[NoHo Arts District, CA] – Elise Dewsberry’s How to Get NO Feedback from Elise: Vlog #28 – “FIFTH BUSINESS.”
The 27th post in the video blog from New Musical Inc Artistic Director Elise Dewsberry – How to Get NO Feedback from Elise – is part two in a short series on CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. Part two discusses using your characters as a tool to deliver EXPOSITION.
The 28th post in the video blog from New Musicals Inc (NMI) Artistic Director Elise Dewsberry – How to Get NO Feedback from Elise – is part three in a short series on CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. Part three discusses FIFTH BUSINESS. This video cautions against creating a character who is only there to serve a plot purpose – also known as “FIFTH BUSINESS”.
Part One – DICTION
Part two – EXPOSITION
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About Elise Dewsberry
Elise joined the Academy for New Musical Theatre (the former name of New Musicals Inc.) as Associate Artistic Director in 2003; joined Founding Artistic Director John Sparks as Co-Artistic Director in 2010; and became Artistic Director of New Musicals Inc. in 2013. Elise also serves as a Los Angeles Ovation Award Voter, and is the author and evaluator of the Book Lab and the Outlining Lab, offered online through www.writingmusicaltheatre.com , and is the author of a series of video blogs called How to Get NO Feedback from Elise available at https://nmi.org/elises-video-blog/
About New Musicals Inc.
New Musicals, Inc is non-profit developmental and educational community for anyone who wants to learn how to develop musical theatre! On this channel, we show off the work of our members and co-creators and provide video instruction on every aspect of the craft of musical theatre writing and development. https://nmi.org/