Tips for memorizing lines?

Question: Tips for memorizing lines!?

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Memorize one line, then two !.!.!.then go back and recite lines 1 and 2, move onto 3!.!.!.!.go back do 1, 2,3!.!.!.etcWww@QuestionHome@Com

I read them over and over and over again, as well as writing them down, something about having to physically write the words down really helps me remember them in my mind!. It's also good when you have someone read your lines before you say them and then you repeat what they said!.

for example

Your friend says: "This is my report on the past, the past has always interested people, i must admit however, that i dint know much about it!. I wasn't there when it happened"

then you repeat what your friend said, and if you get a word wrong, repeat your line until you have it right!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well, when I need to memorize lines, I normally go scene by scene!. This often helps if you know what you will be rehearsing!. The night before I am rehearsing a scene, I run through my lines for that scene the night before and most of the time I remember it before!. It is also a good idea to read lines before sleeping because your brain processes them over and over in your head while you dream/sleep!. When it is a monologue, try to seperate it into lines, kind of like verse in shakespeare, and then learn line by line, paragraph by paragraph!. It is always a good idea to be well rehearsed and prepared!. Don't leave it until the last minute!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The best way to do it is first read your lines over and make everything real!. Visualize your lines and the events happening!. If your line is "pass me a beer" then you would visualize the beer!. what kind of beer, what color can, how it feels, how it tastes!. Picture everything as if it were happening and live in the moment!. Then once you've done that!. Repeat your lines over, and over and over!. It wont take as long though because you lived your scene in your mind so you can recall every aspect!. Good luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com

i luv this question because i luv theater!!!!! i hav to memorize lines all the time for school plays and my favorite way is to take a voice recorder (sum mp3's have them 2) and record every line except for yours!. so then you would say person 1's lines, person 2's lines, then on your lines you take a pause, then continue on with person 4's lines, etc!. then once you have done that with the whole play, go back and play it so then when the pause cums you can just say your line(s)!. the first couple of times you may have to read your lines from the script, but you will get it eventually!! ?
my next favorite way is to get a friend to come over wheather he/she is in the play or not, as long as they are willing to help!. give them the script and have them read all the lines but yours, then say yours when it is your turn to speak!. ?
i could list many more ways but i only have a limited amount of space so lastly, just read your lines over and over again until they are memorized!! hope this helps!!!!! ?Www@QuestionHome@Com

For me it was just slogging, and learning them later than almost everyone else was frustrating as I wanted to respect the author and get them right!. If the work is good, the rhythm of the dialog and the content flow should help - in other words listening to the other actors and sensing how your words fit!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

depends how many you need to memorize but basically break it down into sections each sentence into two parts just focus on the first part then just focus on the second then put it together!.!.!. if its a lot of lines and you don't have much time try doing one sentence then the other and putting them together!.!.!. good luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com

just dont try to learn them!. just look over them and the less stress you have trying to learn them,the better and faster you will learn them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well what i do is if im acting out a monologue i would memorize on section of it, than i would memorize the other one and read it over and so on!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

read them over and over again
record the play or whatever you are memorizing except your lines and then play it back and try to fill in your lines without the script- it works!Www@QuestionHome@Com

this is what you do, read over the whole thing !.!.!.then read your lines over everyday(also see who lines are before yours)

think of it like a song!.!.!.

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wait untill the last day before the preformance and look at them once but right before you go on stage!. no premature peeking!. it wont work!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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