The intuitive communication of the LPS

A scene has just been read, director asks the question to each actor one at a time. You have to move fast. You only have 3 min. to get through 3 guideposts. When communicating with someone, rather than just listening to and responding to what a person said, use your tools to also respond to the structure of verbal communication and non-verbal cues.

Q1 - Where is the love?

V = Visual
A = Auditory
K = Kinesthetic

The best question to ask to find out an immediate response to defining the relationship in the scene. A scene won't work unless you can define what kinda of love, as specific as possible.

DQ = Directors Question
AA = Actors Answer

DQ Where is the love?

AA We are dating.

DQ 1st date or 3rd?

The love or attraction felt between the 1 and 3rd date of any relationship is silently different. The director must work the guideposts to press the actor to define the love specifically in ideas the actor can bite into and own is most important. The director should focus on obtaining a "thin sliced" answer.

Directors linguistic tools

1. Use choice or questions with optional answers - Directors should provide / guide a path liguistically & syntactically for all answers
2. Avoid questions that can be answered with Y or N.
3. Use RIO - Re-state (using the actors primary method of communication A/K/V) Isolate and Overcome.

Find out from the actor by observation

1. Access / process his/her interpretation of the question.
2. Primary method of communication A/K/V

DQ Where is the love?

AA We are dating.

DQ 1st date or 3rd?

AA 3rd?

DQ So tell me how / what does that Feel / sound / look like. (only choose the actors primary method of communication)