Something about these "character spheres" actually does strike a chord. I remember learning about leading with the hips/head/chest and how sitting on different parts of a seat have something to do with character in my high school theater classes. I think we called them something different, but for the life of me I couldn't tell you what.
I actually learned something similar to this too. They called leading with your head/chest/stomach/feet. We did a bunch of walking around with this to portray different characters but I wouldn't doubt you could do with sitting too.
Although we never used spheres to generalize traites, in my acting courses we always discussed how you can build characters starting with strong body language. How different walks can suggest different archetypes and how just changing what body part you lead with can change a character. The ability to quickly create strong characteristic body language was an especially important skill when I was in improv.
@@loturzelrestaurant Listen, dude: Go ask on a subreddit or something. What you’ve just said has nothing to do with the subject at hand and it’s quite rude to interrupt like this.
My teacher had a similar thing she taught us but I don't think it was called a sphere? It was something to do with what part of your body you lead from and how it described your personality, although the chest was for confidence and the stomach was the more happy/lovable teddy bear type person and the hips were for the more flirtatious bunch
I'm actually applying a bit of this in a play I'm rehearsing for. I'm playing a character who's an MI5 agent. Normally I play them as an Intellectual sphere, but when the character has to adopt a persona, I used Heart sphere.
If you think about it, though, it kind of makes sense to explain character acting highschoolers in this way. Because highschoolers and people in their teams, they like to break things into categories they can understand. So when you’re breaking up, how to behave for certain characters, putting those characters into a category of the following the things in those categories, actually make a lot of sense. But I would not use this for professional acting were acting beyond high school because as Rebecca pointed out everybody is a little bit of everything.
Yeah that’s pretty smart! It might be helpful for high schoolers to use one of the spheres as a foundation, then add more character-specific mannerisms on top, or change a few things as needed, or something like that
This is exactly what I was thinking Like, if you're teaching people who have no prior education or experience, then yes, this is a very good way of introducing the concept body language as a part of characterization. It's not perfect, but it gives the idea of how body language can tell you what a person is like before they even say a word.
Side note - They especially fit since Becca mentioned that Vacant Head Spheres aren't less intelligent than Intellectual Head Spheres, which makes sense since Mabel isn't necessarily "dumber" than Dipper.
I think their both vacant spheres, intellectual spheres have more calmer movements and facial expressions, dipper however is constantly moving and expressing.
While it's practically impossible to put a real-life person into strictly one of these spheres, I do see how this can be used to help characterization in theatre. How a character walks and interacts with their environment can tell the audience a lot about them, so this makes sense in terms of acting. Real life however, no :)
I think this whole “stereotyping people based off of a few mannerisms” thing is an example of what I call the tarot card syndrome. The descriptions are so broad or vague that they could apply to everyone to some extent, just like how tarot cards seem accurate because you kind of fit into each category. I dunno, just something I noticed.
I will mostly agree with that. It's good to know how certain types of characters would walk and interact. Even then characters don't usually fit perfectly into one of these. It's better to apply which of the features from these types fit the character. I think I mostly get what you are saying and we seem to have a similar enough opinion on this
The spheres was also taught when I took movement classes in university, but they were called temperaments. Not so much with the thought "everyone is the emphasis of one", but "keep these four charismatics constant when playing a character and the audience won't be confused, even if you're playing multiple characters without costume change".
Reminds me of the four humors. Cracked did an After Hours video on it years ago, looking it up its also referred to as "temperaments", probably why your comment reminded me of it. ua-cam.com/video/dtsmluPK7Ug/v-deo.html
I could definitely see this working if you wanted to decide how a character your playing would physically act or take up space. Obviously doesn’t work for real people but would work well when deciding how to act as a certain character
I see this more for animation vs theater. Nonverbal storytelling is HUGE in film and tv and animation and live action. Being able to speak with your body language is important. We do it all the time even if subconsciously. And animation is able to manipulate that in ways live action just isn't able to if that makes sense lol. Feels weird to say since IN LIFE we do a lot of subconscious talking through body language, but animation just amps that up a bit. Yet keeps it subtle too. You could watch a scene in Arcane or Lion King on mute and still get the gist of what's going on emotionally through a characters body language.
My acting teacher had something similar to this. The difference was she had us take a test that would determine what we were. I got exactly 25% in each of the 4 categories.
I’ve never heard this exact theory, but one of my directors had a similar one based entirely in what body part you lead with when you walk. The categories were: Head (intelligent Spock type), Chest (bravado Gryffindor type), Stomach (chill pothead type), and Crotch (swaggering high school bully type). It doesn’t make much sense for real people, but it’s a decent exercise to build up your character. Our director was very nice, btw. He wasn’t like Medusa at all
I have a feeling that these spheres are also heavily influenced on the Italian Commedia Del'Arte, which mixes personality types with body language. The heart sphere, for instance, is very similar to the role of Columbina, the rational, empathetic character who leads with her chest.
This is exactly what i was thinking, i did alot on it school and it seems as though the 'head spheres' is just a simplified version of commedia del'arte
Sounds like your theater teacher was combining general movement theory with Myers-Briggs for nonverbal behavior and probably thought she was the leading theater genius for the thought when it's really just an extension of physical acting.
@@callmeaprilroseorisha404 me to but most the time it's eye contact all the way baby WO WO just so you.......I am a boy. 10 though so young including when watching bluey a (mostly) show for 4 year olds and younger. Edit:I actually have a hard time with eye contact sooo yeah
The fact that I sit like every sphere depending on what seat it is… it typically ends up depending on the comfortability of the furniture… also the hand motions I felt like Rebecca described exactly what I do with my hand motions when she discussed the heart sphere
The vacant sphere almost completely matches me - I walk with a “purpose” (my former teacher described it as 50% a power walk and 50% “I’m gonna kill someone” walk), I (sorta?) maintain eye contact but my mind likes to think about other thing at the same time, and I occasionally use hand gestures (I like to move a lot). The only thing lacking is sitting on the edge of my chair, because chairs are meant to be sat in normally.
I totally match the vacant sphere lmao, but sometimes I'll adopt other traits, like the heart sphere's "empathetic" eyes or the intellectual sphere's intimidating, bored stare
Interesting! Even though Medusa's logic was bogus about this characterisation, I personally feel like it could be useful on either writing or character-creating. Cause I most certainly am going to use it!
Eh, as someone who has done some writing and has created a lot of characters for Dungeons & Dragons (tm) (Yes, it's the ampersand and not the word "and"), I prefer create their Core Wound, Want, and Need, and then flesh them out based on that. Makes for much more interesting characters because flawed people are more fun to watch than those who have their shit together. The UA-cam channel Film Courage has several excellent videos on the topic. The idea is that everyone has some sort of Core Wound or flaw that keeps them from being whole and happy. It can be something external (like the loss of a loved one) or internal (like having a phobia or being insecure). The details don't matter as much at this stage, as all of that can be fleshed out after the Wound/Want/Need is established. And they could have been previously a full and happy person. The next thing is the Want. This is what the person with the Core Wound thinks will heal that wound and make them healthy and whole again. Also, it's THE EXACT OPPOSITE of what will fix the character. Examples of Wants would be taking vengeance upon the person who murdered a love one or spending all of one's wealth to build a crazy house to appeal to the spirits of those who died at the hands of the device which made your family wealthy. (It's a thing, check out the Winchester Mansion.) The final thing is the Need. This is what really will really help to heal that Core Wound. For instance, if a person's core wound is they were recently dumped or divorced, their Want might be to try to get that person back and have everything go back to the way is was before. The Need will be along the lines of realizing that the relationship was toxic and never going to work out. Wants blind characters to their Needs. In this example, because the character is chasing their old love interest (and making everyone, including themselves, miserable in the process), they're blinded from seeing the person they really should be with. And until they realize their true Need of realizing how bad that relationship was, they'll never see the person they're supposed to be with. (By the way, this is the EXACT PLOT of a lot of RomCom movies, including 500 Days of Summer.) Once you've identified a character's Coue Wound/Want/Need, then you can start fleshing them out. Start with asking questions like "how did the character acquire the Core Wound", "how does the trauma of the Core Wound manifests itself", and "How did this change the character from before they had the Core Wound?" This will answer so many questions about the character in question, like "Do they have a nervous tick? (Fidgety Hands)" or "Does their posture reflect an aggressive or defensive stance (Posture and Walk)?" This is much better than those four, old Myers-Briggs Type Indicator rip-offs.
