Can The Meisner Technique be used on scripted material?
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- We often hear people saying that they use the Meisner Technique for improvisations but that they don't believe it can be used effectively for scripted material. Though it involves taking the Technique one step further, it is absolutely possible and useful to take The Meisner Technique from the classroom to a piece of written material. In fact, each of our sessions end with students working on a scene, giving them the skills to use The Meisner Technique in the professional world.
The Meisner Technique Studio is located in San Francisco, California. Jim Jarrett, Sanford Meisner's last teaching protege, founded the Meisner Technique Studio on the same principles, standards and respect for the craft of acting that Sanford Meisner dedicated his life to.
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Wish i could live in the US so that i could study under your guidance, but unfortunately that's only a dream. Yet you've been really helpful, thanks for all the tips
We're glad you found us virtually! Hopefully we'll be able to keep helping you from afar.
a very clear and wise response... Personally I find it hard in theater to continually open yourself up to finding the scene. When you're doing a scene for the 50th time, you can fall into the comfortable trap of repetition. Its much safer, and requires less effort and attention. But when you truly give yourself up to the scene and allow yourself to listen, it makes a huge difference. Thank you for your videos!
So true! It's one of my favorite gifts the Meisner Technique has given me in my career
Si lovely to see you back!
I totally get you!
And get the essence of what I believe Sandy was trying to do, so we actors could have a more healthy imagine experience while doing or work.
I seen to many of my dear friends die or became very mentally ill will making a character to get an Oscar.
(Some of them did and the price was high because of their wrong use and abuse of affective memory.)
Great Actors who are truly successful lead beautiful healthy life’s !
I love Acting and Playing great roles and when Directors says cut.
And I go home but my Characters Dramatic Action stays on my last take.
I go home with a great essence of what I learned and understood about that experience of creating a role.
I go home to sing and dance and be Marisol the mother of my children and the rest of my life.
Yes my life it’s better today because of what I learned trough healthy human research discovering the life the playwright created about my character.
I’ve use Sandy’s technique since the early 90s when I was in LA.
Was able to take his class for a little while. In between jobs.
But it stayed with me.
I also study with Uta Hagen’s at HB and what a time that was. Unfortunately in those days having a Mexican accent and really doing the work was not enough, playing the room and the Harvey’s style game was never my thing.
I leave and teach acting in Mexico now and work when a good role comes my way!
Reading great literature works for me amazingly as an ally to my imagination.
YOU MR ARE ONE OF MY ACTING TEACHERS HEROES!
Even if I only met you in CZcams!
THANK YOU!
I would love to work with you! Or with someone who has worked with you. I feel we can make powerful characters come alive!
This is so great, thank you so much for this content! I've been learning so much about Meisner through you, and if im being honest I wasnt a fan at first, however the way you explain it is just so clear that I understand it so much and I can see it's effect.
I have 1 question however; How do I practice Meisner technique if I am at home or I am alone? Is it even possible?
Thanks again
Hi again!
We saw this comment on another video but wanted to paste our reply here too, in case other people have a similar question.
The Meisner Technique is an inherently 2-person technique, so it's not possible to practice alone. Though it's no substitute for in-person practice, we recommend checking with other actors on forums to see if any of them are interested in meeting up via Zoom to do some practices.
As an exercise, you can also work on identifying behavior in your friends and family, though we wouldn't recommend calling out everyone's behavior the way you would in a Meisner exercise 😊
Some of our viewers have also successfully started practice groups in their local areas, consisting of other people who are looking to work on their Meisner Technique skills. If this is something you build, we offer a service where you may record yourselves doing the technique and send it to us for feedback.