Learning lines?
Mon, 18 May 2009, 01:12 pmLee Sheppard26 posts in thread
Learning lines?
Mon, 18 May 2009, 01:12 pmSo - I find myself in the current situation of having to learn a large number of lines for an upcoming production, something I haven't had to do for a few years now.
I suppose I'm doing it the usual way (for me, at least) - reading and re-reading, starting at the beginning and learning a few pages at a time, going back and constantly testing myself, sitting at home or on the train with the script and a bookmark to cover up my lines etc. Seems to be working so far.
Just wondering how you other thespians go about learning your lines? Do you learn key scenes first? Use voice recorders? Have them tattooed on your body? Maybe there's a technique out there we can all benefit from...
Cheers
Lee Sheppard
- Keeping it strictly amateur -
A good technical trick
Tue, 19 May 2009, 08:58 amBoth in rehearsal and in your own time, a good simple trick is to break down a scene into much smaller parts and focus on these bits, get your script 'down,' then move on to the next bit. Stephen Lee did something like this with R&J and I found it helped me to get my book down in record time.
Absit invidia (and DFT :nono:)
Jeff Watkins