Exam 3 (Ch. 7-9)

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An art that requires

-intelligence

-imagination

-psychology

-memory

-vocal technique

-facial expressions

-body language

-overall knowlegde of the filmmaking process to realize

-director's guidanc

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acting

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stage acting emphasized relationship...

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with audience

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screen acting emphasizes relationship...

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with camera

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more natural or "smaller" type of acting

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screen acting

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Early 1900s actors...

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refused to work on screen

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Established 1st pool of established film actors

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D.W. Griffith

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Invented screen acting

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Lillian Gish

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New acting theories are connecting to...

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film acting requirements

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year of first movie with sound

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1927

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first movie with sound and the year it was released

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Jazz Singer; 1927

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These contributed to what with the incorporation of sound into movies

-dialogue

-voice

-speaking style

-technical abilities

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loss of available screenactors

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draws on experiences to create a character's authentic emotional expression

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method acting

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thought it was dangerous to have such true to life characters...

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Brecht's opposition

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process of choosing and hiring actors for a movie

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casting

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initial interest in a movie and ultimate financial success is almost always sparked by ______________ causing some observers to regard screen actors as _____________.

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the actors featured in it; commodities

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Directors maydescribe literally what they want from their principalcollaborators—for example, screenwriters orcostume designers—but to actors...

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they can only make suggestions

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Stage actors, who must memorize their lines,have the advantage of _______________ in which they were written, which, in turn, makes itmuch easier to maintain _____________in a performance as theplay proceeds.

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speaking them in order

psychological, emotional, and physical continuity

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for budgetaryand logistical reasons, determines that mostshots are made out of the sequence in which theyappear in the screenplay. Therefore, movieactors bear the additional burden of....

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creating continuity between related shots

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During the presentationof a play, the stage actor performs each scene onlyonce; during the shooting of a movie, the actor may....

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be asked to do many takes before the director issatisfied with the performance

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4 key types of actors:

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1. personality actors

2. actors who deliberately play against ourexpectations of their personae

3. chameleon actors

4. nonprofessional actors who are otherwise well-known and cast to bring verisimilitude to the role

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actors who take their personae from role torole

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personality actors

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actors who seem to be different in everyrole

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chameleon actors

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adapt their look, mannerisms, and delivery to suitthe role.

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chameleon actors

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we tend toblur the distinction between.....

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the actor on-screen and the person offscreen.

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In the 1900s, moststage actors at the time scorned film acting and refused to take work in the fledgling industry.Therefore, the first screen actors were usually...

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rejects from the stage or fresh-faced amateurs eager to break into the emerging film industry

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the first theatrical actor to appear in a movie in 1900...

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Sarah Bernhardt

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the coming of sound to movies began in

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1927

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Initially,they encased the camera, whose overall size haschanged relatively little since the 1920s, in either abulky soundproof booth or the later development of a soundproofed enclosure,somewhat larger than a camera, in which the cameramay be mounted so that sounds don't reach the microphone

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blimp

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A blimp not only eliminated sound from being recorded but also...

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restricted the freedom with which the camera—and the actors—could move.

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The golden age of Hollywood, roughly from the1930s until the 1950s, was the age of the ________,and acting in American movies generally meant __________

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movie stars; "star acting"

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Most simply, a movie star is two people:

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theactor and the character(s) he or she has played.

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During this period, the major studiosgave basic lessons in acting, speaking, and movement;but because screen appearance was of paramountimportance, they were more concerned withenhancing actors’ screen images than with improvingtheir acting.

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golden age of Hollywood, roughly from the1930s until the 1950s

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During the golden age of Hollywood (1930s-1950s), studios hadalmost complete control of their actors. Every sixmonths, the studio reviewed an actor’s standardseven-year ________: if the actor had madeprogress in being assigned roles and demonstratingbox-office appeal, the studio picked up theoption to employ that actor for the next six months with a raise; if not, the actor was dropped.

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option contract

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Suspended microphones outside the cameras range and capable of moving to follow a character's movements...

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boom

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In the classical acting era, every 6 months the studio reviewed an actor's standard 7-year....

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open contract