Sum up the power point and describe the two exercises.

The power-point was basically about Konstantin Stanislavski and he life/background.
In the power-point it told us that he was an actor, a director and a teacher.
It also said that Stanislavski was an amateur actor until he was in he mid 20s.
The power-point then told us that his family were wealthy, so when trying to become an actor, he had financial help from his parents.

After telling us about Stanislavski's background it then goes onto telling us about the theatre back then and how actors didn't have any training back in the late 1800s.


and it also talks about how actors would become star famous of one role. The power point then begins to talk about the people Stanislavski worked with he worked with Nemirovich Danchernko who was a theatre critic/teacher/director and then another person he worked with was Anton Chekhov and he was a writer. then it begins to talk about naturalism and that naturalism came from Realism this means seeks to represent human experience and society in a way that seems true to life. then it begins to talk about how naturalism adds to Darwin's idea of heredity and environment influence and this is the difference between Realism and Naturalism. then the power point begins to talk about naturalism in theatre considering what is allowed and what isn't. and there is three books he has written which is An Actor Prepares & Building A Character also Creating A role.

The first exercise we did was where Lucy lost her earrings and we believed that she actually did lose them, so we started looking around for her earrings, however, it turns out it was just a Stanislavski exercise. However, when we were told it was just an exercise, Andy then asked us to think about how we felt when we were looking for Lucy's earrings. Personally, I felt sad for her because her little sister who lives in Devon got them for her and she rarely sees her, so I felt a bit upset for her, I also felt determined to find them so I'd be the hero and get loads of praise :).

We then had to redo what we just did, same scenario same everything, but the only difference was that we knew that Lucy hadn't actually lost her earrings. This time I didn't feel any of the same emotions, so I found it really difficult to get into it again.


The second exercise we were given a certain circumstance. This is where we're obviously given a circumstance but we have to do it naturalistically. My given circumstance was a job interview.
I found this hard to do properly, because I wasn't acting it how I should have been-(naturalistically), instead I was demonstrating, which is where I was feeling nervous or whatever, I was showing what it's like to be like that.