How Hollywood's Most Successful Actors Analyze A Screenplay - Jean-Louis Rodrigue
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- čas přidán 11. 04. 2024
- In this Film Courage video interview, we ask Jean-Louis Rodrigue how actor's encompass the physical movement of their character in a film or stage play, including studying the screenplay and writing character backstory.
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Jean-Louis Rodrigue is an internationally recognized acting coach, movement director, and specialist in the application of the Alexander Technique to film, theater and television. In film, he coached actors and collaborated with directors in Passion Fish, Vice, J. Edgar, Life of Pi, W., I, Tonya, and many more. In theater, he collaborated with director Larry Moss and former NFL player Bo Eason in his play Runt of the Litter and playwright Pamela Gien in her Obie- and Drama Desk- award-winning one-person play, The Syringa Tree, both in New York and internationally. Jean-Louis has worked on- and off-Broadway and at major performing arts institutions such as Berlin International Film Festival, Cirque du Soleil, Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, Getty Villa, Geffen Playhouse, Royal National Theatre, Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Verbier Festival, Royal Shakespeare Company. For the past 34 years, Jean-Louis has taught at the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television and the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Jean-Louis lives in Los Angeles with his husband, Kristof Konrad.
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For non-actors... what is your process for analyzing a screenplay?
For actors... how do you analyze a screenplay?
By listening this man explanations I can litteraly see my characters taking shapes from vector to animated 3D. So short yet clear. Thankx for the interview.
Nice!
Even though I’m new at screenwriting I analyze as I go and first read I look for editing down overlong dialogue. And I ask myself does the dialogue fit the character but I don’t do rewrites so it’s all first rough draft dialogue which is not the most realistic. The reason I don’t do rewrites is bc I do short scripts on a personal blog for fun and practice
Wow
Does all of that extra work really make a difference?
Yes, absolutely. If that's what it takes to make the character real for you. It's an integral part of an actor's process. I do this for the small roles I get. The script doesn't give you everything.
Yes. The more "extra" work, the better your character will be. In film, in theater.
Only if the extra work involves exploring and working the BEHAVIOUR of a character. An "encyclopedia" is bullshit if it isn't something you can personalize (ie: involves nothing but THINKING about anecdotal or historical "facts") If it doesn't change your acting, it's a total waste of time. "Facts" can be interesting but they're irrelevant if they don't change your behaviour. In other words, if whatever "homework" you're doing isn't ACTABLE, it's B.S.
Just looking at your handle...let's review Michael Rosenbaum's portrayal of Lex Luthor. He says his lines, sure, but there are things he does that aren't in the script, but ARE Lex Luthor--and that comes from understanding the character, which you can only do by analyzing the script.