Emotional memory is one of the methods used in Stanislavskij's system. This method is one in which the actor draws on one of his personal memories relating to the situation his character finds himself in. Emotional memory helps the actor to truly become the character and portray the emotions that the character would feel at that moment. For example, if your character is grieving, you would think of a time when you grieved and remember how you felt and how you reacted to certain situations at that time. I have used this method in testing on several occasions and it works well for me. I feel this method helps make my performance real and believable. Emotional memory is an important part of method acting, although this method was created by Stanislavski, Lee Strasberg said, “Method acting is what all actors have always done whenever they performed well.” (www.methodactingstrasberg.com,11/13). When emotional memory is incorporated into the rehearsal process, the actor actually begins to feel the same way the character would feel in the given situation. An example of this from Stanislavski's book "An Actor Prepares" is when an actor is led through an emotional memory exercise by the director. “Imagine our amazement when both Tortsov and Rokhmanov told us this, while our performance of this exercise was indirect, insincere, fresh and true; today it was false, insincere and emotional. We were dismayed by such unexpected criticism. We insisted that we really felt what we were doing. “Of course you felt something,” the director said. “If you weren't you would be dead. The point is: what were you seeing? Let's try to untangle things and compare your previous exercise with your current exercise. (Stanislavski, 1936: 163-...... middle of paper ...... t ways. Once this part of the rehearsal process is completed, the actor will know which emotions and feelings work best in the scene and will begin to incorporate emotional memory and internal monologue. In conclusion of this essay we can say that Stanislavski's system in actor training and rehearsal process is effective. The system helps actors to gradually break down their characters and really know the role it can also be said that the system helps them to become almost the character. The system has played a significant role in theater training for many years. It has been used, adapted and performed by different professionals, actors and tutors. Stanislavski's system will still be used in theater training. Not only is it an effective system, but it represents the past, present and future of theater training and the rehearsal process.
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