Dynamic Action – Week 11

DYNAMIC ACTION

<<STORY IS ACTION>>

~ Action encompasses any kind of movement, activity and interaction between the characters and also between the characters and their surroundings.

Character
– Environment
– Another Character
– Action

~ Talking about how one feels is not as powerful as illustrating why one feels the way they do through action.

<< FILM IS BEHAVIOR>>

~Action is the manifestation of behaviour.

~The complexity of the human psyche and interaction is better understood when it is possible to watch the actions, nuances and reactions of the characters.

<<DYNAMIC ACTION>>

~ Has the potential to enrich the experience of the audience by heightening the stakes and increasing the tension.

MOVING PICTURES

THE POWER OF ANY STORY LIES IN THE NARRATOR’S ABILITY TO PROJECT A MENTAL PICTURE FOR THE AUDIENCE.

EXERCISE: Translating emotional responses into actions.

2 students are to act cut their emotion set by a simple narrative according to the following:
– The couple has just met. This is their first evening spent together. He is very shy. She desires him.
– The young man has decided to leave his girlfriend.
– The young lady has decided to leave her boyfriend.
– He has another women friend. She is also eating at the restaurant.
– She is pregnant. She can’t bring herself to tell him.

FILMS
Steve Pavolsky’s
INJA (Australia, 2001)
17 Minutes.