acting and drama powerpoint

Acting

What are the differences between acting for the stage

What are the differences between acting for the stage and acting for the camera?

Film acting requires a different approach than theater acting

Film acting requires a different approach than theater acting

Films are shot out of sequence

Film acting requires a different approach than theater acting

Films are shot out of sequence

- scheduled logistically

Film acting requires a different approach than theater acting

Films are shot out of sequence

- scheduled logistically

- can’t build toward a climax

Film acting requires a different approach than theater acting

Films are shot out of sequence

- scheduled logistically

- can’t build toward a climax

- get “into character” very quickly

Scenes are constructed out of shots:wide shot, medium shot, close up, etc.

Scenes are constructed out of shots:wide shot, medium shot, close up, etc.

Most films are shot with a single camera

Performances are ASSEMBLED out of the best shots

Performances are ASSEMBLED out of the best shots

Actor’s performance– in director’s hands, editor’s hands

Performances are ASSEMBLED out of the best shots

Actor’s performance-- in director’s hands, editor’s hands

editing may distort an actor’s performance

Performances are ASSEMBLED out of the best shots

Actor’s performance – in director’s hands, editor’s hands

editing may distort an actor’s performance

Film = director’s medium

Performances are ASSEMBLED out of the best shots

Actor’s performance is– in director’s hands, editor’s hands

editing may distort an actor’s performance

Film = director’s medium

Theatre = actor’s medium

Realism and Acting

Realist directors

Long shots (whole body in view)

Realism and Acting

Realist directors

Long shots (whole body in view)

Lengthy takes

Realism and Acting

Realist directors

Long shots (whole body in view)

Lengthy takes

Less editing

Formalism and Acting

Formalistic Directors

Formalism and Acting

Formalistic Directors

Convey meaning through editing

Formalism and Acting

Formalistic Directors

Convey meaning through editing

Actor’s performance is fragmented

Formalism and Acting

Formalistic Directors

Convey meaning through editing

Actor’s performance is fragmented

Many takes from a variety of camera set ups

Psycho (1960) Alfred Hitchcock

Filming took 7 days and 77 camera positions

Contains 50 cuts

the shots of the drain juxtaposed next to the eye is called a match cut

Method Acting

Method Acting

-Constantin Stanislavsky, Russian stage actor and director

Method Acting

-Constantin Stanislavsky, Russian stage actor and director

-(early 1900s) –reaction against -Theatrical Acting

Method Acting

-Constantin Stanislavsky, Russian stage actor and director

-(early 1900s) –reaction against -Theatrical Acting

- a more realistic style of acting

Method Acting

-Constantin Stanislavsky, Russian stage actor and director

-(early 1900s) –reaction against -Theatrical Acting

- a more realistic style of acting

- performances are internal

Method Acting

-Constantin Stanislavsky, Russian stage actor and director

-(early 1900s) –reaction against -Theatrical Acting

- a more realistic style of acting

- performances are internal

-actors “live” the part

Method Acting

-Constantin Stanislavsky, Russian stage actor and director

-(early 1900s) –reaction against -Theatrical Acting

- a more realistic style of acting

- performances are internal

-actors “live” the part

- actors encouraged to improvise

Subtext

Subtext is often conveyed non-verbally (through body language)

Subtext is often conveyed non-verbally (through body language) – what the characters are thinking/feeling (beyond the script)

Subtext is often conveyed non-verbally (through body language)

– what the characters are thinking/feeling (beyond the script)

Emotional Recall- exploring their subconscious to trigger real emotions

1947 - The Actor’s Studio founded in New York

1947 - The Actor’s Studio founded in New York

- based on concepts pioneered by Stanislavsky

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1947 - The Actor’s Studio founded in New York

- based on concepts pioneered by Stanislavsky

Members of The Actor’s Studio include:

1947 - The Actor’s Studio founded in New York

- based on concepts pioneered by Stanislavsky

Members of The Actor’s Studio include:

- Robert de Niro

1947 - The Actor’s Studio founded in New York

- based on concepts pioneered by Stanislavsky

Members of The Actor’s Studio include:

- Robert de Niro

- Sidney Poitier

1947 - The Actor’s Studio founded in New York

- based on concepts pioneered by Stanislavsky

Members of The Actor’s Studio include:

- Robert de Niro

- Sidney Poitier

- Marlon Brando

and many others

Drama

Drama: from the Greek for action

Drama: from the Greek for action

A mode of fiction represented in performance

Drama: from the Greek for action

A mode of fiction represented in performance

Depends on collaborative modes of production

and a collective form of reception…

The basic unit of construction

theatre = the scene

film = the shot

theater time = to the time it takes to perform

theater time = to the time it takes to perform time is often chronological in a play

theater time = to the time it takes to perform time is often chronological in a play

Film time = manipulated/flexible through editing

Common differences between plays and films:

Common differences between plays and films:

EMPHASIS:

Common differences between plays and films:

EMPHASIS:- Play = dialogue- Film = action

THEATER SPACE

- relatively fixed in a play

THEATER SPACE

- relatively fixed in a play- distance between the audience and the actors is static

THEATER SPACE

- relatively fixed in a play- distance between the audience and the actors is static

three dimensional

MOVIE SPACE

is flexible and dynamic in movies-(LS, MS, CU, etc.)

MOVIE SPACE

is flexible and dynamic in movies-(LS, MS, CU, etc.)

-Film space is two dimensional

The Audience

theater audience is more active

The Audience

theater audience is more active

movie audience is more passive

Stage to screen:

EMPHASIS:

Theater = dialogue: meaning = words

Stage to screen:

EMPHASIS:

Theater = dialogue: meaning = words

Films = action: based on photography

Stage to screen:

Story is often OPENED UP (expanded):

Stage to screen:

Story is often OPENED UP (expanded):

- more actors added

Stage to screen:

Story is often OPENED UP (expanded):

- more actors added

- more props, sets, locations

Closer was a stage play before Mike Nichol’s made a film out of it

Patrick Marber the writer and director of the play wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation

Closer was a stage play before Mike Nichol’s made a film out of it

Only four characters appear in the play

Patrick Marber the writer and director of the play wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation

Director Mike Nichols2004

Featuring

Julia Roberts

Jude Law

Natalie Portman

And

Clive Owen