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What is emotional memory?
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Requires the actor to recreate an event from the distant past in order to recreate the feelings experienced at that time.
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What is Strasberg's affective memory?
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What became of Stanislavski's emotional memory.
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What's the method of physical actions?
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Stanislavski's belief that a series of physical actions performed in sequence could trigger an emotion for an actor.
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What is a beat?
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A portion of a scene that contains an objective for the actor.
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What are active verbs?
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They push a character to do something and are focused on another character to ensure interaction.
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What is the superobjective?
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Stanislavski called it the final goal of every performance. When objectives are strung together in logical form, it created an entire picture of the character.
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Explain "If."
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Stanislavsky thought it extremely important to an actor. "What would I do if I were.." Only with if does a scenic truth become available.
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Motivations?
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Stanislavsky called it the "will." It looks backwards into psychology and the past, while objective looks forward toward action.
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External vs internal concentration?
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External focus on material or objects lying outside the actor. Internal was based on imaginary life created by the actor that was consistent with the given circumstances of the play.
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Communion?
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"Communication." Actors achieved it with the audience through the communion with other actors. Unbroken communion between actors holds the attention of the audience.
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Adaptation?
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Actors must ask what, why, how? with the respect to an action problem.
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Tempo-rhythm?
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Tempo - speed of an action. Rhythm - intensity of an experience.
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