I can only remember getting mad three times in at least the past four or five years, so being angry is not something I'm used to. I'm part of a drama team, and in one of our skits I have found out that my girlfriend has given me AIDS and has been stealing from me and I'm supposed to blow up, get angry, and leave her. How should I act, including voice inflections, attitudes, reactions, and body movement? And note, if you point game on my question I'm reporting it, because I actually need help, not spam.
2007-03-05 01:18:51 · 13 answers · asked by dahighii 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Ok, now that I've seen some answers, please don't say to me "act, that's what it's called, acting." If I don't know how to act then how can I do it? I need to know what to act to be able to do it.
2007-03-05 01:35:52 · update #1
If your a good actor then you can pull it off. That's why it's called acting, it's not really who you are as a person, it's a character. Good Luck.
2007-03-05 01:27:09 · answer #1 · answered by Mauki90 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that "mild mannered" people are quite often that way because it is how they feel comfortable. When you are playing the role of somebody who's different than you - it's necessary to step out of your comfort zone. Your first step is to be willing to do that.
You said that you've been mad three times in the past four or five years. That's great! All you need to do now - is remember those times - sit quietly - and remember WHY you were mad - and HOW you reacted. Write about it if that will help. Think back and note everything that you did. Did you yell? Pound your fist? Push the other person? Turn your back on the other person? Get up in their face? All of those things? If as a mild mannered person - your version of mad - is to hold a lot of it inside - then think about how it might have looked had you let it out.
Remember that very often - acting - is REACTION. Find something in the line (or better yet in your fellow actors delivery of the line) that is in sync with what made you mad in one of your real life situations. Draw from the real life experience.
Very often people think being mad means yelling or shaking your fists around. That will work - but only if it comes from inside - not the outside.
Hope that helps! Break a leg!
2007-03-05 01:51:59 · answer #2 · answered by liddabet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember those moments when you did get angry. Think about why. Why did you get so upset? Also try and think about what you would do if that happened to you. How would you react? It's hard to tell you certain words/movements to do/say because once you start really getting into it (which is what should happen) you tend to forget everything and you adopt this natural flow. But I would suggest using your arms and hands. Wave your arms just a little bit though, and rub your face with your hands while sighing. Just get into the moment, remember personal experiences, and act as though it is actually happening to you.
2007-03-05 05:47:02 · answer #3 · answered by Mary 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not an actor, but I would try to think about what actually would make me angry-like if someone hurt my child or loved ones. If I thought about that long enough it would raise my emotional level and then acting mad would be easier since I would be half way there. hope this helped a bit. As for the acting,anger is part of it, but betrayal and pain should be portrayed as well.
2007-03-05 02:09:11 · answer #4 · answered by Maria b 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's as hard as trying to force yourself to cry, when your happy.
Stand in front of a mirror.
Start to frown your face into the meanest looking face you can.
Once you think your face is mean enough looking, start to deepen your breath. Hear your breath coming through your nostrils. Image yourself as a monster. Start to show your teeth and even growl if you have to.
This may not seem like it would help you be angry, but it does. Because when some people become angry, they become lost from the person they are. Being angry can be mild to incoherent, cruel and viscous.
So, considering the news you received, probably would cause you to be completely out of control and at a loss and to what comes out of your mouth, and the terror and shock of your face is what will show on your face.
Example: you will see the cut on your hand before you react inside. So, create your fear, angry and something in your face that you never seen. Then the inside will start to follow.
2007-03-05 01:40:12 · answer #5 · answered by sweetcitywoman2002 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never found that standing in front of a mirror helped my performance on stage - the only thing that really helped me when acting angry was to literally hurt myself and think.
I would pinch my arm or leg, or put a stone in my shoe, something that really caused discomfort, that led to me getting annoyed. If I know I had to perform that day, I would wear the shoe with the stone around. It hurt, it made me angry, I would start to loose my temper at people around me, and when it came time to give the performance, I was angry.
For me, I always needed the physical to get into me mentally before I could perform, but that's just me.
No one here can tell you exactly how to act the part - we can only tell you what helps us and maybe that will help you.
2007-03-05 02:42:13 · answer #6 · answered by Kalanthy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You want somebody to give you a blueprint -- step by step directions for accomplishing an actor's task. Sorry; it doesn't work that way.
All acting takes place first in the actor's imagination, and you're just going to have to rely on that. It's what our old friend Stanislavski referred to as the "magic IF" -- in other words, "IF I were this person, and found myself in this situation, what would I do."
You're just going to have to try things out. Don't over-intellectualize it. Listen and respond. Attempt. Afterwards, you can go back over what you felt, and you can decide what worked and what didn't work.
Nobody can tell you how to do this. Your "anger" response will be the one that's appropriate for you.
2007-03-05 03:16:28 · answer #7 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think about that time when u did get angry and also practice in front of a mirror and a small audience that pretends 2 get u angry. Good luck with your part. I know you'll do good.
2007-03-05 02:25:02 · answer #8 · answered by giddygirl401 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Practice...and start thinking about the thing that makes ou the maddest...and then take all the frustruation from that which makes you mad and channel that anger into your character...
I'm a kind shy person...and i have played some really OUT THERE characters in plays before...it was amazing...Just get into it...let go your inabitions and have fun!!
2007-03-05 01:36:48 · answer #9 · answered by Lola 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your full of split you dam well no what your doing you playing a game to feel sorry for me i have no brain yet im working on it. if you cant figure how to get angry and feel what your doing. your in the wrong business you better stop waisting your time .? now report me
2007-03-08 10:50:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