Advanced Meisner Students Demonstrate A Scene Using The Meisner Technique - Houde School Of Acting

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In this video two Houde teachers will demonstrate a scene from the play Dead Man's Cell Phone.
Both Leah Harper and Diana Frankhauser do a great job of capturing the behavior of two strangers meeting for the first time under an extremely uncomfortable situation.
If you have any questions about the Meisner Technique drop us a comment in the chat below.
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About Jessica Houde-Morris:
Prior to opening Houde School of Acting in 2005, Jessica spent six years studying at the prestigious Playhouse West in Los Angeles. She later became an instructor and taught alongside Robert Carnegie, who studied directly under Sanford Meisner himself.
In addition, Jessica has experience working alongside Jeff Goldblum, James Franco, Shawnee Smith, Scott Caan as well as many others.
Her students have appeared in;
Television Shows:
•The Haunting of Hill House
•The Vampire Diaries
•General Hospital
•Blue Bloods
•Criminal Minds and more
Feature Films
•Insatiable
•Tag
•Bad Moms
•Minute Man
•Cherry
•Snatched
•My Blind Brother
•Diary of a Wimpy Kid
•Venom
Commercials
•Nike
•Mcdonalds
•Honda
•Subway
•Intel
About Houde School of Acting:
Proudly affiliated with Playhouse West in Los Angeles, Houde School of Acting is one of the world’s premier acting schools.
We offer a wide range of online and in-person classes for all skill levels from beginners to established working actors. While specializing in the Meisner Technique, we also offer Improv, Audition Technique, On Camera classes and a variety of Specialty Workshops. Our classes are designed to help you hone your craft as an actor and better prepare you for auditions and other opportunities in the world of acting.
Find out more about our classes at
www.houdeschoolofacting.com/

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@shmishash 6 месяцев назад

The scene was captivating to watch, immersive, I really felt I was peeping through a keyhole. Both Leah Harper and Diana Frankhauser seem to be accomplished actresses, I wish we could have more of them and their likes in the mainstream cinema and theatre.

@alexbillyparkin1 2 года назад

These two performers were excellent! Great job! Thank you for sharing this.

@ScribblebytesWorldwide Год назад

I rewatched Diana and Layla again with the sound off and I can definitely see the tone of the scene better. Diana is like the comedic relief and Layla is reacting off how goofy this lady is and it breaks down her self-confidence by the end. It's so powerful with the sound off.👏👏👏👏🛫

@BrooklynBounce Год назад

The young lady who is wearing the dress is not only beautiful but she is amazingly talented. I’ve watched quite a few of her videos. I’m currently studying Meisner acting myself but I’m only in my second semester

@verbinneny Год назад

wow, I really loved this video. I hope you do more of them! Also definitely checking out the online class opportunities! Great job from both of the actors, they really played their vibe incredibly well. I loved that the confident woman started to cry once the scene was over, it felt incredibly genuine, and even though she acted tough, I felt that hurt all the way from the start, and that's amazing! Bravo!!!

@SuperTabitha17 Год назад

These two did such a great job...I started feeling emotional myself! 👏👏👏

@freddylrobinson888 11 месяцев назад

Such an intense pulse between these two ladies!!! Awesome work! 💯 ❤

@yemi1able Год назад

Very well done Thank you so much for the teaching

@NoteFromSELF Год назад

Great scene by these two. Houde's explaination made sense.

@freddylrobinson888 11 месяцев назад

Awesome work! Great advice!!! The scenes between Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington in "Crimson Tide" are MASTERFUL.

@imthatguythatmakesdumbvide9330 2 года назад

i enjoy seeing these more in depth videos you can learn a lot from them !

@thehoudeschoolofacting5472 2 года назад

More to come!

@Lawgivaah Год назад

I was captivated by that scene. I liked the calm pace.

@nataliedelmonte7100 Год назад

Amazing actresses! Well done!

@ingridhubert3649 Год назад

😢 I am Amazed. Brava!! I felt that scene.

@yuniorreyes.130 Год назад

These performances were incredible

@justthefactsjack456 Год назад

Greetings from Thailand :) Beautiful and sensitive scene! I studied at Playhouse West and truly miss it!

@hoch0943 2 года назад

Great Work in that Scene and thank you for the Video

@thehoudeschoolofacting5472 2 года назад

You're welcome!

@AaronKendallWilson 2 года назад

This is so good! Wow!!!!

@sinematographynaction 7 месяцев назад

Good stuff. I appreciate the video.