I agree, I think I it’s actually a good starting off point and then you start to work around those confines, especially if you more attribute things to mood, this character feels more heart sphere right now, and yet she’s an intellectual sphere when she’s at work
I was actually taught something similar in my acting class. My teacher taught us how to walk with one of three body parts leading: head, heart, and hips.
I could imagine that those 4 spheres would be a good jumping-off point for trying to teach physicality of character in a middle or high school theatre class. Trying to get a young actor to do more than just stand there and say lines can be like pulling teeth, so giving some specific physical traits to certain characters can help. But as the young actor grows, they do need better tools for embodying a character -- physical choices that are a reflection of a strong character analysis and knowing what is their objective in a scene. Your videos are always such a delight!! Thank you for sharing your experiences and fun, theatre-nerdy personality.
Surprisingly, I match heart perfectly. I am constantly holding near my heart. I am very emotional in my eyes. My posture is heart followed. And I sit normally.
Actually, splitting personalities into four groups is has a long history. There's the classical temperaments, Keirsey's temperaments, Socionics quadras, etc. Even MBTI could be considered four groups of four. It's a pretty common pattern in personality typing.
As a writer this actually intrigues me, because this is an interesting way to describe someone without any interactions! This could allow for some really iteresting descriptions of a particular environment or just specific people! Granted you can't catagorize people like this (similarly to the hogwarts houses), but body language is a critical descriptive idea for not just real life people, but also characters. As a street actor you actually learn to observe this about someone to know if they want to play along with a skit or if they're in a hurry to get somewhere! I can totally see the validity of this school of thought. I'll be it not for ever situation, but it's still an interesting thing to keep in mind with creating a character!!! Thank you once again for so much creative inspiration!!!
I feel like the spheres thing is good for writing fictional characters, specifically fantasy / cartoon characters. It adds extra personality to their actions while not being extremely complicated
This is actually a really interesting theory and honestly it makes a lot of sense. It may not work very well for actual people, but still good for characters and acting. I fit mostly in the intellectual and will spheres and don't really have any traits in the other two spheres.
Actually, stuff like this can work for analyzing people. Like how you can match certain personalities to say, the likelihood of someone having anxiety, or being an older or younger sibling, how their home life is, and so on. Body language is a huge part of that, and yes, these are based on generalized personality traits, but the thing is, they’re usually pretty accurate. They’re like the outline of a person, and while there are always details you can only see when you get to know them better, these traits 9/10 times stay the same.
You can feel the density of the anger when she says “this sphere is the only sphere that sits in a chair like a normal person” while describing the heart sphere
A little late but I just wanted to say that vacant head spheres sound exactly like most people I've met with ADHD (myself included) they can be smart but there will always be this kind of "Idk why I'm doing it but it feels like I have to," and a zone off when talking.
see i said autistic people (because yeah im probably autistic and almost all my friends are autistic and we r ALL like that) because ummmm yeah . maybe it’s just neurodivergent ppl we r holding hands in the vacant sphere ^_^
Boy that is so accurate I have ADHD and I will have no clue why I'm doing what I'm doing. I'll just do it anyway cuz I feel like it needs to be done then just sitting around
I actually like these spheres. Of course they don’t encapsulate everyone, that’s why they’re generalizations, but they’re good bases to start working on a characters body language in accordance with their personality.
Honestly, I can see why someone would create a system like this. If you are trying to teach a bunch of high-schoolers how to theater act, having a handful of basic archetypes for them to mimic seems like helpful tool. It gets them thinking about the details behind any actions they take as the character.
I can see using these spheres as quick ways to identify characters in a theater setting. Posture is a key role in making a believable character. I honestly thunk your teacher simply didn't explain it in that way even though it sounds like that's what she was going for.
The way I was taught about this in film school is they called it "nonverbal storytelling" aka...using body language to speak for you. This is actually probably why I love animation so much. And to use Arcane as an example since it's LITERALLY perfect...There's a LOT of emphasis on nonverbal storytelling in Arcane. Aka using the body language to speak for the character. For every monologue, there's a moment where the character's body is doing all the talking. Where the animation is doing the speaking. Even in THE monologue that made Arcane HUMAN Silco's body language is speaking so many things that you almost pay more attention to that than his words on a rewatch. Ekko vs Jinx has a LOT of nonverbal communication going on. Even before the actual fight. Without a SINGLE WORD the animators are letting the animation do all the talking. Ekko doing that head turn+sigh, Jinx mimicking almost that same motion but with a disbelieving laugh, it says a lot. There's ONE line before that fight "Ohhhh LOOK who it is. The BOY SAVIOR." and even then, once again, Jinx's body language is saying a LOT. The way she shakes her head, her head is tilted down, she's full on glaring at him, her posture suggests she's both angry and just tired at this point of being abandoned, meanwhile Ekko's posture suggests both resolve and regret. There's a LOT of focus on extreme closeups of the face, where you see MINUTE things like skin movement when lines crease, when you see expressions change not in the FACE but the EYES....the animators of Arcane understand that depth is so important when it comes to animation. Nonverbal storytelling is I think why animation will always have a leg up on live action. Sure an actor in the MCU or Star Wars can try and emulate sadness, shock, anger fear, and some actors do it better than others-Ewan McGregor's face when he was told Anakin was alive was incredible. But animate that and you have a dozen ways to manipulate how he'd look. You can really get good depth perception, not just focus on the pose and forget depth, you can have an extreme close up of his eyes watch as they constrict and dilate in stress, maybe have the lines of his forehead crease in confusion, maybe have that blank look on his face post realization like in Arcane where Jinx was just in SHOCK at seeing the pink haired firelight. Animation lends itself to the imagination. And I think there is some merit to nonverbal storytelling aka using the face, eyes, body and gestures to speak for you, vs dialogue.
That’s pretty interesting! I really like all the things you can do with animation. You can also exaggerate and squash and stretch characters to convey emotions and actions better too. It takes a lot of work, but if done right, it pays off.
@@justradiclesandco duuuude I LOVE ME SOME SQUASH AND STRETCH! I'm glad Sonic is bringing that back with the new Sonic Prime cartoon. It was done really well in the opening cinematic to Sonic Unleashed.
No it’s real. I learned it in my class too. My teacher asked some of us to walk around the room like how we normally walk. He chose an extrovert and another extrovert that was more insecure, the extro walked normally and the insecure walk with hands in pockets and her head down. We didn’t call it “the 4 spheres” we didn’t even have a name for it, we were just talking about different character archetypes that I don’t remember the name of, but it’s been around since the beginning of theater. I know one of them was called the lovers.
@@Percyhoberer I’m still going to that school, and I doubt you had the same teacher, he was new last year. But he was taught by the old drama teacher before him. Her name was Mrs. Hunsaker, and his name is Mr. Trotter
I think this theory is really good for getting into character or just finding the character. It’s good to give a character one so their body acting is more on point
I think instead of perfectly fitting into a sphere it’s actually just fitting with one the most. Like how Rebeca said she fits with the heart sphere the most, which means she’s a heart sphere.
My initial reaction was to think this was going to basically be a great "How to make or play a one-dimensional character," but I think they are wide enough that you can have a more complex character that really falls into one category pretty completely. That being said, focusing on one but pulling some traits from the others seems like a good way to make a character feel more complex.
