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    In this situation‚ the young man was not really thinking about acting. In fact‚ he does not even have an external audience to witness his presentation of feeling‚ because he is in complete privacy. Nevertheless‚ feeling vaguely troubled because he was not upset enough‚ the young man tried to imagine the feeling he ‘should’ have‚ by evoking an ‘as if it is real’ condition. This might seem like fakery but was in fact his way of making his relationship real to him: he is actually trying to present his

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    My first association with stage acting was when I was in the fifth standard‚ at the annual school concert‚ my class was putting up the play - ’The Pied Piper of Hamlin’ ‚ where i was casted as ’The Pied Piper’ himself‚ it was a matter of great pride for me‚ being selected as the lead actor among 150 others willing to take my place. Well‚ I was immature then‚ time passed I acted in another few plays‚ it was untill the 9th standard‚ i wasnt very serious about acting. In the 9th standard I took a more

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    [insert name and address] January 29th‚ 2013 Paul Anderson The Acting Company PO Box 898 New York NY 10108-0898 Re: Actress position Dear Mr. Anderson‚ Having achieved many goals in my career path‚ I am interested in applying for an actress position at The Acting Company. I came across the thrilling new production of “Gone with the Wind” and I would be happy to audition for the role of Scarlett O’ Hara. I am currently enrolled in the theatre arts programs at Houston Community

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    The History of Method Acting According to the Oxford Dictionary‚ “Method acting is a technique in which an actor aspires to complete emotional identification with a part” (Oxford Dictionary‚ 2014). Method acting began based off a system by the director Constantin Stanislavski. This system was created approximately a hundred years ago when Stanislavski wanted actors to start representing realistic human emotions on stage (Bilgrave‚ 2004). During this time many people believed that great actors just

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    Talking/Acting Black or White For decades‚ there have been stereotypes of all kinds that arise from multiple things such as race‚ culture‚ sex‚ social standing‚ and even occupation. The biggest seen stereotype that is seen today‚ and has been for many years‚ is race. When it comes to race‚ society puts stereotypes on how people are supposed to act‚ talk‚ walk‚ even dress. If you don’t fit into societies description of the way you “ought to be”‚ then you are looked at as if something is wrong and

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    relationship between the audience and the actor must be separated. An actor’s state of “always...being worshipped...spoils him.” This means that the confidence gained in the constant wave of affection from audiences only produces impure results. In serious acting‚ to create true art‚ the actor must be separated from the praise and the reward of performance. In art‚ there is no goal other than to perform to a theme. In his book‚ An Actor Prepares‚ Stanislavski describes his own process in becoming Othello in

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    Method Acting Gone Wrong Method acting is not the way actors should go about their career. Method acting is a technique of acting in which an actor aspires to complete emotional identification with a part‚ based on the system evolved by Stanislavsky and brought into prominence in the US in the 1930s (…..). Method acting is where actors focus more on their character’s appearance than the role of their character. There are other choices that are more safe in the acting career that are safe and still

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    of the acting that matters. -Lucius Annaeus Seneca Technical and method acting are the two types of acting that we have discussed in class. Technical acting focus on an actor’s ability to play a part‚ while method acting is when the actor literally plays the part until the movie is over; even if the camera has stopped rolling. Both forms are considered to be acting‚ and both forms have created many masterpieces‚ such as James Stewart in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” for classical acting‚ and Daniel

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    he changed his stage name to Konstantin Stanislavski. He was founder of the first acting “system”‚ co-founder of the Moscow Theatre (1897)‚ and a renowned practitioner of the naturalist school of thought. In 1987 he also met Russian playwright‚ Anton Chekov. Stanislavski’s process of character development‚ the "Stanislavski Method"‚ was the means for method acting. It was‚ and still is‚ the most influential acting system on the modern stage and screen. After enrolling at Moscow’s Drama School‚ he

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    almost of complete opposites. Stanislavski was born in 1863 to a wealthy family who loved amateur theatricals. In 1898 he met Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko and they founded the Moscow Art Theatre. Stanislavski’s work is centred on the notion that acting should be a total lifelike expression of what is being imitated. With regards to the role of the theatre‚ and of it audience‚ Stanislavski viewed theatre as a means of artistically expressing things‚ and that the audience’s role was to ’look in’

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