Stanislavski

Lesson 1

Stanislavski 10 elements
-Given Circumstances
-Magic if
-Imagin
-Concentration
-Relaxation
-Action/Objective+Units
-Truth/Belief
-Sense memory
-Communion
-Adaptation

Lesson 2

I quite enjoyed lesson 2 as we continued learning about Stanislavski's 10 elements. Gavin gave us a task to improvise using the 10 elements and react to the given circumstances. I found this task quite fun and challeging as my given circumstance was quite complicated and difficult to react to as it was 'escape plans' however I found it quite enjoyable because I had to show good improvisation whilst avoiding much dialogue.

Lesson 3

Lesson 3 was the most intresting lesson because it showed me the importance of focus and concentration needed for a performance and how effective it can be.

Whilst we were sitting on a chair in a space, Gavin told us to focus and really imagin that we were in a Cafe in france. We had to imagin every little detail of the Cafe for example, what colours were in the Cafe, what the Cafe looked like, what the Cafe smelt like ect...

Gavin played some French music in the background to help us imagin the Cafe a bit more.

Once we had focused on the detail of the Cafe Gavin told us to pick up the cup of coffee underneath our chair and again had to focus on every little detail of the cup of coffee for example, what were the colours of the coffee and the cup, what the cup and coffee looked like, smelt like and also tasted like. My opion on the coffee was strange as I normal find that coffee has a horrible taste however after thinking about every detail, texture and taste I found the coffee was quite nice. Gavin also told us to do the same with Dark chocolate, my peice of dark chocolate was wraped up in tin foil and when I was told to look into detail on the chocolate I thought I might aswell do the same to the tin foil. I looked at the colour of the tin foil, what the tin foil looked like, the sound the tin foil made when I scunched it up in my hand and what it felt like. After going into all the detail Gavin told us to replay all the movements we did without using the cup of coffee and chocolate this is called effective memory (effective memory is the art of recalling multiple senses to create the given circumstances of a situation)

What I found interesting is that when I replayed the dark chocolate I rubbed my finger's together miming the tin foil and it was like I could feel the tin foil between my finger's.

Strengths: I feel that during these lessons I had very good focus and concetration which helped me use my imagation easily.

Weaknessess: I feel that in lesson 1 I should have listened more to help me understand the 10 elements.