FORM, EMPATHY, AND CHARACTER PLAY | Caitlin Saylor Stephens, Instructor
Audio Confessions
The most compelling character discoveries are often made when a character is in crisis. The chaos of crisis feeds a plot, raises stakes, and deepens a creator’s connection to the material.
During this exercise, students created monologues using dictation as a generative method to explore their character in crisis. The process entailed recording unedited improvised confessional speeches, transcription, editing, and rerecording audio.
These Audio Confessions are a process-based exploration using interdisciplinary generative methods and character embodiment to further explore character.
Audio PlayerAlthea Flores | Character Name: Xyla
Audio PlayerAnton Campbell | Character Name: Jarobi
Audio PlayerAnya Liu | Character Name: Elena Kuma
Audio PlayerAtheeth Madhavan | Character Name: The Eraser
Audio PlayerDiana Poon | Character Name: Menmi
Audio PlayerHahn Zhang | Character Name: Anonymous
Audio PlayerJack Mead | Character Name: Lou
Audio PlayerMariana Tapia | Character Name: Miriam Nurko
Audio PlayerMatthew Bustamonte | Character Name: Louis E. Holloway
Audio PlayerMaya Jain | Character Name: Elisabeth
Audio PlayerShenuka Corea | Character Name: Vidya
Audio PlayerSrobana Bhattacharya | Character Name: Tara
Audio PlayerTaylor Sanchez | Character Name: Miraska
Audio PlayerWendie Chen | Character Name: Portia
