By Admin, on January 30th, 2009
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
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By Admin, on November 11th, 2008
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…
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By Admin, on November 7th, 2008
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 confront the issue and conquer it. He realized we do private things when we are alone, and we know they are really private when we cant continue doing them if someone walks in the room. Thus, in the private moment, the actor is asked to do something “that they do in real life, but which even in life is so private, when anyone comes in, they have to stop doing it”.
Consequently actors sang, danced and even performed acts of private grooming. BUT Strasbergs’ new exercise was vilified from many quarters as word of…
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By Admin, on October 30th, 2008
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.
Continue reading FOUR OF THE TOP TEN ACTING TECHNIQUES WE NEED TO LOSE
By Admin, on October 23rd, 2008
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…
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