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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

Posted on January 30th, 2009 under Actors Training. Tags: ACTING, METHOD, STANISLAVSKI, TECHNIQUE. Comments: 1

The Acting Room has a great post on how to substitute to achieve real emotions. I personally believe this is useful to start with, but once you have connected, you need to feel the characters emotions as your own, not substitute them. Make his emotions yours, not the other way around…

Posted on January 3rd, 2009 under Actors Training. Tags: ACTING, TECHNIQUE. Comments: None

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…

Posted on November 11th, 2008 under Actors Training. Tags: ACTING, MEISNER, METHOD, STUDYING, TECHNIQUE. Comments: None

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 [...]

Posted on November 7th, 2008 under Actors Training. Tags: ACTING, METHOD, SCHOOLS, STANISLAVSKY, STRASBERG, TECHNIQUE. Comments: 1

Here is a wonderfully clear example of WHAT NOT to do when acting on film. Enough said.

Posted on October 29th, 2008 under Actors Training. Tags: ACTING, FILM, LINK, MOVIES, TECHNIQUE. Comments: None

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…

Posted on October 23rd, 2008 under Actors Training. Tags: ACTING, FILM, METHOD, MOVIES, TECHNIQUE, TRAINING. Comments: None

Like every week we post a book review on a subject related to acting, health, personal growth or anything related to the showbiz industry. This time it’s the Hard-edged “True and False” by David Mamet…

Posted on October 19th, 2008 under Book Reviews. Tags: ACTING, BOOKS, REVIEW, TECHNIQUE. Comments: None