Die Convincingly When Acting
To die convincingly when you are acting in theater, film or television is quite fulfilling. Sir Laurence Oliver died convincingly as Lord Horatio Nelsen in The Hamilton Lady. Yet, an actor does not want to overdo or under do dying. With a little understanding and knowledge about death, an actor can die wonderfully. Read on to learn die convincingly when acting.
Instructions
1. Stay in control of your acting. You do not want to really die.
2. Read the play or script and figure out how your character must die. Illness, murder or an accident and so forth are some reasons for death. Talk to the director to gain additional feedback.
3. Study how the body dies. Read books about how the body dies.
4. Determine where the character goes after the body is dead.
5. Determine if the death is supposed to be fast, slow, funny, sad or an end all.
6. Watch some films where the character dies effectively, such as Terms of Endearment, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, The Departed, Godfather, Far and Away and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
7. Practice dying in front of friends and family members. Get feedback. Find out if they really thought you were dead.
8. Realize that emotional death is close to failure. Try feeling like a complete failure when you are about to die. It is not very heroic, but may be what happens to a dying person.
9. Decide how your character dies and present it to the director. Be sure and strong about your decision because making decisions is a big part of acting.
