Unit 11 : Project Proposal

Task 1: Project Proposal.

The specialist discipline I have chosen to do my extensive study on is acting but more specifically, the Stanislavski method and naturalistic acting . The experience I have of implementing this in my acting is the duologues I did in my first year of this UAL course. The first one being a Debby Tucker Green text, 'NUT'  which drew attention to a divorced couple struggling to cohesively raise their child alongside their past issues. Which I performed to peers in a filmed assessment. The second was a text from "Serving it Up!'' By David Eldridge. Serving It Up is an angry and perceptive piece about destructive prejudice and sadness. I played the main female role, Wendy. A theatre practitioner who is of influence in this specialist area of study is Konstantin Stanislavski.The social, political and historical knowledge I am going to look at will be the history of the Stanislavski system and how it has impacted naturalism in modern theatre. The sources I will be using for my research would be websites consisting of historical context such as bitesize and other independent sites in relation to Stanislavski and his system. I will also be going to the library to find books that may be of relevance to Stanislavski and naturalism. This specialist research will help inform my own practice and help me create a three-dimensional character in all future works.

Essay Question:

How has the Stanislavski system influenced contemporary acting practice since the 1950's and informed my own practice?