Honestly this may not be good for categorizing real people but it sure would be handy for teaching a teenager what body language to use when portraying a character
In my experience with theater I have heard of the spheres or whatever, but we called them centers, the willing center, the feeling center, and the thinking center, and I tried this method out in plays when I have to physically represent the character. For example, if I was playing a character that's always thinking like Doc the dwarf, when I walk I would lead with my head forward and my hands and arms would be doing something. The willing center leads with hips, and the feeling center leads with the shoulders or chest. I learned this from a professional actor and it really does help me with the physicality of a character.
I relate to you, Rebecca. I also share a trait from each sphere. I have the eye contact of a Vacant Headsphere (because I have ADHD), the walk of an Intellectual Headsphere (no bounce), the hand gestures of a Heart Sphere (I don't touch my chest, but I'm very fidgety since I'm autistic), and the sitting of a Will Sphere (I'm 5'8" and I can claim a three-seat sofa all for myself, and when I sit in class, I slouch so hard, I look like I'm melting.).
i sit and walk with very good posture :] like when i walk i look like a male bird during mating season (i puff out my chest and raise my head and it looks like toxtricity the pokemon kinda) i talk with a lot of hand gestures and some big ones like leaning on someones shoulder and slapping them on the back when i laugh and ive been told my stare looks like a glare and gives people the heebie jeebies (i look at myself in the mirror and i see what they mean lol its that prominent)
" it hasn't gone anywhere probably never will the apocalypse could happen and all will be left is a bunch of cockroaches and a 10-person acting troop performing cats to said cockroaches" my absolute favorite part
Dang, I just gotta say that there is a *lot* of effort put into this video; there’s several different style formats, closeups, and the “talking out loud inside my head” voice is spot on. Totally fits with the theme of different character personalities/traits. Thank you for your inspiring work ‘Becca! Keep it up!
It's just another version of The four temperament theory. which suggests that there are four fundamental personality types: sanguine, choleric, melancholic, and phlegmatic. There are several versions of this theory and it has many different representations. (The four turtles, the four Hogwarts houses, ect) and no one fits one perfectly. But sadly I have to say this is the first time I have to agree with Medusa.
Ok, I’m gonna try this off by heart. Vacant is sanguine. From just this video you can see that they’re stereotyped as being energetic & always have something on their mind just like extroverts. Intellectual is melancholic. They’re often the quiet one & everything goes on in the head meaning their personality can be found more in the little details rather than their average interaction like how they fidget or how they stare. Heart is choleric. They’re often represented by their emotions & see things more from a personal pov shown by how they react. Finally will is phlegmatic. They’re often relaxed with who they are just shown by how they often don’t consider their special awareness. Either from how they walk with a purpose. Make big hand gestures. Or by how they sit & take up a lot of space. They’re relaxed as they don’t worry about other peoples positions & are always content with how they currently present themselves. This is strangely good advice when you want to visually present a character’s personality through body language.
So, from what I’m being taught. Vacant head spheres have ADHD. Intellectual head spheres are teachers pets. Heart spheres are our aunts when they come for a visit. And will spheres are basically ninth graders. I would love to see a show with all these head spears together.
My college acting teacher had a similar theory about veil (feeling center), stick (thinking center), and ball (willing center) about how characters move and hold themselves. But he also clarified that characters can change which one (or even be 2 at once) depending on what’s happening and how they feel. Or you can keep it the same and just change what type of veil, stick ball they are. He basically gave us a bunch of different theories and let us use them however they best helped us
I really have to thank Rebecca for her videos: not only they're as funny/profound as they come, but they taught me a couple of things about characteristics I didn't even know existed in the first place. So, thank you, Rebecca
I'm a librarian, and after watching this and considering my coworkers and myself, I'd say we're all a blend of vacant, heart and will - loud, cheerful, friendly, gesticulate to a ridiculous degree. None of us are subtle enough to fit into the intellectual sphere, funnily enough! XD
My teacher had something pretty similar. She divided people into elements (Fire, Water, Earth, Air). It wasn't as emphasized, but she would occasionally go: "Now, what element would Belle from Beauty and the Beast be?"
Based off of this theory, I'd say I'm a mix between Vacant and Intellect -- I bounce when I walk, and I walk with a purpose, but my hand actions are very small when I move and I vary between intense staring or looking around (ADHD brain). On the other hand, I tend to portray Will Sphere characters on stage. I strut, leading with my hips, and my actions are always big and flowy. I also tend to make heavy eye contact, and if the character allows for it, I lounge and take up a lot of space.
My traits are: Eye contact of Vacant Head Sphere (autism), Walking of Intellectual Head Sphere (minus the determination), Sitting of Heart Sphere, and hand gestures of Vacant Head Sphere (1/8th Italian (Yes the stereotype is true. Italians talk with their hands)).
I have the eye contact of either the vacant head sphere or the intellectual head sphere I walk like the heart sphere I sit like either the heart or will sphere and I gesture like the intellectual or heart spheres
Eye Contact: Intelectual Sphere Hand gestures: prolly a mix of Vacant Head Sphere and Will Sphere??? Sitting: Will Sphere Walking: Vacant head Sphere or Intelectual Sphere (depending on my mood)
For me I Have the Walk, Sit, and Hand gestures of Heart Sphere (but my hand gestures are more of a mix of heart and vacant head sphere) And, I give eye contact like intellectual head sphere
The vacant head sphere looking in every direction while listening perfectly to the discussion made me feel targeted. I actually feel like I listen better when I'm looking almost sideways at them. (Maybe aiming my ears at them helps, I dunno.)
Is it just me or is looking at eyes awkward? And often kinda distracting? Like when you listen accessing the world around you should be a given cause you listen with your ears not your eyes. The idea of staring directly at someone when they’re talking feels more rude than giving minimal eye contact. However, this could be a cultural difference since I’m pretty sure the uk is more focused on eye contact then your average person from America. Another thing to add would be neurology, certain neurologies focus on the eyes more than other neurologies like- say- that of someone who has adhd like me. And I will say that having adhd plays a huge part in not being able to keep eye contact. One time I actually got in trouble for something I didn’t do because I couldn’t keep eye contact and the teacher thought I was lying, I have since forgotten what I got in trouble for but I’m still a little upset by that. To be honest I didn’t actually realize that eye contact when talking was really such a normal trait since I always feel like it’s awkward as hell, just sitting there while someone is talking like 👁👄👁 I see into your soul, I know every sin you have committed, your address is 123 Sesame Street 45678, I get no enjoyment out of having a conversation with you and only talk with you to collect information about your life into our database to create more positive experiences in your life, I am in fact a robot and your eye color is #7f9fa1, “sorry, what were you saying? I zoned out”
@@ThatOneKatt I think the only time I keep a completely focused eye-contact is when I'm mad at someone and I want them to know it. As she said, it's more of an intimidation tactic.
@@SunroseStudios yes it does. I will vaguely stare at someone's eyes but not really so I trick them into thinking that I look in their eyes. In reality I might stare at their forehead instead, way more comfortable then the eyes. When talking to other neurodivergent people I just don't make eye contact.
Thank you for reminding us that these personality type categories can’t perfectly encapsulate people, because I was just slightly PANICKING about the fact that I could see myself in all four spheres and couldn’t find one that I completely fit in.
I can 100% see the 4 character spheres as a great way to teach body language in a beginner acting class! People are complex, but characters aren't as much, and thinking of them simpler makes acting with your body much easier
This sounds a lot like Chekov's three centers (mind, heart, will). The way I was taught was that these centers weren't static and characters can change between them depending on what the scene/plot calls for.
Regarding the heart sphere’s trait with fiddling necklaces, whenever I had to give speeches in school, I always toyed with my necklace while I spoke. It helped me calm down a little, but my teacher pointed out how it distracted my audience. Afterward, I was never allowed to wear necklaces during class speeches.
@@DragonriderEpona I hope I didn’t make my teachers seem cruel. I was told that by using my necklace as a stress reliever, I was also losing focus on my speeches. Removing the necklace made me focus more on performance and engaging my audience. I gained more experience and grew more confident.
