Answer 2

1. What is your EQ?

• What is the most effective method a theatre actress can use to best build character?

2. What is your first answer?

• The most effective method a theatre actress can use to best build character is the Stanislavski Method.

3. What is your second answer?

• The most effective method a theatre actress can use to best build character is the Meisner Technique.

4. List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

• Builds openness, flexibility, and listening skills
• When repeating lines back and forth between actors, the actors learn to listen, and be open to changes that one another makes throughout the exercise.
• Allows for improvement and changes within the repetition
• Repetition gives chances for actors to play with different takes on lines or character. This allows for the actor to see a variety of different ways to approach a scene.
• Allows for a response that's in the moment
• Repetition allows actors to really memorize lines thoroughly enough that the responses are automatic and sound genuine which is extremely important in acting.

5. What printed source best supports your answer?

• Meisner, Sanford, Dennis Longwell. "Sanford Meisner on Acting." 1st ed. New York: Random House, 1987. Print.

6. What other source best supports your answer?

• Wright, KC. "8 Acting Techniques (and the Stars Who Swear by Them)." Backstage.com. 26 Aug. 2014. Web. 23 Oct. 2014.

7. Concluding Thought

• The Meisner Technique is used by many actors in this day and age. It's usually used by people who don't want to get into an extremely complicated technique but want something effective. Although it is a strong technique used by many, I still prefer the Stanislavski Method. In my opinion, this technique is very flawed in ways where it lacks some essential character structure when an actor is using this technique to build their character. However, it is still a strong alternative if one chooses not to use the complex Stanislavski Method.