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What's up everybody? I hope you've enjoyed my series of articles on the Mid Atlantic Actors Expo, which was held in Timonium, MD a couple of weeks ago. You can read about it here, or read the follow up article here or here.
Today, I'm going to give you a few tips on how to memorize lines. This advice is something I've known for years, but I've never heard it put so well in the quote I'm about to give you. The advice is basically this: repeat memorization at intervals, eary and often! There was a very good book and CD put out by biologist John Medina called "Brain Rules." Here is what he had to say on the subject of memory:
Rule #6: Remember to repeat.
* It takes years to consolidate a memory. Not minutes, hours, or days but years. What you learn in first grade is not completely formed until your sophomore year in high school.
* Medina’s dream school is one that repeats what was learned, not at home, but during the school day, 90-120 minutes after the initial learning occurred. Our schools are currently designed so that most real learning has to occur at home.
* How do you remember better? Repeated exposure to information / in specifically timed intervals / provides the most powerful way to fix memory into the brain.
* Forgetting allows us to prioritize events. But if you want to remember, remember to repeat.
If you're up to it, you can check Medina's references for this rule.
Another good rule to remember is to either run lines or read over your script just before you go to bed. Science has proven your subconscious mind consolidates your memories as you sleep.
Remember, do something for your career everyday and break a leg!
p.s.
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