Audition With Michael Shurtleff: Part 2 (Humor, Opposites, Discoveries)
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- 0:00 Introduction
01:50 Humor: Humor is not jokes; humor arises from pain and enables us to carry on in spite of it. Discover how to search out the humor in even the most tragic scene.
13:57 Opposites: Whatever your motivation in as scene, your performance should also include its opposites; the tension in the scene will arise from sudden alteration between the opposites.
24:19 Discoveries: A scene, even an audition scene, can quickly become rote. Michael shows how to keep "making things happen for the first time" through a constant process of discovery.
What play/scene are the actors performing at 5:13?
At 14:50 he was explaining about👉 finding the opposite... writting down what you are fighting for ... then write down the opposite then turn it into a positive action.... but then he got interrupted
Any example on that
Say you're fighting for the other person to stay
The opposite: you're not fighting for them to leave
The positive action: you push them away (to make them want to leave)
It's self-destruction
That's what I think he means
@jistheman24
I didn't understand what you wrote
You mentioned positive action : you push them away (to make them want to leave)
But with that action you will have lost that person.
It actually sounds like an opposite
Day 2 of learning from the teacher and reading his book.
Hi Peter! I'm glad Michael's lessons are helping you. To understand Shurtleff a little more, here are 2 books he recommended to one of his students: "The Road less traveled", by M. Scott Peck and "Elia Kazan: A life", by Kazan himself. The student himself shared it via a comment in a group called "Michael Shurtleff: my friend, teacher or mentor," on Facebook. It's a public group where people who knew Michael upload more content about him. I hope you find it helpful😇🤍
@@acting360 Thanks so much! I'll add these to my reading.