Method vs. Meisner - What are the differences between The Method and The Meisner Technique?

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Meisner was not a lover of Lee Strasberg and the method.

Sense memory is specifically is about training your imagination and your senses to respond to the stimuli of the scene. The method at least these days does not require you to revisit trauma and even Lee said it should be at least 7 years old. I have found Method makes you open Meisner tunes you into your partner and helps you live in the moment. Method helps you create a character.

he said i don't teach the Stanislavski System I teach my Method. He basically rebranded so he could do what he wanted and to be fair it was working in some ways.

The title of the video is slightly misleading because it doesn't really say what the differences are. It just says that there are some and gives a historical context :/

Wonderful lesson, sir. With great respect to you.

Who are you favourite actors?

The teacher awakens what was earned in an “actors” life experiences. Do not gentle into the prep.

Use to think acting is easy... Acting requires sound mental capacity and ability to translate character in a believable manner

Mispronounced “matures” but okay otherwise.

When I finally understood what Stanislavski had in mind for his "method" I didnt think it could carry an actor through every role. It maybe useful in some scenes but how can emotional memory sustain an entire performance? It has to be the imagination of the actor. I also dont think that the actor is ever portraying "someone else." The actor is always portraying an "aspect" of themselves.

Wonderful Video

Thank you for giving so much humanity to our work !

how did you do it can you share with me , thank you

Excellent Video...
Thank you for sharing this...

Great! Im going to Hollywood!!

Stella Adler trumps them all. Why? Cause she teaches the real (later stage) Stanislavsky.

I still have no clue what the difference is and I listened carefully. That is the problem with most acting teachers, which is they use a bunch of fancy word salads without saying anything that is practical and a problem with so many youtube videos that claim to "answer" questions. His answer was "whatever works." What the hell does that even mean when you are trying to tell us the difference between two techniques?

Yes, If we can imagine it we can realize it!

.. just read Meisner's book.. one asked about Lee Strasberg.. Meisner said he was a terrible actor.. also mentioned known celebrities were invited by Lee Strasberg to his studio in which he seen talent in and later said that those were his students which were not trained by him.. Stella also said Lee is a fake.. im hesitant purchasing any books by Strasberg.

Thank you, TMTS.

All teachers are great in India we call teachers ( guru) and have huge amount of respect here for teachers .. every acting teacher method is best at it's own but for anyone pro here who is been through all western methods and Wana try something different and new read parsana Indian method of acting.. and natyashastra.. and after that come here and reply in comment how did it worked.. thank you very much 😊

Thanks. Learned nothing

Don’t think the point of sense memory is to retain the experience of the past, but to learn to channel an experience that is created in the moment. Using the choice of a specific memory to respond to an imaginary set of circumstances, which then assist a character assisting an actor.

Thank you Jim!

please tell me in which acting technique[meisner or method] the actor transformed as the character and thinks like the character and act naturally [live truthfully to the character].please reply me

Method Acting is best left for those that like the Raw and in your face style. Meisner is more for the Snowflake that has been sheltered and has not enough emotional quotient to act. Method Acting equals Real, Meisner equals fabricated lies that look good or passable to the audience. Both are great but if you have no emotional quotient than stick with Meisner. Alpha and Beta, Alpha and Beta....

What’s the name of this teacher? He’s incredible. Very honest and knowing. Does he still teach? If so, where??!!

Imagination is super important but let's not pretend acting talent doesn't exist. IMO some have it, some don't.

There is another way too. The English technique of Form. Diction, energy and pace. Playing the house. A perfect scenario for a stage actor is a mix of content and form. Internal & external. Truth & performance

Trying to explain what Meisner and Strasberg were trying to do is like trying to explain what Shakespeare was trying to do. Unless you actually studied under Meisner, you wouldn't really know what his technique was because it was constantly Morphing as he taught it as he was trying to improve upon it (as he should have been).

Unfortunately, Meisner is dead and so is his technique. He would undoubtedly roll over in his grave if he knew how much people were using his old worn and not complete lessons 50 years after his passing. Strasberg, Adler and Meisner all were trying to perfect and simplify acting based on their understanding of Konstantin Stanislawski's technique and so to carry on teaching exactly what they taught years later without any attempt to improve or further simplify is just superficial plagiarism at best, and simply exploits the incomplete works of dead people based on their reputations since most of today's acting teachers are too lazy or scared to come up with their own technique.

Put on the clothes. Say the lines adding some of you until you have a " marriage" But then the point of view is all you need and give it to your partner. Remember. You are telling a story of something and someone. You are not attending an acting class for approval. If you can't tell the story, work in accounting. We need more there.

What is the actual difference between acting in mid 40s vs acting now? Why is old acting considered to be over acting

In his book that documents a class he taught, though, he was pretty hard line about his way being the only real way to learn acting, and everything else was for chumps. Maybe that was just a bad class.

Fantastic video, thank you. As a child creating and acting in scenarios with friends, we were practicing the Meisner Technique and didn't even know it. I was usually the nefarious Spy or Villain lol...😎

Bruce Lee's philosophy was to study everything you can and whatever works for you, incorporate it into your style. If it doesn't work for you discard it. "Use no way as your way, have no limitation as your limitation". If you only have one way of working that one way becomes your limitation. I'm limited to the Meisner approach because it is the healthiest approach to acting, I have PTSD and I don't think Method is a good idea for ANYONE that has PTSD because it forces you to recall (to trigger) traumatic memories from your past. Dustin Hoffman had a nervous breakdown after performing in "Death of a Salesman" on Broadway for six months. Sandy was a genius.

Request to give subtitle ...Many overseas actors bit problem to understand

Very insightful... I will be taking a meisner class very soon

Thank you!

Thank you so much sir.....

😂 😂 😂 I love your energy and you made some great points about my main man Mr Meisner👌

I am currently a student of the Strasberg method at the Mulholland Academy in Amsterdam which teaches both ways. I find that the concept of the emotional memory is very misunderstood by many. You do not rely on a specific memory to create an emotion. You train yourself in reaching depths you've otherwise coudn't to create truth. To emerge yourself in what the character is going through, and relate it to personal experiences, and in the procces of it, making it real. Afterwhich you can easily put it away and if required, do it again. Sense memory exercises help you reach (or at least in my case) parts of yourself that i would have otherwise never been able to find and controle. Acting is experiencing and both ways work for me. I use Meisner for specific things and Strasberg for other things. With a great deal of imagination, there are no limits in where both ways can take you.

Maybe i missed it but what exactly is the difference between the two? Cause i dont get it. My apologies