Endowment,+Recall,+Images

Da-Sol: Feel free to edit and post any changes you want if you don't agree with the following schedule:

Outline of this workshop 1-2 mins introduction/brief explnation to our assigned aspects of Stanislavski's system.

10 mins exercise on endowment/recall 5 mins discussion (maybe for these discussions we should be prepared to answer any questions that the people might have regarding the details of Stanislavski's system)

10 mins exercise on images 5 mins discussion

[|Acting: Onstage and Off]: Check out pages 128 to 132.

"Endowing someone or something requires a clear memory of the original. If it's not your experience, you do research. Actors need to keep all senses awake... for the possibility of having to recreate the sensation... Stanislavski divided endowment into //external,// where feelings are used to give imaginary life to tangible existing objects, and //internal//, where your own memory is used to create altogether imaginary objects, such as those that might appear on the fourth wall or in the character's offstage life.
 * __On Endowment:__**

There are even __exercises__ on this website! Here's one: Pick up some objects that are available in large enough numbers so that everyone in the group can endow them. (we can use a bunch of random props from the props room perhaps?) Work on adding physical properties and then layering in emotional ones.

"The primary tool for untapping controlled, repeatable emotion is memory of the senses. Although sight is probably the most powerful, all five [senses] can release with great strength. You need to stay alert for any untapping of your own life that might intrude on the character's experience rather that help you connect to it."
 * __On Recall:__**

The __exercises__ are pretty much just examples of words, phrases, or situations that you are supposed to allow feelings to spring from.

"If you have a definite picture in your head as you speak a phrase, and if you try to get your listener to see the sme picture, your words are likely to be more vividly expressive and your connection with your partner more intense.... Thinking in images instead of just words is exciting ad evocative.
 * __On Images:__**

One __excersise__ on the website is: Describe any brief experience you've had in the past few days, once with just words, then with the movie of the experience (and occasional striking still photographs) on mind, trying to get your partner to see the same movie, and notice the same still shots. Discuss the comparative "look" of your film and his.