Unit 1: Stanislavsky

Stanislavsky’s acting method is a series of training techniques designed to help actors create believable characters and develop natural performances.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Stanislavsky taught actors to put themselves in the characters' shoes and consider what they would do if they were in the character’s situation. This is known as

• Tactics

• The Magic If

• Physical Action

• Objectives

These are all the specifics of the character, any facts you can glean from the script.

• Communion

• Physical Action

• Given Circumstances

• Emotional Memory

This is the character’s primary motivation in the play. This is the backbone of the character, the thing they want more than anything in the world.

• Superobjective

• Obstacles

• Tactic

• The Magic If

Stanislavsky taught that actors must build a character’s behavior through specific, concrete, performable actions. The best actions are achievable on the stage, within the world of the play.

• Subtext

• Emotional Memory

• Given Circumstances

• Physical Action

The meaning behind the words on the page.

• emotional memory

• The method

• Superobjective

• subtext

The answer to the question, “What does the character want?” The best answer to that question involves a playable action.

• objective

• obstacle

• tactic

• given circumstances

When the actors communicate with one another through their actions, the performance captures more human truth than playing actions to the audience.

• The Magic If

• Communion

• The method

• Playable action

Stanislavsky encouraged actors to develop their ability to observe emotional reactions in their daily lives.

• the magic if

• method acting

• communion

• emotional memory

Laban efforts focus on each of the following EXCEPT

• direction

• weight

• speed

• type