Highschool Acting?

Question

In drama class my classmates voted me best actor by my classmates on the first day of acting, and I had scored a 100% on my acting score (For bonus points). Two of my male partners and I played a female role while the female played the narrator. I was partner As wife, and partner A had a dead girlfriend who was also a played a partner B a male. (So you saw us it looked like we were in a gay scene. No offense to homosexuals.)
We didn’t have to remember our lines at the time and could read our lines straight from the paper, but I had learned two of my lines early on, while most just read from the paper. Tomorrow I will have to remember my lines for the play


I have almost remembered four of my lines, but every now and then I mess up those lines, slightly altering it. So does anyone have any techniques to remember a large role of fourteen lines within a day?
My other question is how do I motivate a person in my class and acting partner to get more motivated into acting

Answer 1

When you said "a large role of 14 lines" I laughed out loud. As you do more and more theatre - and I hope you will - you will learn that 14 lines is nothing. You will get to the point when you are complaining about only having 14 lines. I promise!

So - to memorize your lines - repetition is the key. Read them outloud over and over again - paying attention to your ques. (those are the lines said just before you say your line). Then hold a piece of paper over the script - and read the other persons line - and try to say yours from memory. If you can't - then say it over and over. And try again. Then move on down to the next line and so forth.

Some people find it helpful to write them out as well.

At some point - you'll want to hand the book to somebody else and have them read the other persons lines - and then you say your lines. This is always a bit harder than just covering them with a paper - and a necessary step.

There are tips and tricks to remembering what your line is - based on your que. For example if the que is "Ice cream is yummy" and your line is "Yuck. I hate ice cream" You would maybe remember Yuck comes after yummy because they both start with y. Any little trick to help you remember.

And - for future reference - - - I don't know when you received your script - but that was the point when you should have started trying to memorize your lines. Always start learning your lines right away. You have to learn them anyway - and the sooner you know them - the sooner you will be able to put down the book and really start acting.

Regarding motivating your acting partner - that's a tough one. You really can't control anybody else. So - just know your own stuff - and be upbeat and positive about it - and maybe your scene partner will find your attitude contagious.

Break a leg!!

Answer 2

Large role... 14 lines? ha. A good way is to write them one by one repetedly. Looking less and less at the paper each time. You'll have them down in no time. Oh, by the way. I am in Fiddler on the Roof right now. My SMALL charecter of Shprintze has seven lines. And don't even make me count tevye's...

Answer 3

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Answer 4

well, i recite lines with someone. if you cant, then record your cue line on a cell phone, leave time for you to say your line, and say the next cue line. i've recorded many conversations!
you could read them over and over and try to be really exposed to them, and they will stick in your head. tell whoever it is you're trying to get into acting that you think they've got a lot of potential, theyre doing good, and to keep going. that makes people want to make everyone else think that, too.