Now that I'm aware I do the hand on chest thing I try not to - never knew how much I did it either until I started struggling with NOT doing it. (I'm a HEARTSPHERE almost perfectly only I don't always keep eye contact. They drift a lot bc of my sucky visionnn.)
I have been practicing my animation and I wanted to thank you, you and other animating UA-camrs have inspired me so much and without you I would have never gotten so deep into this community
@@Spirit0mbYT it’s painful when you draw something then realize 3min later is garbage an pd have to redo the entire thing but it feels so good where you see your improvement
I feel like this doesn't work exactly for real people but I think it might have merit when doing character studies and acting, It might give you a good jumping off point for body language when developing how you want to play a character
I learned about something similar while working on a life study. We focused on four things while studying a person: Breath, Posture, Movement, and Voice. Also it’s cool seeing all the other theatre kids in the comment section :)
Just got here from Cinema Therapy and now I'm never leaving lol! I'm so sorry you had a terrible theater teacher. I had one that was one of the most influential people in my life, in a good way, and was definitely the most fun teacher I ever had as well as being the most real with us. While the spheres idea is pretty basic, it sounds like a good starting point for thinking about different types of body language. I'm thinking of taking acting classes again as an adult and it's just nice to start getting the gears turning again lol, it's been a while.
Intellectual headsphere and the will sphere, also the part were she did about the staring thing had how it never ends ever, that might be you when deciding on something
“Vacant head spheres can hold eye contact, they just don’t wanna. It’s like their brain is multitasking.” Ah yes. My ADHD diagnosis is finally good for something.
@@cmdraftbrn The average brain is like a Honda Civic. Easy to steer, can speed up and slow down at will, and overall pleasant. My brain is a formula one car with the breaks of tricycle, and the only way it stops is if it slams into a wall.
To keep the car analogy going, my autistic brain fells like driving on specialized sand tires. If you're driving through open dunes it's great, but highway driving will wear them out fast.
Honestly I feel like rather than these being built as “These are the characteristics people and can only be ranged to a single character sphere” it should be much more of a spectrum where you can find what sphere you closest match with to see what character you’d best fit as
When Becca explained Vacant head spaces I shouted out loud: “That’s my brain! That’s my brain in a nutshell!” I can’t hold eye contact for too long and my brain strays but I’m still listening
@@dudeeee2015 I can agree to that too. Many autism people like me spend alot of time in their head, because they have a way bigger remembering ability, and also tend to just find the world boring to say it in a dumb way they focus on one thing they find the most interesting. While autism does not bring a lack of attention alone, that's an ADHD thing. I've got both.
I think your teacher was right in a sense. There’s a lot of fictional characters out there that fit these spheres. But, it doesn’t encompasses real people truly at all. Especially since real people often times put up a front to strangers that may look like one sphere, but then act as a different sphere when they are home alone, or with a different friend group, or with their significant other….etc. Humans are so dynamic, which is why it makes it hard to write good characters that feel real like us, but also have some consistency in their personality. Because we as humanity are anything but consistent. Lmao
Classifying personalities and mannerisms always seems to leave exceptions and feature crossovers, but for all that I usually enjoy hearing about them; provided one doesn't become too invested in them, the comparisons can help someone consider more thoroughly what they do and why they do it.
this (the character spheres) was in fact an exercise we've done in theatre, with two seperate teachers!! it was never meant to be a way of fully portraying a character on, say, a proper stage, but charicatures and commedia dell'arte are a good thing to recognise when youre practicing for a performance or even just watching something where people act. id also like to add that these weren't always just these 4!! but when they were, they were also sometimes called the elements (fire, water, air and earth)
Gosh, you're all so smart. I love reading these comments and your discussions! You're the best audience. ❤
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Something about these "character spheres" actually does strike a chord. I remember learning about leading with the hips/head/chest and how sitting on different parts of a seat have something to do with character in my high school theater classes. I think we called them something different, but for the life of me I couldn't tell you what.
I actually learned something similar to this too. They called leading with your head/chest/stomach/feet. We did a bunch of walking around with this to portray different characters but I wouldn't doubt you could do with sitting too.
I was about to say something about Jungian psychology but that is a thin line to connect.
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Although we never used spheres to generalize traites, in my acting courses we always discussed how you can build characters starting with strong body language. How different walks can suggest different archetypes and how just changing what body part you lead with can change a character. The ability to quickly create strong characteristic body language was an especially important skill when I was in improv.
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That’s pretty cool, I like that.
My teacher had a similar thing she taught us but I don't think it was called a sphere? It was something to do with what part of your body you lead from and how it described your personality, although the chest was for confidence and the stomach was the more happy/lovable teddy bear type person and the hips were for the more flirtatious bunch
I'm actually applying a bit of this in a play I'm rehearsing for.
I'm playing a character who's an MI5 agent.
Normally I play them as an Intellectual sphere, but when the character has to adopt a persona, I used Heart sphere.
If you think about it, though, it kind of makes sense to explain character acting highschoolers in this way. Because highschoolers and people in their teams, they like to break things into categories they can understand. So when you’re breaking up, how to behave for certain characters, putting those characters into a category of the following the things in those categories, actually make a lot of sense. But I would not use this for professional acting were acting beyond high school because as Rebecca pointed out everybody is a little bit of everything.
Yeah that’s pretty smart! It might be helpful for high schoolers to use one of the spheres as a foundation, then add more character-specific mannerisms on top, or change a few things as needed, or something like that
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This is exactly what I was thinking
Like, if you're teaching people who have no prior education or experience, then yes, this is a very good way of introducing the concept body language as a part of characterization. It's not perfect, but it gives the idea of how body language can tell you what a person is like before they even say a word.
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So its the Hogwarts house method if it made any sort of sense? Suiting them into a category lets them really get into character.
When she called the Vacant Head Sphere and Intellectual Head Sphere "The Twins," I immediately thought of Dipper and Mabel from Gravity Falls.
I thought she said Bacon Head Sphere
@@BariumCobaltNitrog3n haha, roblox dipper
Lmao,they truly do follow these character spheres.
Side note - They especially fit since Becca mentioned that Vacant Head Spheres aren't less intelligent than Intellectual Head Spheres, which makes sense since Mabel isn't necessarily "dumber" than Dipper.
I think their both vacant spheres, intellectual spheres have more calmer movements and facial expressions, dipper however is constantly moving and expressing.
While it's practically impossible to put a real-life person into strictly one of these spheres, I do see how this can be used to help characterization in theatre. How a character walks and interacts with their environment can tell the audience a lot about them, so this makes sense in terms of acting. Real life however, no :)
I think this whole “stereotyping people based off of a few mannerisms” thing is an example of what I call the tarot card syndrome. The descriptions are so broad or vague that they could apply to everyone to some extent, just like how tarot cards seem accurate because you kind of fit into each category. I dunno, just something I noticed.
I will mostly agree with that. It's good to know how certain types of characters would walk and interact. Even then characters don't usually fit perfectly into one of these. It's better to apply which of the features from these types fit the character. I think I mostly get what you are saying and we seem to have a similar enough opinion on this
I fit perfectly with heart sphere, but when I'm sitting on a sofa, not a chair, I take up the entire sofa.
@@deetycatcat I fit perfectly into the intellectual sphere other than the fact that I do tend to move a tie around a lot when I wear one
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The spheres was also taught when I took movement classes in university, but they were called temperaments. Not so much with the thought "everyone is the emphasis of one", but "keep these four charismatics constant when playing a character and the audience won't be confused, even if you're playing multiple characters without costume change".
Kinda like how stage makeup is really exaggerated and over-the-top-looking up-close so that it reads well for the audience. I dig it.
Reminds me of the four humors.
Cracked did an After Hours video on it years ago, looking it up its also referred to as "temperaments", probably why your comment reminded me of it.
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I could definitely see this working if you wanted to decide how a character your playing would physically act or take up space. Obviously doesn’t work for real people but would work well when deciding how to act as a certain character
agree, same for the myers brigg personality test, it's flawed, but it can make for a good basis for a fictional character.
