“Especially with a comedy, you've got the clear cut goal of trying to make a scene funny. It's not like drama where you're trying to achieve some kind of emotion or trying to further the story along. You're trying to figure out what's the funniest way to do something.” WayTryingKindStoriesGoalEmotionClearComedyCuttingAchieveFiguresDramaScene Author:Luke Wilson
“I grew up in the theater, and you can't improvise Shakespeare and Ibsen. You have to speak the language. But obviously, in a contemporary film, there's often room for improvisation and spontaneous things that happen. As long as I know what I'm trying to achieve in the scene, and when something comes up, I know that the response is genuine, I'm comfortable. That's really how I build everything.” KnowsTryingLongHappensFilmSpeakLanguageRoomsAchieveGrewSceneComfortableGrew UpTheaterResponseCome UpGenuineContemporarySpontaneousImprovisationIbsen Author:Victor Garber
“I don't believe in a perfect world. I don't believe it's achievable, and I believe the people who try to achieve it usually end up turning it into something like Cambodia or something very similar because purity tests set in. Are you ideologically pure enough to be allowed to live? Well, it turns out that very few people are, so you end up with a big powerful struggle and a mass killing scene.” PeopleWorldTryingBelieveWellsEndsEnoughBigsTurnsI BelievePerfectPowerfulStruggleAchieveScenePureMassTestsKillingDon't BelievePurityLive WellA Perfect WorldCambodia Author:Margaret Atwood
“Lou Holtz is a brilliant strategist, a first-class motivator, and an inspiring role model. Winning Every Day coaches you through the hard-won lessons of life that Coach Holtz has gleaned from a lifetime of learning. Using personal behind-the-scenes experiences he shows you how to break through obstacles, capitalize on fleeting opportunities, and achieve success. There is no better mentor than Lou Holtz.” FirstsHardShowsOpportunityWinningBehindsClassRolesBreakAchieveLessonsSceneModelsLifetimeObstaclesBrilliantCoachesRole ModelsLife LessonMentorFleetingBreak ThroughFirst ClassBehind The ScenesStrategist Author:Peter Lowe
“The decisive moment, the popular Henri Cartier-Bresson approach to photography in which a scene is stopped and depicted at a certain point of high visual drama, is now possible to achieve at any time. One's photographs, years later, may be retroactively rephotographed by repositioning the photographer or the subject of the photograph, or by adding elements that were never there before but now are made to exist concurrently in a newly elastic sense of space and time.” YearsMayMadeMomentsCertainSpaceAchieveSubjectsDramaSceneElementsApproachPhotographyPhotographerPhotographVisualsTime And SpaceDecisive MomentsCartierHenri Cartier Bresson Book:In our own image: the coming revolution in photography : how computer technology is changing our view of the world Source: In our own image: the coming revolution in photography : how computer technology is changing our view of the world
“General improvisations often give actors an insight beyond their words by helping them to 'see the word' and achieve a reality for the scene.” GivingHelpingRealityActorsAchieveSceneInsightImprovisation Author:Viola Spolin
“I like it when characters are some combination of appealing and maybe flawed or self-interested. I think in terms of scenes, and what I want a scene to achieve, and I think that the psychological realism arises from that.” ThinkingWantSelfCharacterTermAchieveSceneArisePsychologicalCombinationRealismFlawed Author:Curtis Sittenfeld
“When people know what you want, they can then manipulate that to achieve the end that they seek. It's far more interesting and valuable to bear witness to a scene and make good relationships without explicitly seeking something. You're more likely to obtain a far richer and honest experience that way.” PeopleInterestingAchieveHonestSceneValuableWitnessManipulateGood Relationship Author:Anjan Sundaram
“Improvisation in general is good, and improvising material into themes, turning the material into something codified and repeatable, taught me scenic structure and dramatic gambits that work and things that are appealing both as a performer and an audience member, like you know, what does "want" really mean in a scene, and how do you achieve your want, and how is that expressed, and how do you achieve closure? Those are all things that I learned performing at the cabaret after just doing the same scenes over and over and over again over the years, with my own ability to change.” MeanAbilityAudienceAchieveLike YouScenePerformingDramaticReally MeanImprovisationClosureCabaret Author:Stephen Colbert