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Week 1 practitioner-Stanislavski Assessment of student’s prior knowledge worksheets handed out

Student’s prior knowledge assessed

Acting with a purpose
All theatre must have a ‘why’

Teacher led discussion on N & R

Stan’s aims, read handout on Stan

Discussion of N & R ( Camera angles, overlapping,

objectives, costumes, lighting-tv different media to theatre)

Practitioner- Stanislavski Moscow Art Theatre (MAT)

1 Realism Read MAT and its Aims and objectives

Perform 5 mins of day, how could it be improved? Every

detail explored.
Students to bring in props for next lesson for 5 mins of day

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1 Practitioner-Stan Rehearsal with props of 5 mins of day

Relaxation Q: props help but what else will create a character/true An actor prepares p.14
representation on stage?
A: Stan exercises! Now, we will examine some of them!!!!

Relaxation, control of muscles, perform 5 mins again in

head, then physically.

Magic ‘If’ what if this were real life?

Magic If Students at party with lights suddenly off.
1 With a spider in the room/on head  in cellar Read Actor Prepares p. 11
What if the pencil you ask for is a GUN???
Shake hands with someone, what if they were a boy-friend,
an ex, a monster?
This helps to justify your actions. This is important for the
audience to believe you.
Activity: In pairs, create a short scene from the word
‘FEAR’
You must use the Magic If,
After the performance the audience will say if it was
believable or not. You will then explain what you were
imagining.

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Development of Unit 3 The imagination,

Practitioner-Stanislavski The actor be able to answer who, what, when, where and
Week 2 The Imagination why.
Naiveté, faith & Sense of faith Suitcase on stage, where has it come from, why here?
Read Stan notes on Naiveté (Actor Prepares p. 1 & 5)
Children on stage. In a cake shop, toy shop, at home,
Playtime, interaction with each other
Importance of Naiveté on stage

practitioner-Stanislavski
Given Circumstance
2 Given circumstances-basis for actor, created by the An actor preps p.12
director, designer and playwright is what seems true in a
given circumstance.
Actor MUST believe in the G.C.
Stan’s list for GC:
1. The story of the play
2. Its facts, time, etc
3.Conditions of life
4. The actor’s and regisseur’s (director’s) interpretations
5. The set, costumes, props
6. Light and sound

Activity: Student’s prepare for a funeral usinbg G.C. Note

them down then rehearse.

Preparation, rehearsal, performance, evaluation

Circles of attention: Class taken outside,

Importance of relaxation. How can you concentrate outside?
Gives a focus to the student, ripples in a pond. Actor prepares p.13

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Development of Unit 2 Smallest circle: Solitude in Public

Practitioner-Stan Students, sit centre stage, how can you make audience want
Circles of attention to watch you?
2 How can you tell you are focused? Students to bring picnic to next class
Chair lit up in spotlight, go to sit on it as someone,
audience to call out stop if they don’t believe it.
Then sit on chair and circle gets bigger, try to distract, go
back to smallest circle

Sense Memory Emotional Memory:

& Recall of stimulus: through touch, taste, smell. Picnic
2 Emotional memory Actors used as large collection of memories to re-invent
Start off with sense memory:
In pairs: P16 An actor Prepares
Eating chocolate, imagine, do, recall, describe.
Activity:
Ina circle, imagine picking up a chair, weight, texture,
etc.
Mime it-is it believable? If not why not?
Pick up a chair for real.
Pause, think about the differences, pupils comment,
reproduce.
This can be applied for memories too.
So, think of a time when you were happy, what made
you happy?
Where were you, what is the feeling of happy?
Try to reproduce it.
Now apply that to something you have never done,
such as completing the Inca Trail and seeing Machu
Picchuour of the mist.
Rehearse-perform-evaluate

Unit 3:
Stan-units and objectives and Actor Prepares p.14 p.18-21
super objective. Units and Objectives:

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Play broken down into units of action, not just scenes. Cards to physical illustrate units and
There are Objectives within these units. objectives
Week 3 Unit ends with end of objective.
Don’t use too many units, they must be active, they drive
the text forward.
Objective is a verb, ‘I wish to…’
Activity:
Student’s shake hands with someone whom you don’t want
to (making an apology)
SO, is the main objective of the play.
The Through line of Action is the line that brings together
all the small units and objectives.
Break up U&O of a script and act it out with direction.
Activity:
In pairs Perform the first 5 mins of the day. One acts as a
director, the other MUST follow the direction.
Performed and evaluate. Can we see the units (they should
be seamless but we should be aware of an objective)
Unit 3:
Tempo-rhythm in Movement
Tempo-rhythm in Movement:
The actor and character has their own inner rhythm. These
may be at turmoil and create an interesting dramatic tension
3 on stage.
5 students tap rhythm on floor, students walk around and
find best rhythm that suits them.
Create a character Mike Leigh, exercise, find a rhythm for 3
different situations (morning, interview, date).
Perform and evaluate, can we see the different rhythms,
what were the beats?

