Animation Field Notes

Animation Field Notes

Action with Relational Motivation

How to add dimension to your performance

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Todd Shaffer
Dec 08, 2025
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How a character interacts with others is what defines every acting performance. Acting coach Uta Hagen taught that characters are not just shaped by their actions, but by how they react to and relate to the characters around them.

She taught actors to ask: Who am I to this person? And what do I want from them? A…

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