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I see this more for animation vs theater. Nonverbal storytelling is HUGE in film and tv and animation and live action. Being able to speak with your body language is important. We do it all the time even if subconsciously. And animation is able to manipulate that in ways live action just isn't able to if that makes sense lol. Feels weird to say since IN LIFE we do a lot of subconscious talking through body language, but animation just amps that up a bit. Yet keeps it subtle too. You could watch a scene in Arcane or Lion King on mute and still get the gist of what's going on emotionally through a characters body language.
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I'm a mutant of 3, its just the eye contact of vacant, the gestures and walk of intellectual and the sitting of will
My acting teacher had something similar to this. The difference was she had us take a test that would determine what we were. I got exactly 25% in each of the 4 categories.
You are in the yes sphere
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You are 100 % no, I will not pick. I will be equally all, sphere
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I’ve never heard this exact theory, but one of my directors had a similar one based entirely in what body part you lead with when you walk. The categories were: Head (intelligent Spock type), Chest (bravado Gryffindor type), Stomach (chill pothead type), and Crotch (swaggering high school bully type). It doesn’t make much sense for real people, but it’s a decent exercise to build up your character.
Our director was very nice, btw. He wasn’t like Medusa at all
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I have a feeling that these spheres are also heavily influenced on the Italian Commedia Del'Arte, which mixes personality types with body language. The heart sphere, for instance, is very similar to the role of Columbina, the rational, empathetic character who leads with her chest.
Huh, that makes sense!
Oh certainly, though I highly doubt that they would take this extreme of only four personalities can have these body language
This is exactly what i was thinking, i did alot on it school and it seems as though the 'head spheres' is just a simplified version of commedia del'arte
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Sounds like your theater teacher was combining general movement theory with Myers-Briggs for nonverbal behavior and probably thought she was the leading theater genius for the thought when it's really just an extension of physical acting.
“they have the ability to hold eye contact they just don’t want to”
I love that you pretty much described autism, and eye contact in one sentence
exactly- im either not looking at you to the point your second guessing if im paying attention or staring you down like i wish death apon you.....
@@mistermiss9093 yeah pretty much, there is no in between🤣
I have autism and ADHD so Yeah that fits me
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@@callmeaprilroseorisha404 me to but most the time it's eye contact all the way baby WO WO just so you.......I am a boy. 10 though so young including when watching bluey a (mostly) show for 4 year olds and younger.
Edit:I actually have a hard time with eye contact sooo yeah
This would honestly probably help in character building for acting
The fact that I sit like every sphere depending on what seat it is… it typically ends up depending on the comfortability of the furniture… also the hand motions I felt like Rebecca described exactly what I do with my hand motions when she discussed the heart sphere
Yes yes same
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The vacant sphere almost completely matches me - I walk with a “purpose” (my former teacher described it as 50% a power walk and 50% “I’m gonna kill someone” walk), I (sorta?) maintain eye contact but my mind likes to think about other thing at the same time, and I occasionally use hand gestures (I like to move a lot). The only thing lacking is sitting on the edge of my chair, because chairs are meant to be sat in normally.
Are you really a theatre kid if you don't sit in your chair abnormally? I will sit on the ledge of the counters and on the small floor spaces.
Wait this is exactly like me-
I totally match the vacant sphere lmao, but sometimes I'll adopt other traits, like the heart sphere's "empathetic" eyes or the intellectual sphere's intimidating, bored stare
I Match this 75%
honestly same
Interesting!
Even though Medusa's logic was bogus about this characterisation, I personally feel like it could be useful on either writing or character-creating. Cause I most certainly am going to use it!
Eh, as someone who has done some writing and has created a lot of characters for Dungeons & Dragons (tm) (Yes, it's the ampersand and not the word "and"), I prefer create their Core Wound, Want, and Need, and then flesh them out based on that. Makes for much more interesting characters because flawed people are more fun to watch than those who have their shit together. The UA-cam channel Film Courage has several excellent videos on the topic.
The idea is that everyone has some sort of Core Wound or flaw that keeps them from being whole and happy. It can be something external (like the loss of a loved one) or internal (like having a phobia or being insecure). The details don't matter as much at this stage, as all of that can be fleshed out after the Wound/Want/Need is established. And they could have been previously a full and happy person.
The next thing is the Want. This is what the person with the Core Wound thinks will heal that wound and make them healthy and whole again. Also, it's THE EXACT OPPOSITE of what will fix the character. Examples of Wants would be taking vengeance upon the person who murdered a love one or spending all of one's wealth to build a crazy house to appeal to the spirits of those who died at the hands of the device which made your family wealthy. (It's a thing, check out the Winchester Mansion.)
The final thing is the Need. This is what really will really help to heal that Core Wound. For instance, if a person's core wound is they were recently dumped or divorced, their Want might be to try to get that person back and have everything go back to the way is was before. The Need will be along the lines of realizing that the relationship was toxic and never going to work out. Wants blind characters to their Needs. In this example, because the character is chasing their old love interest (and making everyone, including themselves, miserable in the process), they're blinded from seeing the person they really should be with. And until they realize their true Need of realizing how bad that relationship was, they'll never see the person they're supposed to be with. (By the way, this is the EXACT PLOT of a lot of RomCom movies, including 500 Days of Summer.)
Once you've identified a character's Coue Wound/Want/Need, then you can start fleshing them out. Start with asking questions like "how did the character acquire the Core Wound", "how does the trauma of the Core Wound manifests itself", and "How did this change the character from before they had the Core Wound?" This will answer so many questions about the character in question, like "Do they have a nervous tick? (Fidgety Hands)" or "Does their posture reflect an aggressive or defensive stance (Posture and Walk)?" This is much better than those four, old Myers-Briggs Type Indicator rip-offs.
Writing more than character. It's a good way to communicate character through word choice.
I agree, I think I it’s actually a good starting off point and then you start to work around those confines, especially if you more attribute things to mood, this character feels more heart sphere right now, and yet she’s an intellectual sphere when she’s at work
I think she confused creative writing for theatre.
Yap. I’m a vacant head sphere
OMG I fit perfectly, like REALY PERFECTLY with the vacant head sphere
I was actually taught something similar in my acting class. My teacher taught us how to walk with one of three body parts leading: head, heart, and hips.
I remember that I was taught that as well in theater in high school.
I could imagine that those 4 spheres would be a good jumping-off point for trying to teach physicality of character in a middle or high school theatre class. Trying to get a young actor to do more than just stand there and say lines can be like pulling teeth, so giving some specific physical traits to certain characters can help. But as the young actor grows, they do need better tools for embodying a character -- physical choices that are a reflection of a strong character analysis and knowing what is their objective in a scene.
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I thought I knew myself reasonably well, but then I watched this video, and now I am more lost than ever before :')
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Surprisingly, I match heart perfectly. I am constantly holding near my heart. I am very emotional in my eyes. My posture is heart followed. And I sit normally.
Actually, splitting personalities into four groups is has a long history. There's the classical temperaments, Keirsey's temperaments, Socionics quadras, etc. Even MBTI could be considered four groups of four. It's a pretty common pattern in personality typing.
Notably, psychologists never seem to like systems like that.
Ninja turtles is my favorite way to explain this phenomenon
After seeing this every trait for me is will sphere lol
As a writer this actually intrigues me, because this is an interesting way to describe someone without any interactions! This could allow for some really iteresting descriptions of a particular environment or just specific people!
Granted you can't catagorize people like this (similarly to the hogwarts houses), but body language is a critical descriptive idea for not just real life people, but also characters.
As a street actor you actually learn to observe this about someone to know if they want to play along with a skit or if they're in a hurry to get somewhere!
I can totally see the validity of this school of thought. I'll be it not for ever situation, but it's still an interesting thing to keep in mind with creating a character!!!
Thank you once again for so much creative inspiration!!!
