A
good starting point when looking at Stanislavski techniques to develop students
belief in their characters is the following exercise:-
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Individual
exercise - students sit in a space and close their eyes. The W/Shop Leader
takes them through the following questions which the students respond to in
their head initially as their character from the text/ fairy tale, using their
imagination:-
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Who
are you?
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What
is your name?
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How
old are you?
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Where
do you come from?
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What
do you want?
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Why
do you want this?
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Where
are you going?
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What
will you do when you get there?
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Teacher - countdown from 10 to 1.
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Students mime being in a place that is
appropriate for their character to be in. Ask the students to consider – 'if I
were there, what would I be thinking?' and 'if I were my character, what would
I be thinking?' This is the 'Magic If' theory.
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Teacher says 'freeze'.
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Teacher thought taps several students.
