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Acting Tips for Identifying Character Obstacles

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Summary: As an actor, how does your character handle obstacles? What gets in his or her way? Learn to act in character with realistic obstacles from a performer in this free acting video.

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Acting Tips for Identifying Character Obstacles

Alright. Now let's talk about obstacles. And every movie, every play, every scenario, even in real life, there are always obstacles. We want something, and we have to figure out how we're going to get it. But there's always obstacles in our way. And, you need to go through your script, and find out what these obstacles are. What is keeping me from getting what I want? And sometimes it can be simply broken down into a few categories. One, it could be time. Do I not have the time to get what I want? Take a look at that. Could it be ability? Do I not have the ability to get what I want, whether it's physical, mental, emotional, financial, whatever it is, do I not have the ability to get what I want? A lot of times it becomes about feelings getting in the way of what you want. Well, I want this, but I feel guilty about getting it. I want this, but it makes me sad or happy or whatever it is, so you have to take a look at the feelings. But the bottom line is, you have to recognize the obstacles and figure out as an actor the way you're going to get around these obstacles, how you're going to handle these obstacles as your character, in order to get what you want, to get your objective.

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