13 Things One Should Never Do in Forensics!!!
THE UNLUCKY THIRTEEN
Adapted By L. D. Naegelin
Playing “Beat the Clock”- Making the cutting too long-- trying to include too much.
Thinking it’s time for “Melrose Place” – Milking the emotions
Doing the “Hokey Pokey” – Moving for the sake of moving without motivation.
Believing Sylvester the Cat and Tweetie Bird should Play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth—Playing cartoons and stereotypes rather than creating believable characters
Thinking “If only we’d been the playwright!” – Forcing an interpretation on to a selection rather than allowing the script to speak for itself.
Falling into the “Well, maybe…perhaps…” trap—Failing to make definite choices, not realizing that even a wrong choice can be better than no choice at all.
Getting lost in “Forensicsland”—Failing to give the interpretation a context or a setting, as if the characters existed in s vacuum.
Convincing yourselves that hand-wringing is a required element – Putting on an attitude or an emotion rather than playing objectives and being honest with character.
Practicing a disappearing act – Dropping the ends of phrases and sentences rather than shaping them through strong vocal control
Playing “punching bag” with the dialogue – Emphasizing the wrong words, punching rather than carefully coloring.
Becoming the “Screamers”! --Believing that loud equals intensity, as if volume were a substitute for honest felling.
Imitating Max Headroom – Playing the interp just from you neck up instead of involving the total body in creating your characters.
Rushing the final curtain – Hurrying the ending of the scene/selection rather than allowing the moment to achieve full impact.