Since Andy has been waiting for me to Christen (sp) this forum, here we go. The topic of indicating as come up several times in the Saturday class. God knows that it is one of my acting weaknesses. How do you know when what you think you are doing is natural and it is seen as indicating. Andy recently reminded that in my last show I indicated "alot." Granted some of the time I realized that I was but other times for the character I thought it was natural to the character. How do others see indicating. One of my classmates as indicated (ha, ha) that it would appear to be in the mind of the beholder since they are interpreting what they are seeing but may not know what is going on in the actor's mind at the time. I also raise the point that there are natural responses that I have seen called acting that I see people use in everyday situations. Obviously, indicating takes the viewer out of the story on occassion but again is therer any set rules to follow to reduce the amount of indication. Okay fellow ATS's let's hear from you.

John Lutjen