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bumbleface Elite user 434 Posts |
Okay, so I'm in Neil Simon's Plaza Suite in school right now. The problem is, I have a lot of lines. Normally, when I have a lot of lines, they are scattered throughout different scenes. But now, I'm in one scene (really a one-act length scene) and have to say things every other line. Any favorite fast methods of memorizing lines that have worked for you?
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Greg Arce Inner circle 6732 Posts |
Just repeating the scene over and over works for me. And many times the actual movements within a scene tie the lines to the movements.
Sit down and read the scene several times. After you've done that then read it out loud and try to see what you already remember. Do this piece by piece and you'll eventually get it. It is tricky though. I've been in plays where I have volumes of lines to learn and they come easy. Then I'll be in some short scene where I might have a dozen lines altogether and a few of them will not want to stick in my memory no matter how hard I try. Like everything else in the entertainment field: practice,, practice, practice. Greg
One of my favorite quotes: "A critic is a legless man who teaches running."
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Ellen Kotzin Loyal user UPSTATE, NY 280 Posts |
As an actress, when I'm not a mom, and a teacher of foreign language--REPETITION is the key. Do it till you hear it in your sleep.
Ellen |
Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5777 Posts |
Yup...An actor myself..
REPETITION... REPETITION.. Sorry, I repeat myself...
"Dreams aren't a matter of Chance but a matter of Choice." -DC-
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CamelotFX Special user Minnesota 596 Posts |
Read the scenes into a cassette recorder, using a funny voice for all of the other characters' lines and your own voice for yours. Carry it with you, with headphones if need be, and run your lines with it whenever you're alone with some free time. (My wife and I are rehearsing for a show now: we have our tapes in our cars and play them as we drive. If you see a woman in the car next to you moving her lips and talking back to her car stereo... that's her!)
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dr chutney Special user United Kingdom 518 Posts |
Because we all have different ways of absorbing information what works for one may not do so for another. During the 80's I belonged to two or three Amateur dramatic groups and it wasn't uncommon for me to have three productions on the go at the same time. ( Ah to be young, free and single ).
I was fortunate in that gradual repitition locked the words in for me and I could learn speeches quite quickly. Others would use tape recorders, perhaps getting together with other cast members to get the other voices on tape. The mind is an amazing bit of kit and you will learn it, as long as you put the time in. Then when those butterflies are set loose on opening night, and you feel as if you can't remember a single word, you'll go out there and knock them dead! Break a leg!
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