Acting Tips to Include Personality

Video Transcript

"Alright. Now let's talk about social environment. And the way the social environment can affect your physicality and your voice, is mostly related to introverted and extroverted. The extroverted character, a lot of friends, very social. They're going to be, they're going to be louder, they're going to use a lot more inflection in their voice. "Hi, I'm so glad to see you!". They're going to be more physically animated with their gestures, they'll probably have very strong, bouncy type movements in their step. Where a more introverted person is going to have much more cautious gestures, perhaps more closed off. The arms are folded, or the hands are crossed, the shoulders are possibly rolled in versus back, like your extroverted person. And this goes for tone as well. They're going to be a little bit more soft-spoken. They're probably going to speak with a lot less inflection. They'll deliver lines, "Hi, it's good to see you". And they have to say it that way because they're shy and nervous. The un-shy and nervous, "Hey! It's good to see you!". And those are going to be the different ways that you approach voice and movement with regards to social background."