Theatrics.

The purpose of Art is to illustrate. Its aim rests on clarity: to amplify and make vivid an image, a statement or a theme. Its purpose is not to obscure. That is what politicians do. Artists do not make things confusing, rather they untangle the complicated into something coherent. So scriptwriters, whatever dimension you choose to give your characters and your plot, show it in what they say and do. It is the job of the audience to interpret what they have seen but ultimately the responsibility rests on you to illustrate this through the words. A director’s responsibility would be to translate these words into a composition, free to interpret whatever is written. An actor breathes through these words into action. An actor does not act with a mask. Rather the mask is merely a thin veil where disbelief is suspended, confined by the elevated stage. An actor reveals snatches of real emotions, what has been felt before. There your movement is true, veiled and vulnerable all at once.

Before we talk using terms such as “depth” and “between the lines” and “substance” and “complex” recklessly, remember your primary aim – to make visible and make clear a message. My expectation as an audience is that your message is worth its $15 price tag. Is that clear?