...HOW ACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO A FILM Actors are a vital contribution to a film, for without the actors there would be no film. To become an actor, one must possess a great deal of talent. This person must be able to portray the character as described by the director, and make the audience believe the reality of this character, not only by the words they speak in his or her respective roles, but by their emotions, facial expressions, and physical movements. This person must also be able to grab and hold the attention of the audience, and keep them entertained. What is the goal of acting? The ultimate goal of any actor should be to make the audience completely believe in the reality of the character. (Boggs & Petrie, 2008) There many ways, also known as “methods” actors may adopt to achieve their goal. One way is called the GOTE method. GOTE is a very easy to remember acronym that stands for Goal, Obstacle, Tactics and Expectation. This is a very basic approach to breaking down a character. (Russell) Goal is what the character is going after, the whole purpose for the script. The Obstacle is what stands in the way of the goal and is a direct opposition to the goal. Tactics are what the character uses to overcome the obstacles and reach the goal. The Tactics is what makes the character real, and shows the audience what type of person they are. Tactics can be funny, honorable, deceitful, etc. The Expectation gives the tone and excitement to the Tactics...
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...Stanislavski’s emotional memory LO: To learn what emotional memory is and why it is used in naturalism Stanislavski was a Russian stage actor and director who developed the naturalistic performance technique known as the "Stanislavsky method" or also known as method acting. Stanislavski was known as the “father” of contemporary acting and was born in 1863. We believe him to be the first drama practitioner. In his years of directing he looked at what humans did naturally in their everyday lives and turned it into something systematic for the stage. The drama he tried to create was realism so that the audience could relate to the piece. He tried to put everyday feelings and emotions into his performance because it came across as realistic. Stanislavski spoke to a French psychologist and he said that when his patients were ill they would think happy/sad thoughts and that would help them to get better over time. So he incorporated this piece of information into his work and created naturalism. Naturalism is a movement in European drama and theatre that developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It refers to theatre that attempts to create an illusion of reality through a range of dramatic and theatrical strategies. Method acting is a technique used to show naturalism and realism in theatre, it’s often created by using emotional identification. Quotes by Constantin Stanislavski: 1. “The theatre is air and wine, which we must breathe in frequently and be intoxicated...
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...Born Konstantin Alexeyev in 1863, Stanislavski was a stage name used to keep his activities hidden from his family 1. Growing up in an extremely wealthy merchant family in pre-revolution Russia, acting was seen as something beneath his social class. To keep his theatrical activities hidden from his parents, Alexeyev took the stage name Stanislavski (Insert Citation). While Initially taking over the family mill business at young age(citation), Stanislavski initially began devoting a good deal of his time and money to acting. Eventually his love for the theatre won over him, and begun acting and directing full time. By 1888 he joined the Society of Art and Literature, and through a series of generous donations, quickly became one of the leading...
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