Naturalism was a counter movement against melodrama and began in the late nineteenth century in France in attempt. Though Naturalism and Realism are often defined as the same Naturalism differs from Realism in adding a harsher and sorrid attitude to the objective presentation of life. It was a concept developed in detail by 19th century French author Emile Zola but inspired by Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. Zola’s philosophy was based on an objective and experimental presentation of human life, also known as determinism, that is, human motivation and behaviour was absolutely determined by environmental influences, such as social or economic conditions. He aimed to dissect human behaviour and to expose the real forces at play. Great importance was put on costume, props and makeup to perfect the details of reality intending to portray the world naturally, but quite often this aim became too involved in detail and lost track of the overall content. Characteristics of naturalism include a general pessimistic attitude of humanity, being frank about sexual acts and its principal characters being portrayed as representative groups who dismiss free will as just a “nice idea”, rather than unique individua
The Method developed by Lee Strasberg and was highly influenced by Stanislavski’s theories. While Strasberg also believed that the three important areas of an actor that needs to be trained are body language, affective memory and concept of reality, the two techniques differ in the way they were taught. In order to free the body of superfluous muscular tension Stanislavski insisted each of his actors to develop his own relaxation technique. In Strasberg’s method he developed exercises that were taught in classes. Another difference is that in recalling an emotion Stanislavski relied on the actors’ ability to remember an event in his past placing no direct importance on activating the senses. Strasberg concluded after years of experimentation that recalling an emotion is more effective when one recalls all sensations and circumstances that triggered the emotion in the first place.
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