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It's "albeit," not "I'll be it."
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I feel like the spheres thing is good for writing fictional characters, specifically fantasy / cartoon characters. It adds extra personality to their actions while not being extremely complicated
It feels like something more fitting for visual media though
I am gonna make a new spear. The playful sphere they never listen, do not sit a lot, they actually Run and their gesters are normal
This is actually a really interesting theory and honestly it makes a lot of sense. It may not work very well for actual people, but still good for characters and acting. I fit mostly in the intellectual and will spheres and don't really have any traits in the other two spheres.
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Actually, stuff like this can work for analyzing people. Like how you can match certain personalities to say, the likelihood of someone having anxiety, or being an older or younger sibling, how their home life is, and so on. Body language is a huge part of that, and yes, these are based on generalized personality traits, but the thing is, they’re usually pretty accurate. They’re like the outline of a person, and while there are always details you can only see when you get to know them better, these traits 9/10 times stay the same.
You can feel the density of the anger when she says “this sphere is the only sphere that sits in a chair like a normal person” while describing the heart sphere
yeah,but if you think about it they are not 'normal' cause they are cartoon characters LOL :3
A little late but I just wanted to say that vacant head spheres sound exactly like most people I've met with ADHD (myself included) they can be smart but there will always be this kind of "Idk why I'm doing it but it feels like I have to," and a zone off when talking.
see i said autistic people (because yeah im probably autistic and almost all my friends are autistic and we r ALL like that) because ummmm yeah . maybe it’s just neurodivergent ppl we r holding hands in the vacant sphere ^_^
Me w/ adhd considering myself a vacant head sphere:
How- How did you know?
Boy that is so accurate I have ADHD and I will have no clue why I'm doing what I'm doing. I'll just do it anyway cuz I feel like it needs to be done then just sitting around
I fit with vacant (besides the bounce walk) and i have ADHD soooo i agree with this.
Yeah I was gonna say 😂 that just sounds like me
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I actually like these spheres. Of course they don’t encapsulate everyone, that’s why they’re generalizations, but they’re good bases to start working on a characters body language in accordance with their personality.
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I laughed at “the STRUT-O-SPHERE” more than I should have.
She never fails to make me smile
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Me and my mom, who was barely listening at the time, busted out laughing at it XD
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When she said 'strut', I was like 'haha strut-o-sphere'. When she said 'the STRUT-O-SPHERE', I was like 'SHE SAID THE LINE!!!'
It was right there yet it came out of nowhere at the same time and hit me like a brick. .. the execution of that line was flawless.
Honestly, I can see why someone would create a system like this. If you are trying to teach a bunch of high-schoolers how to theater act, having a handful of basic archetypes for them to mimic seems like helpful tool. It gets them thinking about the details behind any actions they take as the character.
Intellectual head sphere ✋🏽
I can see using these spheres as quick ways to identify characters in a theater setting. Posture is a key role in making a believable character.
I honestly thunk your teacher simply didn't explain it in that way even though it sounds like that's what she was going for.
The way I was taught about this in film school is they called it "nonverbal storytelling" aka...using body language to speak for you. This is actually probably why I love animation so much. And to use Arcane as an example since it's LITERALLY perfect...There's a LOT of emphasis on nonverbal storytelling in Arcane. Aka using the body language to speak for the character. For every monologue, there's a moment where the character's body is doing all the talking. Where the animation is doing the speaking. Even in THE monologue that made Arcane HUMAN Silco's body language is speaking so many things that you almost pay more attention to that than his words on a rewatch.
Ekko vs Jinx has a LOT of nonverbal communication going on. Even before the actual fight. Without a SINGLE WORD the animators are letting the animation do all the talking. Ekko doing that head turn+sigh, Jinx mimicking almost that same motion but with a disbelieving laugh, it says a lot. There's ONE line before that fight "Ohhhh LOOK who it is. The BOY SAVIOR." and even then, once again, Jinx's body language is saying a LOT. The way she shakes her head, her head is tilted down, she's full on glaring at him, her posture suggests she's both angry and just tired at this point of being abandoned, meanwhile Ekko's posture suggests both resolve and regret. There's a LOT of focus on extreme closeups of the face, where you see MINUTE things like skin movement when lines crease, when you see expressions change not in the FACE but the EYES....the animators of Arcane understand that depth is so important when it comes to animation.
Nonverbal storytelling is I think why animation will always have a leg up on live action. Sure an actor in the MCU or Star Wars can try and emulate sadness, shock, anger fear, and some actors do it better than others-Ewan McGregor's face when he was told Anakin was alive was incredible. But animate that and you have a dozen ways to manipulate how he'd look. You can really get good depth perception, not just focus on the pose and forget depth, you can have an extreme close up of his eyes watch as they constrict and dilate in stress, maybe have the lines of his forehead crease in confusion, maybe have that blank look on his face post realization like in Arcane where Jinx was just in SHOCK at seeing the pink haired firelight. Animation lends itself to the imagination. And I think there is some merit to nonverbal storytelling aka using the face, eyes, body and gestures to speak for you, vs dialogue.
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That’s pretty interesting! I really like all the things you can do with animation. You can also exaggerate and squash and stretch characters to convey emotions and actions better too. It takes a lot of work, but if done right, it pays off.
@@justradiclesandco duuuude I LOVE ME SOME SQUASH AND STRETCH! I'm glad Sonic is bringing that back with the new Sonic Prime cartoon. It was done really well in the opening cinematic to Sonic Unleashed.
This. This puts into words one of the many reasons I adore animation. Also Arcane has such a great art style, omg.
No it’s real. I learned it in my class too. My teacher asked some of us to walk around the room like how we normally walk. He chose an extrovert and another extrovert that was more insecure, the extro walked normally and the insecure walk with hands in pockets and her head down. We didn’t call it “the 4 spheres” we didn’t even have a name for it, we were just talking about different character archetypes that I don’t remember the name of, but it’s been around since the beginning of theater. I know one of them was called the lovers.
There’s a chance you went to the same school if you don’t remember who your teacher was. It’s a very very very slim chance but… maybe?
oh, its like humans are complex, or something. Its like, a villian named Reginald McEvilMan
@@Percyhoberer I’m still going to that school, and I doubt you had the same teacher, he was new last year. But he was taught by the old drama teacher before him. Her name was Mrs. Hunsaker, and his name is Mr. Trotter
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It just sounds like they are trying to teach a simplified version of the 4 humours.
I feel like the vacant head space is 100% just my adhd coming through against my will
I think this theory is really good for getting into character or just finding the character. It’s good to give a character one so their body acting is more on point
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You’re really inspiring Rebbeca.
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I think instead of perfectly fitting into a sphere it’s actually just fitting with one the most. Like how Rebeca said she fits with the heart sphere the most, which means she’s a heart sphere.
My initial reaction was to think this was going to basically be a great "How to make or play a one-dimensional character," but I think they are wide enough that you can have a more complex character that really falls into one category pretty completely. That being said, focusing on one but pulling some traits from the others seems like a good way to make a character feel more complex.
Honestly this may not be good for categorizing real people but it sure would be handy for teaching a teenager what body language to use when portraying a character
I'm probably gonna use it in my writing
its GREAT for animation
PERFECT ACTUALLY :)
this one character i like drawing is definitely an intellactual character :)
I'm studying this for animation, and boy there's so much potential!!!!!!
"They're like Sans, they start off with their strongest attack."
She never fails to make me laugh harder than I should. Keep up the good work Becca.
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That vintage footage bit at 1:35 is a riot. I was waiting for the projector to jam.
In my experience with theater I have heard of the spheres or whatever, but we called them centers, the willing center, the feeling center, and the thinking center, and I tried this method out in plays when I have to physically represent the character. For example, if I was playing a character that's always thinking like Doc the dwarf, when I walk I would lead with my head forward and my hands and arms would be doing something. The willing center leads with hips, and the feeling center leads with the shoulders or chest. I learned this from a professional actor and it really does help me with the physicality of a character.
