The Given Circumstances and the Magic If in the Stanislavski System
One of the most fundamental principles of the Stanislavski system is
that an actor must always strive to achieve a sense of psychological
and inner truth. They must have a clear understanding of the internal
thoughts and emotions of their character, so that they are able to
think and act as the character would to any given situation. He also
believed that all action on stage should be done with a purpose, and
that an actor must be aware of the motivations of the character and
their overall objective with in a play, in order to make a performance
as truthful and believable as possible: "All action in theatre must
have inner justification, be logical, coherent, and real."
One of Stanislavski's ideas of how to achieve a sense of inner truth
is the use of the Magic 'If'. The magic 'if' introduces an idea or
situation to the actor, allowing them to imagine how they themselves
might act if the situation were actually true: "'If' acts as a lever
to lift us out of the world of actuality into the realm of the
imagination." By stimulating the imagination of an actor by using the
magic 'if' a sense of purpose is obtained, leading to more truthful
response. When an actor tries to reach a sense of inner truth with a
character, the magic 'if' can act as a link between the two by
transforming the aim of the character into the aim of the actor,
therefore giving them the potential to create sincere emotions. Whilst
performing on stage, an actor is obviously aware that everything
around them is false, however, he/she must ask themselves the question
'How would I behave ifeverything a...
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and it was interesting to consider the variety of different ways you
could alter a performance completely by the use of the magic 'if'.
By carrying out these various class exercises I have learnt that when
creating a role for performance, in order to identify with a character
to achieve a sense of inner truth, it can be very useful to get a good
grasp at all the given circumstances that effect the role, and then,
with the use of Stanislavski's magic 'if', explore the role by trying
out a number of possible approaches to a scene or play. The magic 'if'
works as an important link between the actor and the character they
are playing by making the aim of the character the aim of the actor as
well, meaning that, with this sense of purpose, and actor can give a
more realistic and psychologically truthful performance.
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exactly what in which individuals, whose main focus is to seek the ultimate truth in life
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that you should believe in God as you will gain more from it when you
what they to know to us but these can only show the way to attain our
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...nd dedication required by the adherent. These requirements include putting aside one’s selfishness in order to submit to Allah’s will. The more the adherent submits to Allah the more intense the sense of inner peace will be.
else you are now filled with an inner peace. Not a peace where you can't
... these things are reached while being true to oneself, they can increase the feeling of self worth and cause better appreciation of human values.
This same idea appears in Fredrick Douglas story. When Fredrick Douglas started to understand what he was reading around him, his mind stared creating his very own opinions and feelings. As well the same idea comes to surface in Richard Rodriquez story when he starts to understand the underlying theme in all of the books he has ever read and applied to himself as a person. When both writers began to truly be able to understand anything and everything, they both started to find what their every purpose was in life, and understand the person that they were.
mind, what one finds to be correct which is the truth. Emerson suggests that it is easy for a man to
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