Preparation for specialist study UNIT 7
Assignment 7 Task 1 - Acting technique Konstantin Stanislaki is a practitioner who teaches four main techniques to encourage actors to perform with emotional truth. The first technique is given circumstances, understanding the details about the character and their backstory can help you develop how the character thinks and behaves. it gives reason to the lines we are reading, what has happened before the scene, what are the characters backstories, when is it set, what are the problems the characters are overcoming etc; all of this gives depth to the characters/scene. These include: What is happening? What’s the situation in the scene? Where and when does it take place? Historical period, time of day, location, weather, etc. Who is involved? What are the relationships and statuses of the characters? Why are the events happening? What has led up to this moment in the character’s life? He also teaches the 7 stages of tension which is a more physical approach to building a character, affe...