Type of Acting
There are Main four major types of Acting
Classical Acting, Stanislavaski’s method, Method Acting, and Meisner’s Technique
Classical Acting
According to Shakespeareans Acting techniques, the classical acting method became popularized by Konstantin Stanislavski and Michel saint-denis in
the late 1800 s in a classical acting broad approach to requires actors carefully analyze the script and explore the character in depth to find a personal connection to the character and use those it gives an engaging performance
Classical Acting was originally developed before the appearance of the movie,
its meaning emphasizes dramatic gestures amplified the action and slower-down-out speech so everyone in the theatre could hear and see it typically sticks to the word and actions exactly as they written in the script
As modern-day acting coaches consider classical Acting to be a bit over the top which is why it is almost never thought of for screen acting it is primarily used as an introductory training method to help new actors discover themselves their movements and their body as they learn the basic of acting for the stage
Stanislavski’s System (or Modern Acting)
The Discovery of the movie play a big role in Stanislavski’s training techniques when he saw the way his classical trained actor looked on screen he realized this performance look too big and over the top therefore changed his approach and developed what is now referred to as Stanislavski system
Stanislavski’s system teaches actors how to use a mixture of both classical ad improvisational techniques to better access their subconscious mind and give a more natural performance in theatre and movies the system requires them to ask themselves the following question
1 Who am i
2 Where am i
3 When is it
4 What do I want
5 Why do I want it
6 How will I get it
7 What do I need to overcome
Chekhov Acting technique
Michael-Chekhov was a student of Stanislavski he added his own knowledge and ideas to Stanislavski’s system which become more popular in the 1950s
The Chekhov method is considered to be a “psycho-physical” approach where one to integrate internal impulses and feeling with external gestures and movements the actor needs to physically show the character internally using gestures and expressions and external movements.
Method Acting
Method acting is one of the best-known film acting techniques because it is so controversial it is developed by lee Strasberg and had influence from Stanislavski s Robert Lewis, Stella Adler, and the Scented Meisner method acting allowing an actor to truly bring a character to life using personal memories come up with raw emotions some method actor even lives as their character for a week
The physiological nature of the method has made it the subject of scruting, especially in its extreme application by certain actors
prior to his death in 1982 Strasberg trained many of the 20th century’s and today’s most legendary actors James Dean, Ellen Burstyn
Alec Baldwin Marlyn Monroe where all his student
Famous Practitioners:- Angelina Jolie, Scarlett Johnson steve
Stella Adler Technique
Stella Adler another Stanislavsky disciple rivaled Strasberg’s approach with vehement passion Adler a strong-willed notorious demanding teacher pushed her student to create convincing moments imaginatively the lesson from her New-York city studio have been all chronicled and her phrases are often quoted
Adler insists that the imagination of the artist could be just as vivid as one natural experience and much safer emotionally to use Adler’s technique encourages actors to develop deep vision and meta phase for the circumstances of their characters these visions would be used as creative nourishment for making convening artists choice
Though Martin Brando’s life-like acting style is often attributed to Strasberg’s method he was actually termed by Stella Adler his devotion to Adler and her work was so strong that he wrote the performance to her manual “The Art of Acting”
Meisner Technique
Sanford Meisner encouraged actors not to be so intellectually or imaginatively obsessed when actors were so focused he contracted them to get two internal risks there, of course, is that theatre is the experience of sharing an actor’s work with an audience sometimes you can’t do well If you are inside you own head.
Meisner’s techniques rely on sanding down the psychological mountain-making of an actor’s work and instead focus on the simplicity through the reputation of his student naturally and all of the psychological connotations from an action or line revealing the character’s most humble form the meisner believed was the character
1 Emotional Preparation- As with all styles of acting there is prep work to do which involves research and decision making creating a backstory and making specific choices about the character before the scene begins allows your performance to be more truthful to the character. the one caveat is that these decisions can only be made up until the point where the scene begins from there on out, everything that takes place must happen on the spot – the Meisner technique is meant to be entirely reactive
2 Repetition- Meisner employed repetition in the form of word games where each actor would say the same line over and over but with a different emotional tone in response to, however, the actor across from them said it. the first actor would say “you’re wearing a hat” and then the second actor would respond ” I’m wearing a hat ” this would repeat over and over again with subtle changes in tone and inflection each time
3 Improvisation- Since so many Meisner Techniques are based on reaction and instinct, almost all actors’ performances are based on impro (except for the actual words and the choices they make before the scene starts).
Uta Hagen’s Technique
Uta Hagen an actor on the same note, continued to tease out Stanislavsky’s thinking and encouraged the concept of substitution to relate to a similar to Strasberg hagen refined as the notion of using an actor’s personal experience to help draw a natural reaction to the character in the play the actor would conjure the memory or experience of a similar event that happened in life and adjust the stakes appropriately.
As a part of a long and legendary teaching career, hagen developed the talent.
Spolin Technique
viola spolin believed in the power of play in her mammoth cannon of “theatre games” spolin encouraged actors to develop essential habits through improvisation within strict imaginary circumstances or frameworks her method allows actors to become entirely during a performance this making choices in real-time
spolin’son was at the forefront of Chicago sand city and his mother’s technique to generate illustrate comedy stars including alan Arkin, free William Dan Aykroyd, and gilder render
Practical Aesthetics
William h Macy and David Mamet created the “Practical Aesthetics ” approach a technique that rejects the imposed complication of other approaches and focuses on the innate simplicity of theatrically and the four fundamental pillars of an actor’s creative equation literally want the action
and that famous “as if”
Practical Aesthetics practitioners at New York Atlantic Acting School which boat famous alumni Felicity Huffman, Rose Byrne, Camryn machine
Viewpoints
This acting technique established by Anne Bogat and tina lanadu revolved around the six viewpoints of time and space created by choreographer mary overlie with physical improvisation at its core viewpoints training actors to collaborate physically using the body instincts and mind awareness
Theatre of The oppressed
Augusto Boal understood the work of the actor to be both a spectator and an artist an educator and an activist in boal exercise often modified for dialogue games around the globe through mainly from his native brazil actor are encouraged the feel the sensation of their freedom the physical play he also developed a method to enliven and social issue within their community..
Linklater Voice Method
Kristin Linklater believed that within our voice there is human truth and texture rooted in the act of meaningful breath and deep physical and imaginative connection.
Grotowski Technique
jazzy Grotowski believed in the actor as a holy vessel capable of uncovering human truth by accruing the lived experience of their bodies Grotowski was influenced by the scientific process of research and the reflection of monosactiscism aim to create a high actor in the sweet of life.
Unlike the other entries in this list, classical acting is not so much a single technique as an Umbrella term that encompasses several different approaches to acting that original Europe between 16th-century classical actors focus on voice and body contact as well as a textual analysis some techniques you find on classical acting curriculum include viewpoint alexander technique skinner release technique and phonetics.
