From the course: Crafting Dynamic Characters

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Instructor jam: Reaction shot

Instructor jam: Reaction shot

From the course: Crafting Dynamic Characters

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Instructor jam: Reaction shot

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- We are back for an instructor jam for the exercise reaction shot. And I'll go first on this one. So this is basically how to characterize a reaction. I tried to build in some stakes for mine. I tried to sort of weave in some consequences so that the reaction carried more than just the weight of this one moment. And the one that I picked was tender depending on tips loses all in a big Friday night storm. This is what I wrote and I kind of do a little scene setting. They interrupt the singing competition with an urgent weather update just as I'm setting up my station. This is a severe weather advisory. The roads are about to become impassable with a blizzard coming in hard from the North making for a nightmare evening commute. We advise that nobody travel any further than they have to as we ride this thing out into the weekend. The Mercury's dropping... Oh no. No, no. Rent's due on Monday. A quick glance around…

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