FOMM: Nico Lathouris dramaturgy

Acting as a reality of doing

five questions.
what is the story?
Why do we want to tell stories?
What is 'action' (reality of doing)
Desire (what do we want?)
Entertainment (what is good work?)


Scene is the smallest indivisible unit (apart from editing footage within a scene) to represent the 'life' of the picture
What is the aim of the characters just beyond the end of the scene.
Drama comes from forces acting against each other.
Qualities of life
Unexpected random forces beyond control of characters to import 'life' into a piece.


Reading a scene in third person to distance ones self from emotion.
to discover where the forces are within a scene.

Actors
To find a truth or a resonance in their portrayal

responsibility to character and story

Interestingly, Nico didn't advise us to push the actor into this process, but to manipulate them with 'guile.'

Actors should familiarise themselves with the story, not the dialogue.