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METHOD ACTING BASICS FOR NEWBIES

So for all of you new actors starting out who dont exactly know what it means when people say “I’m a method actor!” ModernTimes has a little page on the basics. Even so, I strongly reccommend you familiarize yourself with all of the techniquies and schools available to the modern actor (Stella Adler, Meisner, Stanislavski…etc) and then figure out what teachings are most in tune with your personal beliefs and will easily tap into your creativity… For the full article….Click Here

BASICS OF THE MEISNER TECHNIQUE

There is a world of difference between the actor who is
caused authentically to do what his character must do and the actor whi
only indicates of self-generates his actions.

Meisner didn’t invent this concept but it is the principle upon which his technique is based.

The technique is often mistakenly identified exclusively by his
signature repetition exercise. Repetition encompasses the basic
principles of his technique, however it is only the beginning…

ABOUT THE METHODS’ “PRIVATE MOMENT” EXERCISE

After reading Stanislavsky’s dictum about the necessity of the actors being private in public, Strasberg created the private moment exercise. He viewed the exercise as a corrective for actors who were inhibited by the presence of an audience. By enacting a moment of true privacy in front of people, Strasberg hoped to get them to [...]

FOUR OF THE TOP TEN ACTING TECHNIQUES WE NEED TO LOSE

Here is a great article from Broadway Mouth that exemplifies how modern theater actors need change and an evolution in techniques that is paralell to the one happening in the medium. For the full article…Click Here.

LESS IS MORE…in Film

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In film, you sometimes encounter actors who think they’re going to steal the scene by being big, and bombastic. Proving their value. Those actors are using their bodies and voices instead of their brain! They don’t realize in terms of voice and action, less is more…