person in the circle will
start a new sound and movement, and so forth.
Keep in mind that speed is essential. you must go fast. Do not allow time to think. Just
do it. Sheer speed can help to short-circuit your editor or screener that screams, “you are
looking silly.” Also, try to receive the sound and movement from the person ahead of you
and try to pass it on to the next person in the circle. In this way you are communicating
the sound and movement from one person to the next. Finally, even though you are going
quickly, do not anticipate the sound and movement. Allow it to be passed to you before
you receive it and pass it along to the next person.
looking silly.” Also, try to receive the sound and movement from the person ahead of you
and try to pass it on to the next person in the circle. In this way you are communicating
the sound and movement from one person to the next. Finally, even though you are going
quickly, do not anticipate the sound and movement. Allow it to be passed to you before
you receive it and pass it along to the next person.
SOUN D AN D MOV EM E NT R E PE AT
This exercise is essentially the same as the previous one with a slight variation. Instead
of passing the sound around the circle, everyone in the circle will repeat the sound and
movement in unison.
of passing the sound around the circle, everyone in the circle will repeat the sound and
movement in unison.
1. Start by forming a circle. One member of the circle will then perform a sound and
movement as described earlier.
2. Immediately after this, the entire circle repeats that sound and movement in unison.
3. very quickly, without leaving even one second for thinking, the next member of the
circle will perform a new sound and movement and then the whole circle will repeat
it in unison.
it in unison.
4. Do this all the way around the circle. Go fast. you should be out of breath.
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