Point Of Sense Memory

The point of sense memory isn’t to portray the sensation/condition so that the audience will believe it, try to actually experiencing the sensation. The reason behind this is that the sensation, maybe a headache, or being sick, is not the main focus of the scene; it’s a guide to how your character is feeling, and how your character would be behaving. The goal of the scene is not discovering the sense but rather how it influences your behaviour and actions. For example if a scene requires you to be in a cold environment; try to remember a cold day in December where you were shivering, and teeth clattering. How did you get over the cold? Did you rub your hands together? Were you hopping up and down? Where did the sensation start? Do not think that you are cold all over. Pinpoint an area in which you remember the most. For example, could’ve been a breeze across the back of your neck. You are the one controlling the sensations you are experiencing, not the other way around. Emphasize the adjustments which you made trying to overcome the sensation. That is when the sensation is occurring fully; not when we’re waiting and just remembering it.
This includes substitution but more specific. As an example, you’re acting something which you’ve never experienced before, and you use knowledge of past experiences and senses and adapt them for the new, unfamiliar senses. For example; how would an actor portray being strangled if the actor has never been strangled in their life? They could take a past memory of surfacing after holding their breath underwater for a long period of time. They could use this memory and go back to their senses and start pinpointing where each sensation