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So, if I model that for you, if I walk in and I just say, "Hey, I really need the last slice of pizza. Can I have that?" What's more clear? If I do it that way or if I come in and I'm "Can I get the last slice of pizza?"
"Which one's more clear?"
"The second one."
"The second one. Why is it more clear?"
"It shows emotion."
Because it shows emotion, but you can also see that I'm "trying to get pity."
"Sad."
Or "what happens if you haven't eaten all day?"
"Fatigued. You're weak."
Yes. So, the second one. Okay. So, that's exactly what I mean. Okay. Now, here's what I want you guys to do. All right. I want you to turn to your partner and you are going to decide what your character wants. Guys, I want you to turn to your partner and you guys are going to decide what your character wants. You're going to decide why your character wants it. So, what the objective, what your character wants and then you're going to decide why your character wants it. Okay?
So if you get stuck, I want you guys to look at this sentence frame on the board. The character's objective is blank because blank. So I will blank. So using this in terms of the last slice of pizza. The character's objective is "to get pizza."
"To get the last slice of pizza because"
"they're hungry."
"They're hungry. So I will"
"buy a pizza."
"You will what?"
"You will beg."
Yes. Great. So, if you get stuck, just look at this sentence frame. Okay? This is a complete sentence. You guys can copy this and fill this in. Okay? So, what are you going to say? But use the sentence.
Um, my character my character's objectives is to get the license pizza because, you know, like he really wants it. So, so he he'll call he just really wants it.
"Okay."
"Yeah. You're not winning that one. call this. That's why"
"so he"
"like"
"he called it first. That's why he wants to see because he's selfish."
"Because he's selfish"
"or because like what is he?"
"But use the sentence."
"The character's objective is to get the last slice of pizza because pizza is their comfort food and they are crying and they're having a breakdown. So they will get on their knees and beg for pizza."
"Okay, cool. So, making it a little simpler. The character's objective is"
"to get the last slice of pizza because"
"pizza because they're sad and they really like pizza. So, I will beg."
"Okay, cool. Because they really like pizza. I liked the nervous breakdown. I thought that was"
"Yeah, I like pizza."
"Okay."
"Okay. Now, Chloe, I mean,"
"the characters Wait, can I see the board? The character's objective is to get the last slice of pizza because cheese was the only one piece of pizza they had. So, they will get the cheese pizza."
"Okay. So, all right guys, I'm noticing a little bit of pattern. So, a lot of you guys when I was circling around the room, you're saying what the character wants, but you're also not saying the why. So, some of you guys when I heard you guys rehearsing. So, going back to the original thing is the character's objective is to get pizza because they haven't eaten all day. So, I will act desperate. Okay. Okay. So, now the acting choices are clear. So, here's what I want you guys to do to go back to your partner and fix your answer. If you only said what, I need you to add why. Let's go back to our vocabulary. Objective"
"class. Objective. motivation."
"Why the character wants it?"
"Okay. So, a lot of you are including your objective, what the character wants, but we got to have that motivation why they want it. Okay."