I relate to you, Rebecca. I also share a trait from each sphere. I have the eye contact of a Vacant Headsphere (because I have ADHD), the walk of an Intellectual Headsphere (no bounce), the hand gestures of a Heart Sphere (I don't touch my chest, but I'm very fidgety since I'm autistic), and the sitting of a Will Sphere (I'm 5'8" and I can claim a three-seat sofa all for myself, and when I sit in class, I slouch so hard, I look like I'm melting.).
i sit and walk with very good posture :]
like when i walk i look like a male bird during mating season (i puff out my chest and raise my head and it looks like toxtricity the pokemon kinda)
i talk with a lot of hand gestures and some big ones like leaning on someones shoulder and slapping them on the back when i laugh
and ive been told my stare looks like a glare and gives people the heebie jeebies (i look at myself in the mirror and i see what they mean lol its that prominent)
The fidgety hand gesture not being centered on your heart means your more intellectual rather than heart sphered
I LOVE the aesthetic in this video, I can't pinpoint exactly what it is, but I love it!
" it hasn't gone anywhere probably never will the apocalypse could happen and all will be left is a bunch of cockroaches and a 10-person acting troop performing cats to said cockroaches" my absolute favorite part
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Dang, I just gotta say that there is a *lot* of effort put into this video; there’s several different style formats, closeups, and the “talking out loud inside my head” voice is spot on. Totally fits with the theme of different character personalities/traits. Thank you for your inspiring work ‘Becca! Keep it up!
It's just another version of The four temperament theory. which suggests that there are four fundamental personality types: sanguine, choleric, melancholic, and phlegmatic. There are several versions of this theory and it has many different representations. (The four turtles, the four Hogwarts houses, ect) and no one fits one perfectly. But sadly I have to say this is the first time I have to agree with Medusa.
can i say, thank u for including hogwarts
@@Annabethchase1.1.1 Why? It’s one of the most obvious examples
Someone watched After Hours.
Ok, I’m gonna try this off by heart.
Vacant is sanguine. From just this video you can see that they’re stereotyped as being energetic & always have something on their mind just like extroverts.
Intellectual is melancholic. They’re often the quiet one & everything goes on in the head meaning their personality can be found more in the little details rather than their average interaction like how they fidget or how they stare.
Heart is choleric. They’re often represented by their emotions & see things more from a personal pov shown by how they react.
Finally will is phlegmatic. They’re often relaxed with who they are just shown by how they often don’t consider their special awareness. Either from how they walk with a purpose. Make big hand gestures. Or by how they sit & take up a lot of space. They’re relaxed as they don’t worry about other peoples positions & are always content with how they currently present themselves.
This is strangely good advice when you want to visually present a character’s personality through body language.
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I share the most traits with the vacant head sphere but I also share a few traits with all the other spheres.
So, from what I’m being taught.
Vacant head spheres have ADHD.
Intellectual head spheres are teachers pets.
Heart spheres are our aunts when they come for a visit.
And will spheres are basically ninth graders.
I would love to see a show with all these head spears together.
I was looking for a comment to mention the yellow one having ADHD
im sorry to be that guy but you spelt it spear like the weapon instead of sphere
@@aidanwilliams1046don’t worry, problem solved.
Lol Autism in my case for Empty Head
oh, then that means im a vacant head sphere
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A lot of the "vacant head sphere" things have a lot in common with being some kind of neurodivergent
NAH LITERALLY I WAS THINKING THAT TOO 😂😂😂
i was thinking about that too!! i’m autistic and that’s the one i resonated the most with me
@@ellaqyk SAME I think I may have it to
When I was watching her talk about the vacant head sphere, I was basically thinking: Ah yess, the literal embodiment of ADHD/ADD(and anything else)
@@Iris.O SAME
I'm pretty sure that I'm a heart sphere so thank you for the fidget necklace suggestion!
Every time Becca comes back with another animation my day just gets better. Anyone else agree?
Agreed, my vids are nothing compared to hers anyway!
Yep!!
Definitely
100% agreed everyday I’ll check for a new vid and it’s finally here 😍
Exactly
My college acting teacher had a similar theory about veil (feeling center), stick (thinking center), and ball (willing center) about how characters move and hold themselves. But he also clarified that characters can change which one (or even be 2 at once) depending on what’s happening and how they feel. Or you can keep it the same and just change what type of veil, stick ball they are. He basically gave us a bunch of different theories and let us use them however they best helped us
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I really have to thank Rebecca for her videos: not only they're as funny/profound as they come, but they taught me a couple of things about characteristics I didn't even know existed in the first place. So, thank you, Rebecca
I did not get this for a split second, but when I actually think about it, it had me dying of laughter 4:44
Wow, I needed this
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Good
Woow 👍👍
me too
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I'm a librarian, and after watching this and considering my coworkers and myself, I'd say we're all a blend of vacant, heart and will - loud, cheerful, friendly, gesticulate to a ridiculous degree. None of us are subtle enough to fit into the intellectual sphere, funnily enough! XD
😅🥰 Relatable!!!!
As an Autistic Italian, the Vacant Headsphere hit WAY too hard for me🤣
Italian? Like Mario?(stereotype from us Americans)
@@aidenlegobatman Mamma mia! Let's a go!
I know! ( I’m not Italian, just autistic )
4:15 😂😂😂😂😂 What is that dance!? 😂😂😂😂😂
My teacher had something pretty similar. She divided people into elements (Fire, Water, Earth, Air). It wasn't as emphasized, but she would occasionally go: "Now, what element would Belle from Beauty and the Beast be?"
Well now im curious, what element was belle from beauty and the beast
Sounds like she watched a lot of Avatar.
The four elements lived in harmony until the Fire Nation attacked
@@Perdix64only the avatar, master of all four elements could stop them😂
@@keithmarshall1824 But when the world needed him most, he ~v a n i s h e d~
Based off of this theory, I'd say I'm a mix between Vacant and Intellect -- I bounce when I walk, and I walk with a purpose, but my hand actions are very small when I move and I vary between intense staring or looking around (ADHD brain).
On the other hand, I tend to portray Will Sphere characters on stage. I strut, leading with my hips, and my actions are always big and flowy. I also tend to make heavy eye contact, and if the character allows for it, I lounge and take up a lot of space.
hey same
Those examples of body language are pretty interesting for animation. Thanks for giving me inspiration.
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Now I think of this as the Undertale Sphere, and now I will never be able to think otherwise.
My traits are:
Eye contact of Vacant Head Sphere (autism),
Walking of Intellectual Head Sphere (minus the determination),
Sitting of Heart Sphere,
and hand gestures of Vacant Head Sphere (1/8th Italian (Yes the stereotype is true. Italians talk with their hands)).
I have the eye contact of either the vacant head sphere or the intellectual head sphere
I walk like the heart sphere
I sit like either the heart or will sphere
and I gesture like the intellectual or heart spheres
Eye Contact: Intelectual Sphere
Hand gestures: prolly a mix of Vacant Head Sphere and Will Sphere???
Sitting: Will Sphere
Walking: Vacant head Sphere or Intelectual Sphere (depending on my mood)
For me I
Have the Walk, Sit, and Hand gestures of Heart Sphere (but my hand gestures are more of a mix of heart and vacant head sphere)
And, I give eye contact like intellectual head sphere
As an Italian, I can confirm. Talking without moving my hands just feels weird man.
All of my traits are vacant sphere except for the hand gesture which a mix of vacant and will sphere
The vacant head sphere looking in every direction while listening perfectly to the discussion made me feel targeted.
