Magic If By Stanislavski

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The “Magic If” was an idea from Stanislavski. It helps people think first about their character by asking themselves “What would I do if I was in this situation”. This helps the actors to understand on how to react to the story. Later on, Stanislavski knew that these types of “what if” questions did not always lead to the best characterization. “What would I do?” was a better question. Stanislavski made his actors think on stage on how would their characters move and think. Stanislavski made the actors think of their characters, while still being able to project loud enough for the audience to hear. Stanislavski encourage his students to carefully look and give compliments and feedback to others, focusing on their physical movements just as
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