MIKE LEIGH
Mike Leigh is an English writer and director of film and theatre.
He has had huge success in making low budget films based on the concept of "Naturalism"
He attended the Camberwell School of Art, and then applied to London Film School.
Mike Leigh uses improvisation and naturalistic acting techniques in the majority of his films and theatre productions.
What "Naturalism" theatre is..
What "Naturalism" theatre is..
- Acting which is very similar to real life
- offers a photographic reproduction of reality to portray to an audience
- rejects un natural dramatic styles
- Can be based on real life facts
- Naturalism theatre reached its high point between 1880-1890
- Neutralism and realism are other terms that apply to Naturalism, usually used as synonyms
Naturalism is a style of theatre that remains very true to life - Stanislavski used a range of techniques that he used to help him achieve 'naturalistic' results on stage including Given Circumstances, Throughline of Action, Circles of Attention etc.
It's meant to be as true to real life as possible - the audience make the "fourth wall" of a room so it's almost like they're a fly on the wall, watching a slice of life happening before them.
Constantin Stanislavski developed his own "method" when it came to acting, he used Naturalism frequently and was a strong believer of method acting, in which came the term "the Stanislavski method"
- Stanislavski was born in 1863 in Moscow, Russia
- He worked as an actor in his early teens and later became a director of stage productions
- Stanislavski co-founded the MOSCOW ART THEATRE in 1897, this is when "METHOD ACTING" was created
- Method acting allowed actors to include and portray their own real life histories in order to create well rounded characters
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