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GOTEActing StrategiesGOAL AND OBSTACLEGThe GOAL is what you your character- wants.

The OBSTACLE is what stands in your way.

Having a GOAL and an OBSTACLE ties you to your character and makes your acting both lifelike and dramatic.THE OTHEROThe OTHER is your acting partner.

ALL acting is with OTHER persons. Your partner is always a CHARACTER, not themselves.

Most of what the audience will see in an acting performance is a RELATIONSHIP between characters.TACTICSTTACTICS are the strategies of human communication

Your POWER in playing tactics will determine your authority and magnetism on stage.

Some tactics are used to seek support of other characters; some to silence their opposition.EXPECTATIONSEThe character must not only tru to achieve a goal or victory, he or she must EXPECT to achieve it.

Other E word that go with EXPECTATIONS:ENERGY, EXCITEMENT, ELECTRICITY, and ENTHUSIASM

Audiences cannot or will not- identify with predetermined LOSERS.TRANSITIONAL PAGE