Acting: Crying on cue Meisner Emotional Prep Technique

[@dominiquewilson94]

You finally made me understand emotional preparation and how to do it when you have a script . Thank you!

[@Bfolks84]

I’m glad I could help you gain deeper understanding of the work. I appreciate you watching my video very much! If you ever have any more questions feel free to reach out!

[@rzcrzc1449]

Damn, thank you for your sharing your vulnerability and teaching! Acting is brave work!

[@Bfolks84]

Thank u very much.

[@AnikMaternActorCoach]

Thank you Byron. That was very delicate of you and showed just how this works. Much appreciation. ❤

[@Bfolks84]

You’re welcome. And thank you for checking out my video !! :)

[@Thebingoqueen]

Amazing 👏👏👏👏👏

[@selsen9011]

amazing video. thank you

[@deborahgold]

This is the most helpful video I've watched on emotional preparation!! Thank you so so much!

[@Bfolks84]

Thank you so much. I’m really happy you were able to get some value out of this video! 😁

[@jonmichaelswift]

That was really helpful! I've wondered a lot about this exercise and you gave a great example there! Thanks!

[@Bfolks84]

Thanks man, I'm glad you were able to find this video helpful. :)

[@nolidcreations]

Thank you 😊

[@philtherealdeal100]

Thank you so much the clarity is what I been needing

[@Bfolks84]

Hey ! Thank you for your comment. I’m glad you were able to get something from my video. If you have any questions let me know and feel free to check out my other videos on acting! Have a great weekend! -Byron

[@philtherealdeal100]

@@Bfolks84 appreciate you so much thanks for replying… my question is what are some other emotions and scenarios you can emotionally Prep with the deeper sadder emotions are obvious like a love one dying I have a problem picking a place to start any advice on a good place to begin the prep?

[@Bfolks84]

@@philtherealdeal100 sure.. pick which ever emotion you’re trying to evoke… for example “I feel nervous.” Ok, then you can use the “as if” I feel as nervous as if I were to be riding on a really high roller coaster… so from there you start the day dream. start the day dream from the moment you’re waking up the morning you’re going to you’re favorite theme park.. then go through every moment in your mind all the way up until you’re in the cart as it’s being hauled up mechanically to the apex of the ride where your overlooking the entire city.. you can hear the nervous breathing of the other riders, the eerie quietness and anxiety knowing any second it’s going to drop.. you will see u will have evoked these feelings of nervousness… and if roller coasters don’t get you there… pick another situation like maybe asking someone out that you really really like. Remember the goal is to be specific in your day dream as much detail as you can get in..and do it over and over again.. spend 20-30 min a day on the day dream… little by little you’ll be able to cut it short. You can jump right into the climb of the roller coaster.. hope that helps.. also I have a video on 4 ways to help build your imagination which will build your emotional Life up a lot! Feel free to check it out.

[@Bfolks84]

@@philtherealdeal100 kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4Ozg4uZotp1a6M check out this video.. it will give you some more drills you can do to help build ur imagination and emotional life to get better at the emotional prep!

[@philtherealdeal100]

@@Bfolks84 I’m such a huge fan Byron 😭💯🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 tears are in my eyes Man this is extremely helpful… I’ve been through I don’t know how many emotional prep/Emotion videos on here and this here has helped me tons I’m binging your videos now going to check that out… this was extremely helpful I’m an Actor who likes to fill my time with the work that goes into the craft I’m self taught or an acting class Actor and appreciate you so much for sharing this with the world 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 I plan on practicing this constantly Thank you Byron

[@JM-gc7hz]

Thank you for this. I’d love to see your emotional prep for happy and angry.

[@Bfolks84]

Thank you for that suggestion… I did the tears because it’s what everyone wants to do.. but you’re right those two emotions are worthwhile exploring. I’ll make a video on that soon.

[@JM-gc7hz]

@@Bfolks84 🙏🏽🙌🏼 much appreciation

[@shadmodir]

@@Bfolks84 Looking forward to watching that video. Thanks for the great content.

[@benjaminpirie-renato224]

Hello Byron, thank you very much for your video! I just wondering if you could clarify (and please excuse me if this is too personal of a question) but was the example you used in the video not a memory but a scenario that you invented in your imagination? Thank you and best regards, Ben

[@Bfolks84]

Hey Ben! Correct.. that example I used was NOT a real memory ( my mom is alive and well haha). It was a made up memory from my imagination to trick my mind to illicit the same emotional response as though it were real. Good question Ben!! Thank you for watching my video ! Byron

[@benjaminpirie-renato224]

Thank you so much Byron, take care!

[@LegendManu]

Very helpful! Thank you!!

[@Bfolks84]

You’re welcome ! I’m glad it was able to help!

[@mdw7389]

FINALLY! an actual technique that shows a technique on how to prepare not just a youtube video showing the repetition technique. Do you have any Meisner tips for learning lines and having them stick? And I guess with this crying on cue video.. we can apply the same technique with other emotions? anger, joy etc? Thanks bro, that was really helpful:)

[@Bfolks84]

Thank you very much for watching my video! Yes you’re absolutely correct.. this technique works for all emotions not just crying but that’s what people mostly want to know how to do haha.. as far as learning lines; I love acting more than anything but learning lines are a drag! Haha. I have two ways to do it : learn them by rote... and the other is learn the intention... if you run the scene a few times then you run it again but improvise the lines you’ll be surprised to see how much of it you’ll actually remember... memorize the intention of what’s being said and you’ll memorize the lines a lot faster... the trap here though is not to memorize HOW TO say it.. just internalize what they mean.

