Stanislavski

Question 1

stanislavski

Answer 1

• russian

- suited 19th century realism

Question 2

methods

Answer 2

• thinking
• feeling
• doing

Question 3

methods (broken down)

Answer 3

• given circumstance
• breaking down of text (superobjective and finding units that must be explored)
• internalising (magic if, emotional memory)
• physicalising (posture, gesture, mannerisms, expression)

Question 4

new style

Answer 4

• started the ‘system’
• finding the truth
• psychological truth (inner feelings)
• given circumstances (purpose of every speech and action)
• units (breakdown)
• intentions (meaning behind units)
• objectives (aim)
• through-line (main purpose)
• superobjective (overall meaning and intention)

Question 5

staging

Answer 5

• as authentic as possible

Question 6

system

Answer 6

• magic if
• strong imagination
• concentrate all attention
• relax muscular tensions
• emotional memory
• good communication
• use intellect to understand
• no identification with the actors past
• love art in yourself, not yourself in art

Question 7

speech

Answer 7

• vocal (pitch, pace, tone, pause, stress)

- physical (posture, gesture, movement, facial expressions)