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The Secret Code of Filming Acting

The Secret Code of Filming Acting. • Classifications of Actors • Stage versus Screen Acting • The American Star System • Styles • Casting Theory of organic form: form and content are mutually dependent in any art form. Classification of Actors. Extras

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The Secret Code of Filming Acting

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  1. The Secret Code of Filming Acting •Classifications of Actors • Stage versus Screen Acting • The American Star System • Styles • Casting Theory of organic form: form and content are mutually dependent in any art form.

  2. Classification of Actors • Extras • No speaking, no talent, lend atmosphere to scene • Diners in the background of a restaurant scene • Nonprofessional performers • Amateur performers who seem particularly authentic for a certain scene • Sports figures who guest star as themselves

  3. Trained professionals • Trained in stage and/or screen performance and can, ideally, play multiple and different roles • People that you see in film, theatre, or TV but might not know their names • Stars • Famous person whose name draws audiences to the show • People that you’ve seen before and would like to see again, and whose names you know

  4. Stage vs. Screen

  5. The Star System • Backbone of the film industry • Decided by the public, by popularity • Have fans, little privacy, danger of stalkers • Make more money than other actors • Get perks, wardrobe, makeup, privacy on set, assistants, percentage of profits • Can be “personality” stars or “actor” stars • Personality: Tend to play one type of character • Actor: Capable of playing more than one type

  6. Styles of Acting • Styles vary cross-culturally and cross-historically • Traditional/Realistic • Highly trained in voice, physical, etc. • “Method” acting • Constantin Stanislavsky • You must live/feel the part to play it genuinely • Improvisation

  7. Casting • Typecasting • Finding an actor to fit a stereotype • Tom Cruise as a person with a problem with authority • Casting against conventions and expectations • Finding an actor to go against a stereotype • Bill Pullman as an authority figure

  8. Acting Analysis • What kind of actor is playing the part? What kind of part is it? • What are the characteristics of the actor’s performance? How is voice used? Body? • What are the characteristics they are emphasizing in their character? How are they using their “instrument” to convey that? • How might another actor playing the role change it?

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