how to stay in character panel

[username_error]

Staying in character while in cosplay, or roleplaying? How about that? Would anyone come see it?

[Meever]

What would you talk about?

[username_error]

Tips about how to stay in character, how it can translate into photoshoots for cosplay, generally improving self confidence of cosplayers and roleplayers.

[Mi Feng]

Kind of like an acting workshop? Like a character's motives, how to use tactics and a character's center and how they can be used while cosplaying?

[username_error]

Precisely! <3

[username_error]

Acting workshop.... the word acting makes me a little edgy but... Kind of how to put your mind into the character's... And pretty much... yeah act. Never thought of it that way.

[LadyGlitterbow]

Well, an "acting" workshop all by itself sounds a bit uninteresting and unfocused, but what if you covered topics like how to use acting to pose for pictures, and made it more about the photo shoot? Cause I actually realized while making one of my costumes, "I am going to have to practice poses so I get good pictures!" And so coming up with good poses and facial expressions for certain kinds of characters would be awesome. You could cover the generic characters.

[username_error]

That is a good point.
I just know I've had experiences when I've cosplayed many years ago where I was out of character and people very much pointed it out to me. Well I was 14 at the time, and it was my first con.
But since then I've always done my best to be in character. Photoshoot posing would be great too or coming up with Ideas for photoshoots.

[Chesid]

I think this could actually be quite useful, as others said, for the purposes of photoshoots. I'd attend.

I had a LOT of fun in a Rorschach cosplay at Fanime 09; partly because I stayed in character. It really made the experience that much more fulfilling, at least, for me - and I'd like to think anyone that dealt with me had a little fun.

This year, I'm going to need to be far more bubbly, though hot-headed. It's going to be fun.

[username_error]

Ohhh that character sounds like a lot of fun!!!!! And very difficult to pull off.

Kind of, happy-go-lucky until someone steps over the boundaries. so happy-go-lucky but very sensitive?
Hmmmmmmm <3