Experimental Designs
Approach
Our approach is based on studying
improvisation by the actors following the active analysis framework,
guided/loosely constrained by a script where we monitor evolution
as they “fill the gaps”. We will also have variants
on a two-sentence exercise.
Stanislavsky's Active
Analysis
In Active Analysis, the actors
play conflicting forces that jointly interact. The balance
of the forces determines the direction of the play. The
scripts play the role of guiding the events (skeleton).
The course of the play can be close or different from
the script. This degree of freedom gives us an opportunity
to work at different level in the improvisation spectrum.
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The basics of Stanislavsky's Active
Analysis
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Identify the context
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Determine who carries
Action and who plays the Counteraction
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Determine what is
the event that ends the scene
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Each actor picks a
playable verb to use for the Action or the Counteraction
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Rehearse before presentation
Human-centered Technologies
Laboratory
VICON Motion capture
system with 12 cameras
Detailed body motion information
Recording of two-person interaction
Body motion is modeled with a 45-marker skeleton
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Experimantal company
Experimental company of
actors from the Drama Deparment at the University of Southern
California, directed by Dr. Carnicke and Natalie Peyser
Current actors
Karan Soni |
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Kylie Sparks |
Rachel Lear |
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Alessandra Masciarelli |
Silvija Padjen-Pajovic |
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Rina Cohen |
Jonathan Langley |
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Lisa Dring |
Dan Lippert |
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Julia Mellvaina |
Rose Leisner |
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Stephanie Matsuba |
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(c) 2004 Speech Analysis & Interpretation
Laboratory
3710 S. McClintock Ave, RTH 320
Los Angeles, CA 90089, U.S.A
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