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Title: GOTE: The four basic elements


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GOTE The four basic elements
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What?
  • GOTE is an easy to remember acronym that stands
    for and brings together the four basic elements
    to consider while preparing a character for the
    theatre.

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GOTE Creator Robert Cohen
  • Robert Cohen, Professor of Drama at University of
    California at Irvine, created the GOTE method.
  • His Acting One textbook has been said to be one
    of the most common beginning acting textbooks
    used on college campuses.
  • He teaches master acting classes in New York
    and as a guest teacher at various conservatories.

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Why?
  • Actors use a GOTE by actually trying to do what
    their character is doing, at least on the level
    of actions.
  • Once an actor figures out the GOTE for the
    character ("getting the character's GOTE"), they
    find a greater understanding of the character and
    hopefully will begin to make discoveries about
    tone and style and giving them a language to talk
    to the director.

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Why?
  • Actors use a GOTE by actually trying to do what
    their character is doing, at least on the level
    of actions.
  • Once an actor figures out the GOTE for the
    character ("getting the character's GOTE"), they
    find a greater understanding of the character and
    hopefully will begin to make discoveries about
    tone and style and giving them a language to talk
    to the director.

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G Goal
  • Often times this is also called OBJECTIVE. This
    is what the character WANTS in a scene or play.
    Usually a character has the same objective
    throughout the entire play.
  • I want _______(to-verb)_____________

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O Obstacle
  • The obstacle refers to anything that is stopping
    the character from achieving their goal.
  • Drama needs (both in terms of practice and the
    need for interest) conflicts, which arise not
    only from the goals but from fighting against
    obstacles to achieve those goals.
  • The obstacle, however, should not be "played." In
    other words the actors should pursue their goals,
    rather than looking whiny about their obstacle.

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T Tactics
  • Tactics are what we use to get what we want.
  • Tactics can range from totally threatening to
    wholly inducing, and usually actors should use a
    wide variety to create believable interactions.
    If an actor has, for instance, the goal "to
    threaten" then various tactics might be used to
    threaten. One might threaten the character, the
    character's family, livelihood, etc.

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Tactics
  • Strong, actable verbs
  • That go through the other person
  • We use to get out the objective/goal
  • When one doesnt work, we switch and use another

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E Expectation
  • Expectation refers to one's expectation of
    succeeding in achieving goals. If one did not
    expect to achieve one's goals then one would not
    pursue them. Ultimately the script may have the
    character fail but the actor should always act as
    if they believe they can succeed. Expectation can
    also involve the character's journey.

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  • In theatre, we call getting a characters GOTE
    the way we prepare for the characters we are
    playing.
  • Some actors actually take pen to paper and fill
    in a GOTE worksheet to help them organize their
    character.
  • Characters from a script are sometimes easier
    because you can find their GOTE in the
    playwrights words.

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  • G Goal
  • O Obstacle
  • T Tactics
  • E Expectation
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