CONTINUING 'ACTING TECHNIQUES

IN MY OPINION;

WILLIAM REYNOLDS

CONTINUING 'ACTING TECHNIQUES"

Next will be yet another technique.

This technique developed by theatre practitioner Sanford Meisner concentrates on the ‘self’. Here, actors practice the exercise of repetition. In this exercise, two actors sit across each other and communicate with each other by repeating a phrase. The phrase is about the behavior of both actors involved in the scene. The tone keeps changing depending on the response each receives from the opposite person. Few actors that practice this technique are Naomi Watts, Tom Cruise and James Franco.

Most acting techniques employed by 'real' actors are used in combination with another. Meisner is my personal favorite. IT IS NEVER JUST THE 'WORDS IN THE SCRIPT' BUT THE BEHAVIOR OF THE CHARACTER (the actor) Words don't mean much without the proper character behavior.