VISIT LAZY PEOPLE - TCHAIKOWSKI"
The actor's ENERGY and PASSION, its usage, his ability to VISUALIZE with POWER, to LISTEN and his knowledge of the EMOTIONS in playing the moment are his most important tools in telling the STORY.
"THE
SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT
INGREDIENT
IN ACTING IS
PASSION!"
TALENT
IS THE ABILITY TO PERFORM A TASK WITHOUT
THINKING
ABOUT THE PROCESS.
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ACTING
IS STORYTELLING
-IS,
ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE-
Stories are told by the characters by COLORING the events with EMOTIONS.
ACTING,
(STORYTELLING) IS BECOMING FREED FROM THE DOGMAS
AND AUTHORITY
OF THE OLD SYSTEMS.
Every great
advance in natural knowledge has involved
the absolute rejection of Authority.
-Thomas Huxley-
"Acting, like music, is more Feelings and Instincts than Rules."
In order
to tell the story, the actor must first
KNOW
THE STORY.
"Don't ask
Me what my Stories are meant to Express, ask Yourself what they Mean to You."
Eugene
O'Neill
Next, he must create a character that is anyone but himself, it is always an ASSUMED FANTASY CHARACTER. The actor can shape his character to anything his IMAGINATION can deliver.
"YOU MUST SEE THE CHARACTER BEFORE YOU CAN BE THE CHARACTER."
The actor will learn how to Create MEMORIES for his CHARACTER:
EMOTIONAL MEMORIES; KNOWLEDGE
MEMORIES; PHYSICAL MEMORIES
AND ANTICIPATION OF FUTURE
EVENTS.
None of these memories have anything whatever to do with the actor's OWN MEMORIES, they are fantasy memories.
This process of creation is called a BACK STORY.
A
BACK STORY is a complete life history (from birth) and a psychological profile
(what makes
him tick) of the Character. (in writing)
WE ARE NOT
INTERPRETIVE ARTISTS, WE ARE NOT ANALYTICAL ARTISTS,
WE ARE
CREATIVE ARTISTS.
MOST ACTORS ANALYZE TOO
MUCH
AND CREATE TOO LITTLE.
"A MAN ISN'T AN ACTOR UNTIL HE COMMANDS A TECHNIQUE WHICH ENABLES HIM TO
GET AN IMPRESSION ACROSS INTO THE HEART OF AN AUDIENCE WITHOUT REFERENCE
OR RELATION TO HIS OWN INDIVIDUALITY. THE BETTER THE ACTOR, THE
MORE COMPLETELY IS HE ABLE TO ELIMINATE THE
PERSONAL EQUATION."
-John Barrymore-
I HAVE ADDED TO
JOHN BARRYMORE'S QUOTE: "AND THE POORER THE ACTOR,
THE MORE HE MUST RELY ON HIS OWN PERSONALITY (PERSONAL EQUATION) TO TELL
THE STORY".
Finally,
the actor learns (NOT MEMORIZES) the dialogue.
(MEMORIZATION
IS RECITATION - FENCE POST ACTING)
He must never attempt to address the dialogue BEFORE LEARNING THE STORY and CREATING THE CHARACTER.
(If you buy a bag of seed corn, you must first have a place to plant it)
ACTING IS STORYTELLING © FOCUSES FIRST ON KNOWING THE STORY, SECOND ON CHARACTER CREATION AND LAST ON LEARNING THE DIALOGUE.
Using the
system, the actor learns how to learn dialogue (AND THAT MEANS
ALL CHARACTER'S DIALOGUE) up to the rate of
A PAGE IN TEN MINUTES.
(with
practice)
THE FOCUS
OF THE SYSTEM IS ON THE STORY, AND THE CHARACTER,
NOT THE DIALOGUE.
SHAKE THE
DIALOGUE UNTIL ALL THE WORDS
FALL AWAY;
WHAT IS LEFT IS TRUE ACTING.
-KF-
"WE CAN SHAPE CLAY INTO A POT, BUT IT IS THE
EMPTINESS
INSIDE THAT HOLDS WHAT WE WANT."
-LAO TZU-
"Words are
the least reliable purveyor of the Truth"
-NEALE DONALDWALSCH-
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"ACTING
IS
STORYTELLING
©"
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