Method Acting Flashcards
When was the Actors Studio founded?
1947
Where was the Actors Studio?
USA 🇺🇸
What was the aim of the Actors Studio?
To train especially selected actors on an interpretation of Stanislavsky’s system.
Where did Lee Strasberg study?
Mascow Art School
Which system did Lee Strasberg study and who was he a student of? 📖
He studied Stanislavsky’s system.
He was thought by Stanislavsky.
What was Lee Strasberg’s nationality, and where was he studying?
He was American. 🇺🇸
Studying in Russia. 🇷🇺
Where did Lee Strasberg teach when he went back to the USA after studying in Russia?
The Actors Studio
What was Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio?
The most influential drama teacher.
What did Strasberg do with Stanislavsky’s system?
He was inspired and motivated by it and adapted it into a different version of the method which he taught.
What was the difference between Stanislavsky and Strasberg’s systems?
- Stanislavsky saw all the elements of his system as of equal importance for affective acting.
- Strasberg highlighted “emotional memory” as the most important step to achieve and it has to be achieved first.
What did Strasberg rename “Emotional Memory”?
Affective memory
What did Strasberg name his adaption of the system?
Method Acting
How did admission to the Actors Studio take place?
Through audition
How do we know that the actors attending the Actors Studio were very good?
Its very prestigious.
More than a thousand actors applied each year and the staff often only selected five or six.
True or false:
Method acting was taught world wide.
False:
Taught exclusively at the Acting Studio.
What does affective memory require?
Requires actors to call on the memory of details from a similar situation.
What did Strasberg believe was the best way to achieve affective memory?
To make the actors relaxed so they could recall the memory more vividly.
What was the question Strasberg used?
“What would motivate me, the actor, to behave in the way the character does?”
What did Strasberg emphasise that the actors needed to uncover of their characters?
Their characters ‘inner truth’ and ‘psychology’. 🔮
What did Strasberg say was more important when preparing for a role?
Not only delving into the character’s life in the play but…
Into the characters life before the curtain rises.
What is discussed and even acted out in rehearsal with Strasberg?
The character’s pre-history, perhaps going back to childhood.
How has the way method actors act been described?
“They act from the inside out.”
What does acting from the inside out mean?
They communicate emotions they really feel. They give you a sense of life.
Name some females who’ve used Strasberg’s method acting approach.
Scarlet Johansson Barbara Streisand Uma Thurman Sienna Miller Linda Hamilton Laura Dern
