Time Annotation Layer
2:30:00 - 2:55:00 Adler gestures emphatically and demonstratively Body Language
6:05:00 - 6:26:00 Adler gestures emphatically while asking the student rhetorical questions Body Language
4:27:00 The video transitions to another scene Recording
45:00 - 50:00 Adler does what appears to be an impression of a nervous actor Rhetorical Device
2:30:00 - 2:38:00 Adler acts out the internal strife of someone who does not know where their scene partner is Rhetorical Device
3:00:00 “Where am I? Is that you?” Rhetorical Device
5:44:00 - 5:49:00 Adler acts out walking on the edge of something, demonstrating to student how it is done Rhetorical Device
6:54:59 - 7:00:00 Adler acts out someone who wants to be watched: “Watch me!” Rhetorical Device
7:25:00 - 7:39:59 Adler once again acts out walking on an edge Rhetorical Device
3:04:59 - 3:12:00 The students laugh at a joke Adler makes Students
3:25:00 - 3:45:00 The student on stage recites dialogue Students
4:35:00 - 4:54:00 Two of the students act out the beginning of a scene where one is pretending to walk at the edge of a building Students
7:58:00 Adler makes an inaudible joke and the class laughs Students
22:00 Adler gestures toward a student on the stage Teaching
2:00:00 Adler tells the student to start scene with dialogue Teaching
3:35:00 - 3:42:00 Adler tells student to communicate to audience Teaching
3:45:00 - 3:55:00 Adler interrupts very angrily, calling the student’s delivery “terrible” Teaching
4:35:00 Adler tells students to start scene Teaching
4:54:00 - 5:15:00 Adler tells student to stop “making believe” they are walking and to actually walk Teaching
5:15:00 - 6:00:00 The female student tries to explain herself, Adler responds Teaching
6:05:00 - 6:29:00 Adler has an extended, impassioned dialogue with student about truth in acting Teaching
40:00 - 1:00:00 Adler talks about going to the text to see that the nervousness is not in the text and comes from the self Themes
3:45:00 - 4:25:00 Adler talks about the mindset of a king, painting a biographical picture for the students Themes
6:00:00 - 7:00:00 Adler makes a general point about truth in acting, saying the actor’s instinct is to lie Themes
10:00 - 40:00 Adler explains that you can avoid nervousness by finding “something to hold onto.” Theory and Technique
2:13:00 - 2:30:00 Adler asks student who they are talking to, pointing out that not knowing your scene partner can cause nervousness Theory and Technique
7:00:00 - 7:20:00 Adler says all actors are cursed because the default message of performance is “watch me!” Theory and Technique

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