"A how-to guide, full of classroom exercises the book, which is meant to be used by students and instructors alike, is a wild success--the writing is clear, and the solid, down-to-earth exercises unravel the "mystery" of Stanislavski." E. C. Skiles; Lone Star College-Kingwood, CHOICE
"Outstanding this DVD will take practical approaches to Stanislavski to a whole new level." Alan Perks, Chief Examiner, Edexcel A Level
Stanislavski in Practice The Film (Part One) brings the Stanislavski System fully to life for the first time, with over 100 minutes of footage. The film follows a group of seven acting students as they are introduced to the System. Guided by Nick OBrien, the students undertake a complete course in the System, including:
Imagination
Physical tensions
Free body
Communication
Natural silences
Tempo-rhythm
Movement and awareness
Each area is explored practically and clearly, with exercises based on those used by Stanislavski at the Moscow Art Theatre. As a close companion to O'Brien's book for school students, Stanislavski in Practice, this DVD focusses on each students process of observing, experiencing and learning, as well as on the teacher's instruction. It provides an invaluable alternative or supplement to reading the book and practicing the exercises in class, in a workshop or at home.
As a step-by-step guide to working with Stanislavski's System, this is an unparalleled package of resources for anyone looking to become a better actor.
Recenzijos
"A clear, interesting and useful introduction to Stanislavskis techniques for releasing the actor." - Sarah Lambie, Teaching Drama
Work on the actor
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Imagination
Exercises The Beach and Within a Circumstance
Chapter 3 Physical tensions
Exercises Physical Tensions and The tensions in others
Chapter 4 Free body
Exercise Relaxation
Chapter 5 Communication
Exercises Communication and Sending and Receiving Rays
Chapter 6 Communication 2
Exercise Picking up the Rays
Chapter 7 The Natural Silence
Exercise The Natural Silence
Chapter 8 Tempo-Rhythm
Exercise Tempo-Rhythm and Tempo-rhythm and the character
Chapter 9 Movement and Awareness
Exercise The Flexibility of Movement and Awareness
Chapter 10 Bringing it all together
Introduction to Part 2 Work on a role
Part 2 Coming Soon!
Work on a role
Part 2 follows the students as they put the skills they have learnt into
practice with a role using A Streetcar Named Desire.
Objectives
Action
Action Exercises
Events and unexpected events
Life in Art Exercise
The super objective and germ
The rehearsal process using A Streetcar Named Desire
Experiencing a role
Active Analysis with A Streetcar named Desire.
Nick OBrien
Nick trained as an Actor and Director for 4 years under Sam Kogan who was a pupil of Maria Knebel one of Stanislavskis pupils at the Moscow Art Theatre.
He has written Stanislavski in Practice and Theatre in Practice both for Routledge, he writes a regular Practitioner page in the Teaching Drama Magazine and has just written the preface for the new Methuen edition of Stanislavskis Building a Character.
Nick founded and runs The Stanislavski Experience a drama workshop company which runs workshops and teacher training across the UK and beyond.
Nick trained as an Actor and Director at the Academy of the Science of Acting and Directing. He has a PGCE in Drama from Keele University. He has recently completed filming on Yesterday We Were in America and a run as Lomov in Chekhovs The Proposal. Theatre credits include Anuchkin in Marriage at the Schepkin Theatre, Elyot Chase in Private Lives at the Shaw Theatre, Seeley in Pinters A Night Out, Stags and Hens at The Gatehouse, Noises Off, Cards of The Gambler, Frank in Fen, Yang Sun in the Good Person of Sechuan, Bamforth in The Long, The Short and The Tall, and touring as Bruce Delamitri in Ben Eltons Popcorn. Film credits include D.C. Smith in Mysophobia, D.I. Slater in Finding Eduardo, and Simon in Serenading Rodents. Television credits include Joe in Band of Brothers, Alex in HidenSeek and Vanya in The Life of Stanislavski .Recent Directing credits include One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest, Top Girls, The Assembley Women, Pinters Old Times, Chekhovs The Bear , The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole and the Joseph OConnor play Red Roses and Petrol. Nick taught Stanislavski based Acting technique at Excel School of Performing Arts and B.S.A. he is also Head of Drama at the New London Performing Arts Centre.
Peter J Walsh
Peter has an extensive background as a Director/Producer/Editor making music promos (five top ten promos), commercials (two top ten viral commercials) drama and documentaries.
