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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 8065892" data-attributes="member: 16586">The following is not about Method Acting which can be pretty disruptive.Former theater nerd here. I think this comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of the craft of acting. The best acting does not come from a performative place. The core skill of acting is empathy, being able to understand and embody the characters they are portraying. Actors usually do substantial preparation work to help build out and understand their characters so they can embody them. The Warner Laughlin technique encourages building a set of core knowledge about a character - events that have shaped their current perspective. It also uses what they call emotion with detail and flashes which are exercises in embodying characters during core moments and trying to feel what they felt so you can summon that energy in your performance.Here's a video where Joaquin Phoenix describes embodying a character in the moment[MEDIA=youtube]vYKPO_mRPjM[/MEDIA]Since this is just a D&D game I am going to guess they do not do the same sort of prep work that they would for an acting gig, but that experience of attempting to embody somebody else absolutely has a strong impact on play. Also an overall awareness of things like pacing, highlighting the other players' characters, and knowing how to drive to conflicts is beneficial.Personally my experience as an amateur actor when I was younger and academic awareness of thing like Warner Laughlin has improved my GM skills and skills as a player when it comes to more character focused games. Right now I am using some Warner Laughlin stuff to help build out the character I just started playing in a friend's Vampire game.</blockquote>

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