in collaboration with directors, should build 

their performances through a methodical process of script analysis that reckoned with four 

fundamental elements: the characters’ given circumstances in each scene and at the outset 

of the story; the objectivesthe characters seek to achieve in each scene and by the end of the 

story; the actions they will use to try to obtain their objectives; and the “beats” or units of 

action in each scene that reveal the series of actions the characters employ to reach their 

respective objectives".(Stanislavsky’s terms for script analysis: Vocabulary for analyzing screen P.., 2013 page 29)





"In performances, actors change the qualities in their movements, gestures, and vocal 

expressions to communicate their characters’ 

shift from one action to another, as when one 

character turns from warning to accusing the 

other character. Laban Movement Analysis is 

useful for identifying the qualities that infuse 

actors’ performances as they change from one 

goal-directed action to another. In any scene, 

actors’ shifting series of movements, gestures, 

and physical/vocal expressions can be analyzed in the following terms":(Stanislavsky’s terms for script analysis: Vocabulary for analyzing screen P.., 2013 page 30) I am doing this in are play as we are talking about life and we are changing are emotions and actions to what we are doing in the scriptand using props to show this.

by Konstantin Alekseev (1863–1938), who in 

1884 began using the name he would come 

to be known by, Stanislavsky.