“ We each contain within us the seeds of all the characters we will ever play.” - Marlon Brando

Drama at it's natural form.

TRUE GRIT

Metamorphose into your character and ask thyself.

[Metamorphose(verb): to change form and nature]

Be still. Just for a moment.
Be Still.

Marlon Brando's Oscar win for " The Godfather"

“ Transfer the point of concentration outside of yourself.” - Sanford Meisner

for Tennessee Williams lovers: a literary reference to his life and work. [free]

Metamorphose into your character and ask thyself.

[Metamorphose(verb): to change form and nature]

“ Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the World.” - Jean-Luc Godard

Wonderful speech. Listen to the whole thing and feed the hungry artist within you.

Metamorphose into your character and ask thyself.

[Metamorphose(verb): to change the form and nature]

action verb : DELIGHT :
to give great pleasure, satisfaction or enjoyment.

Metamorphose into your character and ask thyself.

[Metamorphose(verb): to change form and nature]

First of seven part documentary about one of the

most inspiring teachers of acting: Sanford Meisner.

[if you would like to watch the rest, double click on the video]

action verb : PACIFY :
to bring to a state of peace and tranquillity.

Know Thy Character

FaceBook Group.

Please join us.
We will kiss your hands.

Know Thy Character. from aydin ozer on Vimeo.

“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” - Jack London

Stanislavsky read the experimental psychologist Théodule-Armand Ribot's "The Psychology Of The Emotions" (which included the concept of Affective Memory) than he transformed the ideas and applied them for acting/directing. In a way Ribot is the original father of Emotional Memory. [Hence, his book's name "The Psychology Of The Emotions"]

The link is a free [legal&downloadable] copy of :
Ribot's "The Psychology Of The Emotions"

Enjoy.

action verb : GORMANDIZE :

to eat greedily or ravenously.

We need to have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge about our characters. Knowledge solidifies/shapes the fantasy of them in our minds and allows us to materialize the them in the living world.