Acting

Role Playing and Imitation

The acting out of particular role by copying the expected social behavior of that person

to simulate or copy behavior observed in real life.

general roles recognized by society; father, mother, child, teacher, student

These are the roles we have within our family and friends

Formal movement and dress similar to ballet

Speaking to the audience

A final inflection or gesture to provoke applause

Demands of sustained phrases and exacting meter

How we speak in everyday life

at the end of the 19th century

Endorsed the use of realistic prose rather than verse

made a system of expression which the performers thoughts and emotions were reduced to a specific series of poses and attitudes accomplished through a selective use of body and voice.

inner truth; making the characters believable

Use and training of body and voice

Constantin Stanislavsky

goals and objectives

Players with other performers in a scene

unwanted tension has to be elminated

the range of concentration an actor presents onstage

the characters thoughts and emotions

Asks you to enter the story and imagine yourself as the character, "What would I do, as the character, if..."

What the character wants above all else in the course of the play

Units of divided scenes that each contain an objective

Purposeful action performed as a result of given circumstances that leads to an emotion

the technique of remember of a past experience in the performer’s life that is similar to the one in the play