Acting
ACTING
Mise en scene
settings and sets (whether actual locations or custom-built in a studio lighting cooolors props costumes makeup actors
learning lines improvisation Filming out of order
Type oof actor
impersonator is considered somewhat demeaning in the acting world, suggesting that the actor has simply copied the manner, dialect, and behavior of a character, instead of creating the character.
personality actor, which is odd, in some ways, because acting depends so heavily on a strong personality.
A star is a distinctive screen persona, who is well–known and popular with the moviegoing public, often to the point that some avid movie fans become deeply curious about the actor’s private life Hollywood has a long love affair with stars, since the days of Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford.
Wild card, if an actor who is difficult to classify as one certain type, often because he or she can play a wide variety of characters equally well without becoming typecast.
Character actor other actors are able to fit invisibly into a wide variety of disparate characters, adapting to the needs of each script and director they work with.
auditions, open casting, typecasting, star system, lucky breaks,
stylized acting, realism, method acting,
Who are the actors in the film?
What kinds of actors are present? (impersonators, interpreters, personality actors, stars, wild cards, character actors)
What type of acting is present? (stylized, realism, method acting, stage acting vs. film acting)
How do the actors convey the story’s meaning by the way that they interpret their characters?
How much of their performances might be attributed to the director?
How do the ways the actors are placed and move around in the settings contribute to your understanding of their characters and of the
Mise en scene
settings and sets (whether actual locations or custom-built in a studio lighting cooolors props costumes makeup actors
learning lines improvisation Filming out of order
Type oof actor
impersonator is considered somewhat demeaning in the acting world, suggesting that the actor has simply copied the manner, dialect, and behavior of a character, instead of creating the character.
personality actor, which is odd, in some ways, because acting depends so heavily on a strong personality.
A star is a distinctive screen persona, who is well–known and popular with the moviegoing public, often to the point that some avid movie fans become deeply curious about the actor’s private life Hollywood has a long love affair with stars, since the days of Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford.
Wild card, if an actor who is difficult to classify as one certain type, often because he or she can play a wide variety of characters equally well without becoming typecast.
Character actor other actors are able to fit invisibly into a wide variety of disparate characters, adapting to the needs of each script and director they work with.
auditions, open casting, typecasting, star system, lucky breaks,
stylized acting, realism, method acting,
Who are the actors in the film?
What kinds of actors are present? (impersonators, interpreters, personality actors, stars, wild cards, character actors)
What type of acting is present? (stylized, realism, method acting, stage acting vs. film acting)
How do the actors convey the story’s meaning by the way that they interpret their characters?
How much of their performances might be attributed to the director?
How do the ways the actors are placed and move around in the settings contribute to your understanding of their characters and of the