In Today's lesson we did an exercise which included the class getting into pairs. I was with Tianna and we had to give ourselves actions to do; for example 'to stare' which meant that I would have to look at Tianna constantly, then I would perhaps go onto 'to ostracize' and continue to make her feel uncomfortable. I chose 'to belittle' and so I pushed, grabbed, shouted and bullied my partner so that they felt inferior to me. I only managed to do this by conjuring up real emotions rather than my usual acting technique. Another example of this would be instead of A trying to trip B over, B would have to try and not allow A to trip them over. If A did trip B over, then it would be genuine and realistic.
This exercise allowed us to understand how to apply actions to text and thus create an objection that could be carried out in a believable and naturalistic way. This is part of Stanislavsky's theory in connection to naturalism and it included one rule: to be truthful. I as an actress had to react on instinct rather than a delayed thought or rehearsed idea. I found Stanislavsky's technique quite difficult, especially if an action was 'to be aggressive' because I like to have full control over my actions rather than forcing myself to lash out to an extent. However, I did really enjoy experimenting with how to push myself into an almost limbo land that didn't rely on thought.
Later in the lesson, we were given our roles for 'The Seagull'. I was given Konstantin in Act 1 Scene 1 and decided to change the male role into a female role. I haven't edited the text however the play is naturalistic and there's nothing naturalistic about a female pretending to be a male (in the time of the play anyway). We then read through the script a few times but didn't have enough time to get the work on its feet.
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