Struggling

Struggling

Learning to work through the struggle is an important part of the training process. If we turn away from the struggle, we save ourselves from that difficulty, but we also save ourselves from having learned what was there to be learned. Role Immersion is difficult....
Stanislavski on Concentration and Attention

Stanislavski on Concentration and Attention

“An actor should be observant not only on the stage, but also in real life. They should concentrate with all their being… they should look at an object not as any absent-minded passerby, but with penetration. Otherwise their whole creative method will...
Self Consciousness and the Camera

Self Consciousness and the Camera

An actor needs an audience. If an actor doesn’t have an audience, then the camera must replace that void. The audience, or the camera, provides a formality, a structure, that gives the actor permission to leave the area of “comfortable and casual.” It’s the formality...