@nightakoth4291 2 года назад

This was a great job, keep it up. I love your demos on the Meisner technique, they're really helpful to me. looking forward to see more coming from you. please share the name of the movie you just mentioned on the video above.

@WhathephukkTV Год назад

This is amazing ❤❤❤❤

@aimmae3749 Год назад

Great performances

@BenWeeks 2 года назад

I felt emotional too and I don't know why.

@kiaundriabellerose5027 Год назад

Me too! Very moving performance

@fitnessmax2473 Год назад

Great job 👍

@AshTheDuke 4 месяца назад

Wow this video was deep af learned more than what i know about acting knowledge

@clintcalvert9250 2 года назад

“ just repeat”. Nice work.

@Team2.0 Год назад

Thanks to share This

@iamjashawoo-_- Год назад

How much prep time did they have? I’m honestly impressed how they were so fluent with this scene, no thinking just doing.

@iamjonah869 2 года назад

I was about to cry😭

@Vandemataram1745 2 года назад

That was was... reallyyyy good, there is a room to express more emotions. I am not an actor or student but trying to learn from videos, I just expressed what I felt. So sorry if l am wrong.😊

@thehoudeschoolofacting5472 2 года назад

Hi, Thanks for your feedback, we'd love to have you join us for a complimentary online class. Contact us here and we will be in touch soon! www.houdeschoolofacting.com/contact

@ScribblebytesWorldwide Год назад

I actually paused this video and went to watch that scene in The Men with the volume down. It was exactly as described. Marlon Brando is so good at believing everything happening around him while still being technically aware. The lady was so good at turning him. The way she gently broke into his personal space like a mother to a disappointed child. And the rolling pin bit feels like the writer's opinion that these two are so self-involved and silly in the greater scheme of things and that they should just reconcile. I think that informed the tone of the scene. She is soooooo desperate it almost looks manipulative and calculated. And he is so immature with Norman Desmond crying arm. They balanced each other out well. Even the way Brando starts to move his head as she gets closer, like a baby looking up at his mother.

@ASPECT0745 8 месяцев назад

The lady in the dress up shirt was AMAZING

@LonelyGamr 2 года назад

really good work

@thehoudeschoolofacting5472 2 года назад

Thanks for watching! We will be uploading more every month.

@LonelyGamr 2 года назад

@@thehoudeschoolofacting5472 very cool. I like the James Dean statue you got

@sharonsquires3556 2 года назад

Yes, Outstanding work!!! How can one get into an advance class and do scenes like this one?

@thehoudeschoolofacting5472 2 года назад

Hi we have online and in-person classes available. If you’d like to come audit a complimentary class or have any more questions contact us at this link. We look forward to hearing from you. www.houdeschoolofacting.com/

@2ndRodeo_Keziah 7 месяцев назад

I’ve done classes in Meisner. Wondering how this demonstrates his technique? (Was expecting maybe some repetition exercises 😁)

@mafaldadanovacovas3250 Год назад

Does anyone know what was the text they were working on?

@jadelove5921 2 года назад

Really good! What is this scene from please?

@thehoudeschoolofacting5472 2 года назад

Thanks! It’s from Dead Man’s Cell Phone

@Akashsharma-kr9cm 3 месяца назад

What are the exercise you were talking about?

@paololuckyluke2854 6 месяцев назад

Great script! Who wrote it?

@DARKLYLIT 9 месяцев назад

This reminds me of a scene from Lonestar I did when I studied at The Neighborhood Playhouse in NYC. It's about two brothers; one has just returned from Viet Nam and his brother tells him that he has slept with his wife Elizabeth. At the end of the scene our instructor, the great Richard Pinter, asked us what was missing. My scene partner and I couldn't find the answer. Pinter said: "Elizabeth"...Just because the character isn't onstage, doesn't mean you don't have a relationship with them. Same thing in this scene with "Gordon". It's a difficult ask, but worth working on. The question is: Who is Gordon to Leah? REALLY.

@k-lynnedancefit 6 месяцев назад

What scene is this from?!

@WhathephukkTV Год назад

Were is this school ? I want in !! I own a film company but i want to also and this is what i need.

@thehoudeschoolofacting5472 Год назад

Hi, we are in Cleveland but we also have great success with our online classes. You can sign up to audit/observe a class here. www.houdeschoolofacting.com/contact-1

@thallesvinicius2729 Год назад

03:56

@SchyllingWhistle 2 года назад

What about this was specific to the Meisner technique?

