Explain Essay example -- Drama

ExplainExplain the importance of the Magic If and Given Circumstances toStanislavskis psychotic technique. Refer to any practical examples thatwill help justify this.MR GROGAN H/WIn this essay I will be explaining the work we have been doingrecently during this term and the relevance to our study ofStanislavskis psycho technique. I will be outlining how his psyches ofthe Magic If and Given Circumstances contribute to the importanceof this technique.Stanislavski had several ideas about how to achieve a sense of innerand outer(a) truth in terms of his shell, one being the charming if. Ifis a word which mess transform our thoughts through it we can imagineourselves in most any situation. If I suddenly becamewealthy... If I were vacationing on the Caribbean Island... If Ihad great talent... If that person who insulted me comes near meagain... The word if becomes a powerful lever for the sagaciousness it hasthe ability to lift us out of ourselves a give us a sense of absolutecerta inty about imaginary circumstances. The answer to these elementaryquestions can be a springboard to creativity and inspiration, becauseit allows the actor to realize the fact that, he is living out afictional life, a apologue of the writers conceit, with stage sets andprops that are not real life homes and settings. When we first look atthe Magic If, Stanislavski makes us aware that a performing actor essential logically justify his actions in consistency with real life.Therefore he must act under his passions in character and not playwith them, playing internally and externally with completerationalization. By using the Magic If the actor is granting himselfpermission to believe in these imaginary objects, it allows theactor to transfer himself from the world of naive realism to the world inwhich dreative work can me done.Based on the idea of The Magic If we used this idea to draw from ourown experiences and imagination to get into character for a recentspeech, that each of u s had been given to learn. To get into mycharacter, Puck from A Midsummer Nights Dream, I used the idea ofthe Magic If to arouse my imagination, consequently entering thesoul of my character, allowing myself o from a creative belief withintheir minds eye. Through asking myself questions, presenting myselfwith possible obstacles and... ... tree, describingin occurrence exactly what he saw. What was happening? This allowed theactor to awaken the senses, to be made aware of the circumstances hewas in, the smell, the sights, the weather, and therefore open up theimagination to set the circumstances and reasons behind why the storyis happening for example why they are having a picnic- because it is ahot day etc. The actor can imagine and convey to Stanislavski hisaccount (as an oak tree) uninterrupted series of visual images,maintaining the idea of artistic stage reality though.The given circumstances and magic if of the psycho-technique liven actors they bring out emotions whilst trai ning their artisticsense of belief. Both make them aware and surround them with the worldcreated by the writer or director. It also provides imagination andthe ability to explore the world with the ability to understand thereasons for the given circumstances. The given circumstances arethe set of boundaries you are given as an actor, the magic ifhelping you develop an understanding for the role you are playing andmaintain it, both inspiring the justified imagination and spirit ofthe character.