Today in class we did an exercise in which the four of us all sat in a square and went around imitating people in the group. We had to think about their actions and small details about them that we could incorporate into our characterization. At first Angela did an impersonation of me using a distinct way that I walk and flipping her hair, kind of like I do. We all did each other and then moved to people outside of that class which we could impersonate, which was very funny. We used small but prominent physical attributes and movements each person does to try to make the rest of our group guess who we were. I can incorporate this into my acting in ways where I don't need to overthink what the characters complexities are, rather I just focus on their little personal quirks and small actions.
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