Acting Secrets

Duet Acting Scripts

Anyone who has tried searching for duet acting scripts on the internet would know how difficult it is to find one. But there is an effective alternative which not only improves your acting prowess but also increases your understanding of characters manifold.

So, what is it, you ask ?

Simple, make your own duet acting scripts. Most people are uncomfortable at the thought of writing, but coming up with a duet acting script is not difficult or scary at all. The whole process will only improve your acting skills by making you much more observant than before. Observation is the most significant factor in coming up with a good script, the more observant you are, the easier it's going to get.

Let's get started, shall we?

Smart copywriters in ad agencies often maintain files where they save good ads, brochures etc that they come across, for using them and learning from them later on when they are creating ads of their own.

They obviously don't copy directly from these earlier works but draw inspiration from them. In advertising and marketing parlance these files are called swipe files, and you need to do the same thing to write your own duet acting scripts. You need to keep a record of your observances of people interacting.

For example you could record your observances at the book store, where you were sitting reading a thriller, when, in walked an elderly woman being told off by her daughter, for staying indoors on most days. Or, when you were at the checkout lane at the Supermarket and you heard the checker chatting with the bagger about her disappointing date the night before. That would make a good duet acting script.

Such everyday, seemingly mundane occurrences which are always happening around you reveal character and that is exactly what your well written duet script should also do. As long as you keep maintaining records like these, in your swipe file, rest assured, for most of the writing is already being done for you.

The situations and the simple familiar words that arise from these daily occurrences are there for the taking and they touch everyone's heart because they are honest and familiar to all.

Once you have the basic observances recorded you can always toy around with the characters in the same situations and can come up with many duet acting scripts.

There are so many unique characters around, for example instead of the mother and daughter coming into the bookstore it can be a mother and son, or a bitter daughter, or a deaf mother, or a quite daughter, or a guilty daughter. If you want you can make the mother appear anxious about her daughter's habits. The possibilities are endless.

Coming up with a duet script is not difficult at all if you use the techniques that we discussed here. You'll develop great understanding and awareness for characters and also will have a great collection of scripts in no time.

So just give it a go.