Video 1 Transcript
I've got a lot on this, so I'm gonna read what I wrote. The first time you read the script, just read it all the way through. Like you're watching the movie, and so can the experience and the events in order. If it's well written enough, it should flow smoothly. Sure, note something if you're inspired about something, or you have a way, you're like, oh, I know I need to do that. Note it down, great, but keep reading. Watch it like a movie. Don't squander your first experience with the material. You'll never get that same gut experience, that gut reaction back. Acknowledge it, learn from it the way an audience member watching it for the first time will, because that's who you are. You're the audience, first and foremost. The only difference is you have an opportunity to change the movie and to make it better. So, do that. And then, once you've done that first read-through, just experiencing it, read it a second time, and as many times as you can, making your notes. Mark details, inner dialogue, mark instances of yourself. Not just your lines, but your action too. But that first reading is important.