Theatre studies lesson 19/9/13

Todays lesson was interesting as we experimented with External and Internal Monitor while also including Inner and Outer Tempo-Rythm. These are two of Stanislavski's methods of helping actors to make their characters more realistic. We practiced Inner and Outer Tempo-Rythm by setting out six chairs in a line, myself and Jack sat on the far two chairs, our teacher told us that we had to move chair by chair until we reached the end, and at that point we would move back in the other direction. Our teacher would tell us how fast or slow we were to move chairs. We did this until he felt that we had got the hang of it. He then made it harder by instructing us to imagine we were having a phone conversation and still listen to the command of how fast or slow we had to move and talk, this helped myself and Jack to become more in tune to our voice and actions. We practiced External and Internal Monitor by using a golf club and a table, this may sound unusual but is was very useful it made us aware of our surroundings and to be able to control certain body parts while relaxing others.