@thehoudeschoolofacting5472 2 года назад

Hi, the technique is a bit to complex to sum up in a comment. Would you like to join us for a complimentary class audit? Message us here: www.houdeschoolofacting.com/contact

@thehoudeschoolofacting5472 Год назад

These two students have studied the Meisner Technique for 4+ years. Watch how they listen and respond so well. Also watch how they believe in the imaginary circumstances.

@reycesarcarino4653 Год назад

I agree where's the repetition of a characteristic like "I have a black shirt" "you have a black shirt". This seems like Improv

@coreypage7512 Год назад

Great scene, I was waiting for Action as if technique to be explained, but I get you can't give too much away. Great work bravo.

@ninascarlettaruiz Год назад

What if you can’t tell what people are thinking or what they mean by their tones and expressions.. I didn’t know she was trying to make her feel worse. I actually thought that was so nice of her to want to help the other girl look pretty. I am so confused LOL

@thehoudeschoolofacting5472 Год назад

Thank you for your comment. This is exactly why we train to be able to learn to read behaviors better. Would you like to audit an online class? It’s free.

@stefanosantini196 Год назад

To be honest, i didn't like their performance, but I guess much depends on the question: was it meant for theather or for cinema? The problem is that I feel none of the two is the right answer. Both of the two expressed their feelings too much (which would be ok in a theater but not for Cinema). A more subtle (but more passionate) performance would have been less awkward to watch, maybe 'coz we don't know anythng about their loss, and the lack of context.

@quietmoves8857 3 месяца назад

The description clearly outlines the origin of this scene. Remaining critical without acknowledging this context isn't constructive. They've done an impressive job, especially when it's evident that the description was overlooked before offering such a detailed critique. This speaks volumes about your approach.

@stefanosantini196 3 месяца назад

@@quietmoves8857where is the description you are referring to? Anyways, scrolling through the comments I can see my opinion is quite shared, so I don’t think I misjudged.

@quietmoves8857 3 месяца назад

Again, details in the description might offer insights that address the concerns you've raised. Sometimes, the full impact of a performance can be appreciated only with the background story in mind.

@quockproductions 3 месяца назад

@@quietmoves8857 I can't find any detail in the description about the back story. Where should i look?

@sydneyvo.mp3 4 дня назад

@@stefanosantini196be the grace you’d like to receive as an artist. That’s the gist of the above comment, I believe. Read the room, if you will. You can be honest, yet gracious and constructive. Your comment was leaning into the “rebel without a cause” kind of criticism that people hardly respect

@thepcgamer7678 Год назад

I'm a little confused where's the meiser technique come into play? is it the imagination that your this character playing this scene. When I think of the meiser technique for example when you have nobody to do this scene so you have to imagine the character that's actually in front of you and coming towards you and just act out everything from the behavior from backing up and crawling away to the emotions your expressing through your performance and voice.

@kevincox9279 Год назад

What is you’re understanding of Meisner?

@hemantraghuwanshi1409 Год назад

Hellohii

@90sbaby1 Год назад

There's probably a lot of people who use this technique and have no clue they're doing it.

@thehoudeschoolofacting5472 9 месяцев назад

The Meisner Technique takes 1-2 years of training to reach advanced levels.

@l0ok5ko0l 11 месяцев назад

I don't get why the woman who enters the scene remains there with this stranger who is basically bullying her. it just didn't ring true to me.

@LittleTimmyO 5 месяцев назад

It makes sense. My take is that she was just playing it wrong. Too.. nervous, awkward, erratic; no depth or weight. When in reality my guess is that it was a way to feel Gordan through her again. That’s what keeps her there. But the actress played the incorrect note and actions. In reality they’re both mourning but they’ve found out they weren’t the only one. The scene is about mourning

@veroave57 Год назад

I felt the actor entering played awkwardness and so it appeared fake. The actor waiting was also indicating the scene didn’t begin till a minutes in. I was going to move on because I was witnessing bad acting it did get better but 4 years of Meisner?

@vansan3211 Год назад

I think they generally did a good job, but I agree that the entering actor could have toned it down a bit and it would have actually been more effective. This is also a difference though between film vs theater. This would fare better in a theater scene but probably over the top for film in my opinion.