[@mdw7389]

@@Bfolks84 Thanks man! I'll add it to my toolkit

[@mdw7389]

Hey man me again haha, So I'm re-watching this and I just had a uh-huh moment. So this example of your imagination with your mom in the hospital passing, that wasn't from a script? Thats just something you came up with and use to get to tears?... so can we attach the story/imagination into any script that requires tears that doesn't involve your mum... so you could use your example even for a script that was about crying over a watch you lost for example... instead of your mum dying. Meaning when your in a scene crying over your lost watch, your actually working off the imagination and emotional prep of the story/imagery of your mum?? Is that rite? haha sorry for batter understanding.

[@Bfolks84]

@@mdw7389 yea so the imagination exercise you use to emotionally prepare for emotions you’re going to need but you don’t have to work from the script... you can attach it to any circumstance that you need to start the scene upset ( i.e.looking for a lost watch) nobody needs to know what you’re working from as long as the emotions are real and within the tone of the scene..your emotions should be in the right “key” for the scene. the emotional prep serves one purpose: the FIRST moment. From there you be in the moment with your partner and let the scene go where it goes.

[@Bfolks84]

@@mdw7389 here’s another video I made on emotional prep but working with the text and how to attach the emotions to the text. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zn-kaXSuj92Em8U

[@ThePalmexpress]

Thank you

[@Bfolks84]

You’re welcome!

[@Bfolks84]

You’re welcome!

[@martinwoyzeck2634]

it would take way too long to go into it, but what's usually said about Method acting is so very off base, and wrong. And the emotional prep in meisner is pretty much the same as Emotional Recall. Sense memory is different. I've studied/worked with various techniques. Ive done Meisner, altho didn't study with him, one of his disciples. But I did study with Lee Strasberg, Uta Hagen, Michael Shurtlieff,and many others in late 70's. Meisner's repetition is profound in it's simplicity and truthfulness, but there is more to it than that. His 'use the imagination instead of real life' was just to try and be different from Strasberg, as they didn't care for each other. But it's no different. I would say Strasberg was probably the most complete over Meisner, Adler,etc., as he included everything. For some reason, they're never mentioned, just his emotional recall, which isn't even true. Too long to explain. But it's not about going back to any 'traumatic' real life events. That's a total falsehood. Strasberg was the most complete because you used everything, had different exercises for different things. Had sense memory, which is just getting in touch with your senses, emotional recall, lots of relaxation exercises, animal exercises (to help create a character, and find the primal in the human), song and dance - which he would do after lots of internal work, he'd have them do a scene or monologue singing and dancing it to find the external in words and body. He would do a lot of improvisations. Not 2nd city type just a scenario, objectives and a scene with no script. The play and then movie Hatful of Rain came out of an improvisation in one of his classes. He emphasized there is no one way, to try everything, the point is to create the greatest performance one can do. Ok, getting too long. But can't say Strasberg was the best, nor Meisner, but Strasberg was the most complete, as he didn't adhere to one thing. Meisners only focus was on listening, reacting, being truthful, which are important but not the only thing

[@ERIN_198]

Does anyone find that these videos teach you more than 3 years of drama school did

[@Bfolks84]

Thank you so much!! I’m glad you found some value in my video! I got more videos coming soon!!

[@elcourtiour4522]

Hey, great video. Could you explain a little more about saying the partners lines during the preparation? And any information on how you would approach a script analysis? Would you break the scene up into doings/beats and how would you go about personalising these?

[@Bfolks84]

Hey thank you for watching my video.. I’m glad you got something out of it. In regards to your other questions they’re a bit nuanced for a comment section feel free to send me an email at [e-mail].. we can connect there and I can answer your questions with more specificity. Looking forward to hearing from you ! -Byron

[@S0l0boy-l8p]

Is there a way I can do online coaching with you?

[@Bfolks84]

TLMAX00 u know I never thought about that before.. but Im sure we can figure it out.

[@GranCraft168]

Byron Vasquez Jr. do you have an website?

[@Bfolks84]

Elijah Richard I don’t have a website up yet. Just my KZbin and Instagram sites.

[@chrisdell5679]

Where did you study?

[@Bfolks84]

Joanne Baron/ DW Brown Acting Studio in Santa Monica.. 2 year full Meisner program.

[@chrisdell5679]

@@Bfolks84 Good. There's one I did in N Hollywood I do not recommend, lol.

[@Bfolks84]

Chris Dell playhouse west ?

[@chrisdell5679]

@@Bfolks84 No, the Meisner Center on Lankershim. It might have closed down.

[@Bfolks84]

Chris Dell oh I see.. how were they ?

[@lifewithanchi]

My dream is to become an actress. I am 14 almost 15. I can say that i am good with acting and that stuff, but..I am from Serbia and I wanna be an American actress... Do you have any advice for me, how to do it and so on... Btw nice video!

[@Bfolks84]

Thank you very much for liking my video.. as you know Hollywood is a very tough competitive industry even for people that live in the US. It gets especially more difficult for those who come from other countries. Especially now during the pandemic. My advice to you would be to start where you live and build the most successful career you can for yourself in Serbia. Short films, student films, plays, anything you can. Make yourself the best at home and then the opportunity to work in the US will come a little easier.

[@lifewithanchi]

@@Bfolks84 Thank you! I will try my best here and maybe i'll get somewhere. Standards for acting are really high here and i am little scared because of that. But thank you for answering fast, means a lot.✨

[@Bfolks84]

Andrijana Stojanovic no problem... believe in yourself if you really want this and love acting then there will be no stopping you.

[@User-xw5mk]

thanks :))

[@Aladdintravelvlogs]

Thank you

[@Bfolks84]

You’re welcome!