An actor Prepares p.17

Communication: Card stations required
Rays, adaptation Peaceful (whilst hoping a handful of
Communication vital on stage, happens at bus stops, parties drawing pins), simple (whilst multiplying

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Read an actor prepares p.7 257X31), Hot (whilst hands in cold water),
Activity At a party, get someone’s attention. Eyes closed, love (picture of war), etc.
3 one person chosen to send rays to someone else.
Half the class send rays to someone (irradiation), half
receive (absorbing)
Communication without movement, (have an argument
without moving arms, teacher: restricts parts of body one
by one, then allows one part of body to be free.
Activity: Communication without words, words restricted
by short sentences, one word, sound,.
Activity: Communicate a feeling can be difficult.
Set around the room are a series of stations, with actions.
One person stands out and points to anyone who they do
not ‘believe’ is displaying the command on the sheet. They
then swap over.

Unit 3:-Stan
Directing Eastenders/Ibsen DVD and Radio Interview
Realism, Naturalism Realism: Read Naturalism handout Craig and Stan version required
of Hamlet
Clash of ideas Symbolism v Realism
Watch clip from Eastenders (realism)
3 Listen/watch interview on radio (umming and arring,
overlapping-meant to be naturalism but can you ever have
naturalism?)
Naturalism V Realism Discussion
Aims of director, role of actor and audience
Lead a workshop or direct a scene using a min of 4 of
Stanislavski’s exercises.

Ensemble Work

What Stanislavski says about Ensemble work. (Vital!) Ask Students to prepare for assessment.
why this is so? Art demands group work, unison. They will offer a 10-15 min workshop which
Activity: Trust exercises, falling back, jumping, flying take the group through one of Stanislavski’s
Activity: In a circle, try to pick up an invisible golden hoop exercises. They will also prepare a written

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(weight, texture), hold it above your heads (level) and place account to fully justify their workshop
it done in unison.
4 Activity: Wresting without muscles:
Paring off, wrestle slowly so that each movement flows and
so it looks like a dance.
Activity: In groups describe a dream someone had recently.
Describe it in as much detail as possible. Try to come up
with a new theatrical approach to presenting it.

Ensemble Work:

Ensemble activity:
The ensemble must have a coherent working objective
What is it they want to achieve? Answer this in your group.
4 Continue with Dream play.
Performed and evaluated
Was their objective clear?

Justification later Muscular control and justification, a valuable part of an

actor's training in the Method.
Read p.14
Comment:
Relaxation exercises, source of light in your body, relaxing
any tension. Then, slowly rise and walk around the room.
1. Put yourself into a random position.

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2. Examine yourself without changing your pose. Relax

every muscle you can until there is no more tension than is
4 required to hold the position.
3. Now justify the position. Find some logical reason for
maintaining it. (As soon as you have convinced yourself
that the position has a purpose, it immediately becomes
right and natural.)
4. Make any minor adjustments in the position which will
help you to believe it.
5.walk around. Create strange shapes, when the teacher
says freeze, justify the action you are in (cleaning a boot,
reaching for a box, etc.) repeat in pairs, then 3s, etc.

Using Given Circumstances, Emotional recall, magic If,

Re-cap: imagination you will be given a few mins to prepare, but,
Given Circumstances, using any tools you like in combination or on their own,
Emotional recall, , magic If, present.
imagination 1st, with an internal monologue (thoughts spoken out loud,
then, performed silently)
 Your father is dangerously ill upstairs but you have
to be interviewed on the phone for a job
4  You find a letter on the table, it contains wonderful
news, react to it
 A hat on the table is actually a rat
 You find a letter on the table, it contains terrible
news, react to it
Swap over after each presentation,. Audience evaluate each
performance

Workshop rehearsal on Stan Group to rehearse Stanislavski workshop.

Presentation of workshop Presentation of workshop

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Week 5:

Week 6

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