David Barrouk

Stanislavski and The Method for the 21st Century Actor (eBook, ePUB)

A Practical Guide
Übersetzer: Popkin, Anna

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Written by a highly influential post-Stanislavskian practitioner, this book offers an accessible and contemporary interpretation of The Method, setting out techniques and exercises to train and develop actors today.

Going back to the roots of Method Acting and the work of Lee Strasberg and Stanislavski, and using Barrouk's own unique practice as a lens through which to view it, The Method here is refreshed as something nuanced, contemporary, safe and practical that will benefit all actors - even those most skeptical of it.

Through making a case for the relevance of Method Acting to our modern times and preserving its essence while updating its notions, the book covers the full range of the acting process, including character analysis questions, active analysis, actions, individual and group exploration, identifying actions, and developing/creating a scene in rehearsal. Practical exercises and activities are woven throughout the text, offering a modern framework in which to consider this practice.

The benefits of looking at Stanislavski through both a contemporary and a different cultural lens is invaluable for students and actors alike, and they will appreciate the playful, lively and provocative approach in contrast to the sacred tone of other books on the same topic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350404069
• Artikelnr.: 72246562

Autorenporträt

David Barrouk is a screenwriter, director and producer, as well as founder and director of The Method Acting Center in Paris. He is also an acting coach and has written a number of films, including documentaries, short and feature films.

Inhaltsangabe

0. ADVICE TO READERS
I. INTRODUCTION
1. The Introduction to the introduction
2. The why and the how
3. Warnings. Wait, what? ...Yeah, that's right, warnings!
4. Rumors
5. Wait, one question
II. BRIEF ACCOUNTING OF THE HISTORY OF THE METHOD
1. The origins of the Method
2. The future of the Method
III. PLAY THE GAME
1. I have a question to ask you
2. The four barriers to break
IV. THE W.W.W. QUESTIONS
1. The questions Where, When and Why
2. Answering the questions
3. The detailed answers to the W.W.W. questions
4. Creating a fictional W.W.W. situation
5. The W.W.W. protocol
6. Your turn!
7. The embodiment of the W.W.W. questions
V. EXPLORATION
1. To freak out or not to freak out?
2. Energization
3. Concentration
4. Listening
5. The moment to moment to moment
6. Sources
7. Imagination
8. Experience
9. Reflex sources
10. The first contact
11. The shower
VI. Aaaaaaaaaand ACTION(S)
1. Physical actions
2. Psychophysical actions
VII. HOW TO REHEARSE CREATE A SCENE
1. First reading, first impressions
2. Giving life to what's in white on the page
3. Breaking down a scene
4. Active analysis & psychophysical structure
5 In continuation. Choices & execution
6. Loosen up the structure
7. Dialogue
8. Monologues
9. Breathing life into the statue
10. A word on tragedy
11. A word on contemporary roles
VIII. PLAYING WITH YOUR INSTINCT
1. 50% machine, 50% animal
IX. THE "GOOD" & THE "BAD" EGO
X. TWO ESSENTIAL FLAWS
XI. TO CONCLUDE
Index