acting for animators II

last few notes I found useful from Ed Hooks' Book

He talks about operative word. Saying find the word that sticks out of the phrase as being odd or akward or strongest, the one that sticks out. And try saying until you can totally buy into how it's being said, then look at whatever you've had to do to get into character to say it.

He says the audience will hang on captivated if you give the indication you're going to speak, they want to know what you'll say, so put that in there, and use it where you can.

Make strong choices. If the character is wishy washy over something have them committed completely to 1 path and then a second later completely commit to the other, that's how to keep it engaging.