@black_sheep_nation 4 месяца назад

Ha! Well done. I saw the same thing 5 seconds in. You cannot fool audiences.They're not stupid. This is what I learned from my maestros. Lee Strasberg didn't teach the whole Stanisavsky Technique. Only a quarter of it. Meisner took another quarter. Adler took another. Bobby Lewis, the last quarter. The story goes: Adler went to Moscow to see and study with Stanislavsky. When she returned, she reported to the Group Theatre they had it all wrong. But Lee was already gaining quite a following on his Method. They fought, ultimately splitting up, taking pieces of the real Method to create their own acting techniques. I studied with all three. Sadly, Bobby Lewis had already passed before I could study with him. But my real craft came from Sandra Seacat, and Milton Katseles. And I'm an Actors' Studio member.

@black_sheep_nation 4 месяца назад

Well, that was painful. No, none of it was clear. Who's place was she in? If it was the "widow's" - what human being walks into someone's home like that? Ugh. I could go on. I want actors to succeed. Sandy was a wonderful instructor. I cannot tolerate bad teachers. Particularly those convinced of their abilities. 🙄

@FleXxTheFuture 2 года назад

Video start at 3:05 I thought there energy was lifeless and ackward

@thehoudeschoolofacting5472 2 года назад

Hi, Thanks for your feedback, we'd love to have you join us for a complimentary online class. Contact us here and we will be in touch soon! www.houdeschoolofacting.com/contact

@guillermowilliamsserrano2531 2 месяца назад

It wasn’t bad, but it didn’t pop. It has nice shape and the actresses have done lots of work, it’s evident. Especially the one coming in - she was working off the other person’s behaviour the most. Yet, there was a lack of urgency behind the responses at times, there were moments that were anticipated, there were moments that didn’t come from the other actor. And there were moments when they were “acting”. Too much showing/indicating and not enough “being”. Some choices I didn’t agree with (art is subjective). When she grabbed her bag to put on lipstick was clunky and cliche and she was trying too hard at times. Acting is the only thing in the world where the harder you try the worse it is. I don’t mean the above to be criticism - in fact, not only did they do fantastic job, the above problems would have been solved with the right director- I’m willing to bet that they would have killed it with a director that knows what they are doing. Meisner actors are some of the best at adjustments and taking direction. As an exercise in relationship - playing strangers is the foundation relationship of doors and activities - yet the subtleties of what tied them together as strangers were evident in their performance. So they nailed that aspect.

@victoriaorellana587 6 месяцев назад

In my opinion Diana’s acting was too forced. All that nervousness and faces were too much, I didn’t buy it. I did buy Diana’s as I felt it was delivered with honesty

@larsmaue3495 Год назад

Ach so the first minute and this is not great eighting the actors know before what they will do der not in the moment the rhythm is not precise when she take down glasses it's not natural when come in the door you don't know why she's holding her energy so she is not as relaxed in her movement as she has to be she dad movements from daily live show she has to know how to deal oder Handy Justin know how to deal with the door but she did it in the ex Turner outlarry way shadow is not really interesting it doesn't tell me knowledge about the space also the woman who's waiting or not waiting this is not clear is clear and have a heavy are of the space where not knowing if she is home or not

@Ohyeahreally Год назад

It wasn’t the best performance on both sides. It goes to show that a performance can be emotional for you but unconvincing for the audience.

@Ryan-ob6gp Год назад

The disconnect wasn't the actor's fault here; it was the opaque and complicated hidden circumstance they were performing to, which we the audience had no clue of. There wasn't enough context, so most of our mental effort is spent trying to sleuth out what the heck was happening instead of empathizing with the characters. I'd say it's just not a great scene in general but they did what they could with it.

@Ohyeahreally Год назад

@@Ryan-ob6gp Interesting. Perhaps the actors didn't have enough time to deal with the complexity of the scene. You can't lie with acting, it's either it's convincing or it's not. Circumstance or not, a great performance reels you in. How many wonderful monologues have been done drenched in contextual gaps that actors have chosen and have pulled off no matter what. It's just a class, I am making an observation and responding to the commentary how brilliant the acting is. Standards people, how will these two make a career out this if we are not telling them "Good, you need to be more convincing now. Much more. Let's go."

@adnanomerovic1224 Год назад

I kinda got it but sorry i could t see the drama the most important part. Now if someone wants to said it is minimalistic it is acting for camera i still don’t see anything imaginative or the tension. No Chekov no Shakespeare, and there is a great space between those two to find something for your self and again nothing. I speak about this scene not Meisner’s techniques. I like those. In the end it is technique, different people will learn different techniques but there is only one methodology of acting and that is System. I just couldn’t recognise Meisner in this scene. Shalom 🙃🌹🥃

@thehoudeschoolofacting5472 Год назад

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