Stanislavsky and the way he might look at you

[Ars Amoris]

Hi guys,
Just thought I would share a little actors trick I picked up along the way. So you're having confidence probs and trying all sorts of imaging and mental **** but it just doesn't seem to work? Okay first of all when it comes to recapturing any emotion one of the prime senses is smell! Believe it or not it's true. So how do we use this little gem? Ok think back to a time when you felt really confident, self assured, top o' the world ma! Then try and remember what you could smell as well as see, hear, and taste. Smell first, its the most important, its hard to remember sometimes but try. You will soon feel the emotion rising within you. Afterwards you dont have to worry about using masonic handshakes, indian signs to recall the emotion, just remember the smell and BANG! the emotion will be there. Its a trick used by many actors, De Niro, Caine, Hanks, Hoffman,... because it works! Any comments appreciated.

 

[iveyleeger]

yes, good idea. for example, sniff sunscreen, bam, instantly at the beach, relaxed and cool. smell chlorine, bam, instantly at a swim meet, kicking a--. smell bugspray, instantly in the woods, having a good time. sniff glue ... ;-)

 

[Ricky]

OK the smell of ***** might be a good one, but I'm not buying a girls used panties just for that, and it'd be hard to sniff em in public.

 

[cinephile]

Very interesting

Please share more techniques like this. Method acting is about getting into the moment which would definately help my game out as I am too much about planning.

 

[Ars Amoris]

Cinephile see my post to "unfortunately i'm not blessed" further up.