Living space & Acting

The living space is the area around a person psychologically and considers his. Most people value their living space and bothered, angry or overwhelmed when they invade your own space. Allowing a person to enter our space and enter the space of another person, are indicative of the type of relationship that these two people. An intimate area is reserved for lovers, children and closest relatives. Another area is used for conversations with friends, chat with fellow company and group discussions. One last area is beyond reserved for strangers.

In the park we realize how ducks fight, but we do not perceive how carefully keep their distance when they do not. If one of the ducks too close to another, in a moment began to fight again. We also fight for our living space, not in a violent manner, but also fight to preserve it.

When someone invades our space, create a barrier: either a real barrier, such as a table, or we fold our arms. It will make us feel safer and deter the other party to get closer. As a bonus we look intently the hard way and head still, Sending a distant, distant attitude. If all else fails, take the initiative and invade their space too. You'll get the other person feel very uncomfortable, Now we are closer, implying that we are not intimidated and we maintain control.

Everyone fights for his personal space, and your characters so must. If you want to get a good acting, make your characters struggle to preserve their space and will add credibility to your scene.