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    Constantine Stanislavski was a Russian actor and director who developed an influential system of acting. His system strived to make performances realistic rather than artificial by having actors draw on their own experiences and imaginations to develop their characters from the inside. It involved intensive character analysis and preparation including relaxation, concentration, observation, communication, and imagination exercises. Actors analyzed the given circumstances, action, units of action with objectives, and subtext to truthfully inhabit their character's mindset and motivate their performance.

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    Constantine Stanislavski was a Russian actor and director who developed an influential system of acting. His system strived to make performances realistic rather than artificial by having actors draw on their own experiences and imaginations to develop their characters from the inside. It involved intensive character analysis and preparation including relaxation, concentration, observation, communication, and imagination exercises. Actors analyzed the given circumstances, action, units of action with objectives, and subtext to truthfully inhabit their character's mindset and motivate their performance.

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    Constantine Stanislavski was a Russian actor and director who developed an influential system of acting. His system strived to make performances realistic rather than artificial by having actors draw on their own experiences and imaginations to develop their characters from the inside. It involved intensive character analysis and preparation including relaxation, concentration, observation, communication, and imagination exercises. Actors analyzed the given circumstances, action, units of action with objectives, and subtext to truthfully inhabit their character's mindset and motivate their performance.

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    Constantine Stanislavski

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    Constantine Stanislavski was a Russian actor and director who developed an influential system of acting. His system strived to make performances realistic rather than artificial by having actors draw on their own experiences and imaginations to develop their characters from the inside. It involved intensive character analysis and preparation including relaxation, concentration, observation, communication, and imagination exercises. Actors analyzed the given circumstances, action, units of action with objectives, and subtext to truthfully inhabit their character's mindset and motivate their performance.

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    Constantine Stanislavski

    Born in Moscow, Russia in 1863 He was an actor and then became a director and teacher He developed a new approach to acting It took years of experimenting Created the Stanislavski System He saw that there were a lot of artificial actors out there Wanted actors to work on more of a true or real performance The Stanislavski System is an intense character development process that strives to make a performance real and not artificial by: 1. Bringing an actors experiences into the role 2. Expanding an actors imaginations A character must be approached from the inside in order to be true, which is drawing on memories and experiences to become the character

    5 elements of acting preparation


    Relaxation: eliminate physical tension and relax muscles Concentration: learn to think like an actor and respond to ones own imagination Observation: discovering the sensory base of work and learning to memorize and recall sensations (sense memory or affective memory) and expanding on them Communication: ability to interact with other performers spontaneously without violating the world of the play (staying in character) Imagination: the more fertile the actors imagination, the more interesting would be the choices made in terms of objectives, physical action and creating the given circumstances around the character

    Analysis of action Given circumstances character details in the script: What has the playwright told us> Location of the play? Time/period/year it is set? People in the play? Action helps the actor understand the aim of the play What do I (the character) do? Why do I (the character) do it? How do I (the character) do it?

    Units (of action) & Objectives

    Is a portion of a scene that contains one objective for an actor There can be more than one unit that occurs during a scene Every unit has an objective for each other An objective is expressed through the use of an active verb Not necessarily what happens, but this what the character is striving for

    Super objective Main theme of the play Subject of the play Everything drives towards the super objective When all the objective are strung together in a logical form, a
    through line of action can be mapped out for the character

    Motivation An actor was either driven by emotions or by the mind to choose

    physical actions This is turn aroused the will of the actor to perform the given actions. Thus, the will became activated indirectly through either emotions or the mind The will or motivation is the subconscious Motivation become important realism. It is based on the subtext and hidden meaning

    Subtext Underlying meaning of the text/dialogue Is not spoken but performed through gesture, posture, pauses or
    choices in the action Relationship between subtexts and dialogue and between the subtext and objective

    Magic if In realism, aim of the actor is to create the appearance of reality

    or truth The magic if is: what would I do if I were in the same situation? The if is very important. This is about your real life experiences, in combination with your imagination What would you do? How would you act?

    The Physical Apparatus An actors body and voice is the physical apparatus used to
    express every nuance and subtle shade of the character The body and voice are instruments Everything drives towards the super objective

    The body needs to be trained and make movement graceful, with


    purpose and truth.

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