I actually feel like I listen better when I'm looking almost sideways at them. (Maybe aiming my ears at them helps, I dunno.)
same
Is it just me or is looking at eyes awkward? And often kinda distracting? Like when you listen accessing the world around you should be a given cause you listen with your ears not your eyes. The idea of staring directly at someone when they’re talking feels more rude than giving minimal eye contact. However, this could be a cultural difference since I’m pretty sure the uk is more focused on eye contact then your average person from America. Another thing to add would be neurology, certain neurologies focus on the eyes more than other neurologies like- say- that of someone who has adhd like me. And I will say that having adhd plays a huge part in not being able to keep eye contact. One time I actually got in trouble for something I didn’t do because I couldn’t keep eye contact and the teacher thought I was lying, I have since forgotten what I got in trouble for but I’m still a little upset by that. To be honest I didn’t actually realize that eye contact when talking was really such a normal trait since I always feel like it’s awkward as hell, just sitting there while someone is talking like 👁👄👁 I see into your soul, I know every sin you have committed, your address is 123 Sesame Street 45678, I get no enjoyment out of having a conversation with you and only talk with you to collect information about your life into our database to create more positive experiences in your life, I am in fact a robot and your eye color is #7f9fa1, “sorry, what were you saying? I zoned out”
@@ThatOneKatt I think the only time I keep a completely focused eye-contact is when I'm mad at someone and I want them to know it. As she said, it's more of an intimidation tactic.
@@ThatOneKatt yeahhh neurotypical eye contact standards suck
@@SunroseStudios yes it does. I will vaguely stare at someone's eyes but not really so I trick them into thinking that I look in their eyes. In reality I might stare at their forehead instead, way more comfortable then the eyes. When talking to other neurodivergent people I just don't make eye contact.
Thank you for reminding us that these personality type categories can’t perfectly encapsulate people, because I was just slightly PANICKING about the fact that I could see myself in all four spheres and couldn’t find one that I completely fit in.
Don't panic over stuff like that. It's okay not to "fit in" - at the end of the day, no one truly does, especially when talking about personalities.
SAME. The enneagram 1 in me said “we must perfectly organize ourselves” lol
Same I’m a mix of all of the spheres lol
@mado Magdalena why hasn’t youtube fixed this bot problem already
Help i was panicking too 😭
The two that apply to me the most are the intellectual head sphere and vacant head sphere.
I can 100% see the 4 character spheres as a great way to teach body language in a beginner acting class! People are complex, but characters aren't as much, and thinking of them simpler makes acting with your body much easier
This sounds a lot like Chekov's three centers (mind, heart, will). The way I was taught was that these centers weren't static and characters can change between them depending on what the scene/plot calls for.
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Regarding the heart sphere’s trait with fiddling necklaces, whenever I had to give speeches in school, I always toyed with my necklace while I spoke. It helped me calm down a little, but my teacher pointed out how it distracted my audience. Afterward, I was never allowed to wear necklaces during class speeches.
Did they at least give you some advice regarding helping you out with your stage fright/nervousness?
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@@DragonriderEpona I hope I didn’t make my teachers seem cruel. I was told that by using my necklace as a stress reliever, I was also losing focus on my speeches. Removing the necklace made me focus more on performance and engaging my audience. I gained more experience and grew more confident.
Now that I'm aware I do the hand on chest thing I try not to - never knew how much I did it either until I started struggling with NOT doing it. (I'm a HEARTSPHERE almost perfectly only I don't always keep eye contact. They drift a lot bc of my sucky visionnn.)
I have been practicing my animation and I wanted to thank you, you and other animating UA-camrs have inspired me so much and without you I would have never gotten so deep into this community
Ok and
I hope everything goes well! It can be a long process but as long as you're having fun it should be ok 😊
@@Spirit0mbYT it’s painful when you draw something then realize 3min later is garbage an pd have to redo the entire thing but it feels so good where you see your improvement
It's harder than it looks, ain't it?
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I feel like this doesn't work exactly for real people but I think it might have merit when doing character studies and acting, It might give you a good jumping off point for body language when developing how you want to play a character
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I happen to have the stare, fidgeting and gait of an intellectual sphere and the conversational hand motions of a will sphere.
I learned about something similar while working on a life study. We focused on four things while studying a person: Breath, Posture, Movement, and Voice. Also it’s cool seeing all the other theatre kids in the comment section :)
Just got here from Cinema Therapy and now I'm never leaving lol! I'm so sorry you had a terrible theater teacher. I had one that was one of the most influential people in my life, in a good way, and was definitely the most fun teacher I ever had as well as being the most real with us. While the spheres idea is pretty basic, it sounds like a good starting point for thinking about different types of body language. I'm thinking of taking acting classes again as an adult and it's just nice to start getting the gears turning again lol, it's been a while.
Hey I came here from Cinema also.
I can't stop watching, this!
I'm not even sure I fit into one of those four things.
Intellectual headsphere and the will sphere, also the part were she did about the staring thing had how it never ends ever, that might be you when deciding on something
“Vacant head spheres can hold eye contact, they just don’t wanna. It’s like their brain is multitasking.”
Ah yes. My ADHD diagnosis is finally good for something.
well someones gotta keep the hamster wheel turning or it might crash. adn i have add
@@cmdraftbrn The average brain is like a Honda Civic. Easy to steer, can speed up and slow down at will, and overall pleasant.
My brain is a formula one car with the breaks of tricycle, and the only way it stops is if it slams into a wall.
To keep the car analogy going, my autistic brain fells like driving on specialized sand tires. If you're driving through open dunes it's great, but highway driving will wear them out fast.
@@lackingcreativevalue My brain is a Honda Civic, but the steering has gone off the rails and no longer functions.
My ADHD self got called out with the vacant sphere description.
Honestly I feel like rather than these being built as “These are the characteristics people and can only be ranged to a single character sphere” it should be much more of a spectrum where you can find what sphere you closest match with to see what character you’d best fit as
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THE STRATOSPHERE!!!!
I knew the joke was coming but I didn't know it was going to be that sudden
Strutosphere
Wrong timestamp
@@4Rgames huh it's changed.....eh I'll change it back
When Becca explained Vacant head spaces I shouted out loud: “That’s my brain! That’s my brain in a nutshell!” I can’t hold eye contact for too long and my brain strays but I’m still listening
Same here. Well for me it's because of my ADHD.
@@YannickJur Same
Pretty sure thats an autism trait.
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@@dudeeee2015 I can agree to that too. Many autism people like me spend alot of time in their head, because they have a way bigger remembering ability, and also tend to just find the world boring to say it in a dumb way they focus on one thing they find the most interesting.
While autism does not bring a lack of attention alone, that's an ADHD thing. I've got both.
I think your teacher was right in a sense. There’s a lot of fictional characters out there that fit these spheres. But, it doesn’t encompasses real people truly at all. Especially since real people often times put up a front to strangers that may look like one sphere, but then act as a different sphere when they are home alone, or with a different friend group, or with their significant other….etc. Humans are so dynamic, which is why it makes it hard to write good characters that feel real like us, but also have some consistency in their personality. Because we as humanity are anything but consistent. Lmao
Wow 92 likes and 0 replies, im gonna fix that
The only Human that I can think of that fits Perfectly with one of the Spheres is Jim Carry. Without a doubt, he is a Will Sphere!
3:59 She's got an autograph from Tom AND Jerry?! I am vacant-head-sphering so hard right now!
I’m actually a perfect vacant head sphere… yay.
Classifying personalities and mannerisms always seems to leave exceptions and feature crossovers, but for all that I usually enjoy hearing about them; provided one doesn't become too invested in them, the comparisons can help someone consider more thoroughly what they do and why they do it.
this (the character spheres) was in fact an exercise we've done in theatre, with two seperate teachers!!
it was never meant to be a way of fully portraying a character on, say, a proper stage, but charicatures and commedia dell'arte are a good thing to recognise when youre practicing for a performance or even just watching something where people act.
id also like to add that these weren't always just these 4!! but when they were, they were also sometimes called the elements (fire, water, air and earth)
The will sphere is absolutely like me. I usually bang my hand in the table so loudly that my friends started complaining, lol
I like to think of them in the same fashion TierZoo might, as stats that you can put personality points into
😂😂. That’s funny . I’m most like the intellectual head sphere.