emotion memory: letter exercise
Students to create a non-specific character. Simply create an emotional state for the character. What is your character feeling at the moment? Where were they before this scene started? Enter the space. The space is home for you - it is not a foreign space. Are you happy to be home? Are you in a hurry, etc? Are you coming home after a late night? home from a boring meeting?
At some point, the student finds the letter. Is the letter under the sofa? Have you read it before and forgot? Were you expecting this letter? Are you surprised? Did you suddenly find it? Was it opened before? Unopened? Take the time and read the letter. Allow the contents of the letter to truly seep in. Allow the contents to truly affect your mood/inner state of being. React to this letter. Take your time to react. When the student is ready, they can leave the room in character.
This activity exemplifies the following:
At some point, the student finds the letter. Is the letter under the sofa? Have you read it before and forgot? Were you expecting this letter? Are you surprised? Did you suddenly find it? Was it opened before? Unopened? Take the time and read the letter. Allow the contents of the letter to truly seep in. Allow the contents to truly affect your mood/inner state of being. React to this letter. Take your time to react. When the student is ready, they can leave the room in character.
This activity exemplifies the following:
- Given Circumstances: What do you ‘bring’ into the scene? What has the space brought to you? Are you happy, hurry, etc.
- Emotional Memory: You need to remember your relationship to the room, as well as feeling the inner affect that the contents of the letter have on you.
- Tempo - Rhythm: The contents of the letter will inevitably change your tempo-rhythm according to whether you came into the room with a buoyant or deflated energy. Therefore, the way you exit the room will carry information from what you brought to the scene. Leaving your scene with a beginning, middle and end.
- Working with a prop: Using the props to communicate your objective. For example, if you are waiting for your boyfriend to arrive, you can constantly adjust the position of the table and chair to adjust it to the exact position, or practising sitting in the chair at most flattering angle, can convey excited anxiety.
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