D.N.A: Workshop 3- 22nd Novemeber 2012
I think its important to show 'truth' on stage because when acting you want the audience to feel your character and for them to see you are serious and in role. I also think that because the play D.N.A is based on real story it makes us feel more attached and enggaged knowing that this happens in real life.
we played the game 'i dont believe you' because we wanted to make the audience belive in your acting and to feel your acting. When the audience say "I don't believe you" the person that was acting would improve in the facial expresion and body language.
When it was Skye's turn he had to act out as if he just found out that he's got canser. Skye came in the room in role and made us audience feel his emotion. He came in the room and locked the door, locking the door showed us that he did not want to speak to anyone. He then walked slowly to his chair and sat down without saying or doing anything. his body language was really low and his facial expressions was really upset and hurt. Sky was able to show truth by not speaking, if Sky was to speak it would of made his character out of role. I think this because in acting you dont have to speak just to make your role perfect but sometimes without speaking it makes the act much better.
Non verbal connection is where you send and recieve messages without talking. Me and my partner Sonia decided to act out Sonia is at the Hospital waiting for the doctors to tell her that her mum is alright. Sonia was sitting on the chair and i come in as the doctor without talking to her put telling her that her mum passed away, Sonia then slowly gets up and starts crying and shouting i then try to give her a glass of water but she knocks out of my hand showing that she is really devestated and then she sits down and starts to scream but then i try to calm her down. We made our role play truthful by not breaking the tension, for example if Sonia was to get the chair and kick it or push me really hard it ruins the act. I think Ersula and Tyer's role play was good because i think there one was different to the other groups, they acted out as if Tyler was breaking up with Ersula. Even though the other groups were similar Tyler and Ersula's role play was different but similar at the same time because there situiation was different but it was still heart breaking.
Stanislavski
He was born Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev on January 5, 1863, in Moscow, Russia. His father, Sergei Alekseev, was a wealthy Russian merchant. His mother, Elisaveta Vasilevna was French-Russian and his grandmother was a notable actress in Paris. He was fond of theatre and arts, studied piano and singing. He did not graduate, instead he continued self-education while traveling in several European countries and studying at libraries and museums.
In 1885 he studied acting and directing at the Maly Theatre in Moscow, and took a stage name Stanislavski. In 1888 he founded the "Society for Arts and Literature" in Moscow. Stanislavski's system was developed through his own cross-cultural experience as actor, director, and businessman. He constantly updated his method through inter-disciplinary studies. He introduced group rehearsals and relaxation techniques to achieve better spiritual connections between actors. As an actor, Stanislavski starred in several classical plays. His most notable stage performances, such as Othello in the Shakespeare's 'Othello', and as Gayev in Chekhov's 'The Cherry Orchard', were acclaimed by critics and loved by public. In 1928 Stanislavski suffered from a heart attack.
In the 1930s, Stanislavski formed one more theatrical company in Moscow, the Musical Theatre of Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko. During the 1930s Konstantin Stanislavski directed the original productions of several classic Russian plays, such as "Na Dne" (aka.. The Lower Depths) by Maxim Gorky, "Tsar Fedor Ioannovich" by A.K. Tolstoy, and other plays at the Moscow Art Theatre. After Stanislavski's death his original theatrical productions were adapted to black and white films, where Stanislavsky is credited as the original theatrical director. He died of a heart failure on August 7, 1938, in Moscow and was laid to rest in Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia.
Leah's feeling inside..
A subtext is when thoughts are not expressed directly such as emotions and tension. It is the unspoken feelings or emotions inside the character. We worked with subtext on our monolgue because it made it more easy for us to understand the charcter's feeling. I understood the character more because at first we were just annliseing what she was saying through her mouth but when we annilised what she was thinking inside it was more clear and more understanding.
I think it's impotant for us to have a truthful performance in our performance DNA because our play is based on true story. What we are doing in our play happens in real life this makes us more seroius and determined to our project. Also the audience would be more engaged in our acting if they saw us being truthful and serious.
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