3.1

In the lesson on the 25th September 2014 we did a version of Stanislavski's emotion memory method, for this we all laid on the floor and closed our eyes. We did this to get ourselves into a calm state where we could really concentrate. Grainne then spoke to us and told us to thing of a time in our past where we went through a similar experience to the character which we studied beforehand. As my group were studying Ton I started to think about a time where I was in a sudden panic and was not sure what to do next. By placing all of my focus onto this time I really got my self back into that panic, as if it was still happening. I started to then go onto think about what I could have done and what other options I could have taken, this came more easier when not in the moment. Then relating these feeling to the character of Ton it really made me think of what he would of felt like when being trapped in the cupboard with a dangerous character. Although my experience was not the same as Tons I could use it to adapt it to his, This is a very effective method acting technique which could really work to create a naturalistic performance.