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ahah yes well spotted. I had tried a morphing effect I think, a long time ago when I was getting into editing. I stopped after that 🥲

I would disagree with that arbitrary distinction ;) Some of those actors are actually professionals and getting paid to act regularly at that point. A lot of "famous actors" have different techniques, or no techniques, and some of them don't produce great performances when they work in an environment that they don't know, for a role that doesn't perfectly suit them, etc. Most importantly, it was a discovery of this acting approach for all of them during a short workshop, on a scene they had just received. There weren't many takes like they would be for a movie you would then edit to chose only 1 out of 5 or 10, and spend whole days of shooting for 2 or 3 "useful" minutes of film in the end. But yes we might do more of these in different conditions, and document better what the conditions actually are. Thanks for commenting.

You don't have to repeat it exactly the same; just repeat and don't overthink it. The whole point is to stop thinking and start listening. When in doubt, repeat. Don't try to change the repetition and don't do anything until something happens that makes you do something. There's videos of Sanford Meisner himself teaching this stuff.

@@liquidbraino thanks for your reply. I am watching his (Sanford Meisner) videos as well as reading his book. Such a brilliant way to work. At first, it's tough to “wrap your head around” but once you get it, it makes soo much sense. the prep is a huge a part as well.

thank you ! I was overwhelmed with running the school in Paris and teaching and it takes a lot of time and / or money to produce good content but we just published a long interview and hopefully will create more regular content soon 🤓 Thanks for your support 🥹

​@@PlayGroundsChannelI hope you will find time. Keep up the good work and good luck!

Thanks Matthew! Glad you liked it. Yes, techniques end up diluted when protocoles aren't clear or proper training and certifications are not in place to make sure that a field is properly taught. Everyone can change a technique and make it their own and that is fine, or create new ones and mix a few. But when I started discovering the "Meisner technique" I trained with different teachers who were speaking "different languages", as Jim says. To the point that they were giving contradictory advise and rewarding completely different types of behaviours, and all calling it "Meisner". And they did so because of ignorance, not because the technique itself couldn't be properly laid out or because it was so subjective that it didn't have a clear curriculum, with clear exercises with specific names and functions at each step. Martial arts, or therapy techniques, which also deal with unique human beings, their experiences and emotions, have developed clear protocoles and have specific structures and history. Every practitioner is different but there is some basic clarity for each approach instead of esoteric discussions about "letting go", or "being yourself", or "being free". One person can be trained in Gestalt, ericksonian hypnosis, and NLP, and another one in cognitive behavioural therapy and EMDR. They can mix things, but they have proper trainings for each tool. Otherwise you'll have no idea what you're in for as a student or customer. I meant to highlight the discrepancy between the seriousness that is required in other fields, and the casualness with which so many "acting teachers" research and train at their craft and approaches. The whole point of this channel is to clarify what techniques are, how they work, and where they come from. Hope it makes more sense.

Thank you for sharing ! 🤗

The green light is on, keep going, if it turns red, carry on regardless. Thank you (wegogreen1) for being you...an inspiration.

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A college is the worst place in the world to learn acting. Sanford Meisner said that himself. Go to a school that focuses on acting - you don't need a GED to train at the Neighborhood Playhouse or Playhouse West or Michelle Danner or Elizabeth Mestnick Acting Studio etc. There's a ton of great Meisner schools - The Meisner Center in Los Angeles isn't one of them; that's the worst Meisner school on earth; the teacher is an arrogant narcissist prick who doesn't know what he's talking about so avoid that place.

I didn’t get this plz explain me in easy words

because when in the affect of aggression, you will have fantasies about hurting someone

He is not talking about what we generally call fantasies like sexual fantasies and celebrity fantasies, etc.. he is talking of constant identifications of the ego/yourself such as nationalities (killing another soldier to defend your country), jealousy, etc..

This guy isn't the best Meisner Teacher. There's plenty of others but they're not all great & this guy is making it more complicated than it needs to be. The key to the Meisner system is simplicity; not overthinking. The whole point is to stop thinking and overthinking everything and to remove all intellectually from the actors instrument to make them a spontaneous responder to whatever is happening. This guy interrupts too much; over analyzing everything; over correcting every little detail.

@@liquidbraino I agree yes. It also makes me doubt the whole process and technique as most folk I’ve known to go on about it, go on about it like this. And then they’re not even that great when they actually film:)

@@januddin8068 Some of the most famous actors in the world trained with Sanford Meisner. The technique definitely works. Find a documentary called "Theaters Best Kept Secret" if you can find it. Gregory Peck; Jeff Goldblum; Mary Steenburgen; James Dean; Marilyn Monroe; Sigourney Weaver; Steve McQueen; Peter Faulk; Tony Randall; Dianne Keaton; Christopher Lloyd; Grace Kelly; James Gandolfini; Anthony Hopkins; Robert Duvall; Sandra Bullock and a ton of other famous actors trained with Sanford Meisner. He was one of the founding members of the Group Theater. But of course the Meisner technique' isn't for everybody, only the actors who actually want to be any good at their craft train in the Meisner system because it definitely isn't easy once you get a year or so into the training. Gregory Peck once said he was "never comfortable; it was a year of stress and strain. You might get a nod of approval from Sandy and that would be a red letter day but on other days it was disastrous". A lot of actors avoid it because it's too much work but if you really want to be good at something why *wouldn't* you work as hard as you possibly can? If you're doubting his technique then you're not a real actor because every famous and successful actor on earth knows his name. The shitty actors are all Method or Character or Adler trained; the ones who go way over the top with ridiculous over acting and no sense of subtlety at all. That's exactly why I'm not a method actor. My best friend is a Method actor and he sucks; he's the reason I gravitated away from it and trained at a Meisner school instead. But all method actors suck in my opinion - if they're strictly Method and never trained in any other techniques. Method also isn't the healthiest approach to acting; Dustin Hoffman had a nervous breakdown after performing in Death Of A Salesman on Broadway because of his Method Acting.

@@liquidbrainoany direction as where to find good meisner coaching videos?

Belay that... It was 20 yrs ago. So grateful for sensory work

exactly 🤓

Strasburg was basically teaching emotional masturbation.