Acting Workshop Learnings

I had a great time at my friends Drama/acting workshop the other day.
It was so amazing and heres why...
When we started all of us were so self conscious and well within our comfort zones.
After a few warm up exercises I felt like a performing animal. We were made to go fast slow fast slow and all the time imagining we were hot cold heavy light. It was a really good exercise in state management. Strange thing is as the day progressed I was beginning to leave my brain outside the door. Francois a fine director encourgaed us to be stupid. Leave our brains at home. Don't question be the character!
It dawned on me each exercise was a metaphor for life.

Here's what I learned

If you want to be a character and be believable you must know ..
where you have come from, where you are and where you are going.
leave your brain at home react with genuine emotion.
Be alert aware and breath deeply.
If you believe and imagine hard enough your audience will follow.
Imagination can be great fun. Be precise when you imagine. The details matter.
If you are pretending to shave then dont walk through the sink.
Picture it vividly.
We all know many characters sometimes its fun to put yourself in other peoples shoes.

If you need help with presenting get in touch for some coaching
and maybe come along to the workshop!