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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 |
acting |
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stage acting emphasized relationship... |
with audience |
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screen acting emphasizes relationship... |
with camera |
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more natural or "smaller" type of acting |
screen acting |
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Early 1900s actors... |
refused to work on screen |
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Established 1st pool of established film actors |
D.W. Griffith |
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Invented screen acting |
Lillian Gish |
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New acting theories are connecting to... |
film acting requirements |
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year of first movie with sound |
1927 |
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first movie with sound and the year it was released |
Jazz Singer; 1927 |
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These contributed to what with the incorporation of sound into movies -dialogue -voice -speaking style -technical abilities |
loss of available screenactors |
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draws on experiences to create a character's authentic emotional expression |
method acting |
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thought it was dangerous to have such true to life characters... |
Brecht's opposition |
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process of choosing and hiring actors for a movie |
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 _____________. |
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... |
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. |
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.... |
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.... |
be asked to do many takes before the director issatisfied with the performance |
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4 key types of actors: |
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 |
personality actors |
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actors who seem to be different in everyrole |
chameleon actors |
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adapt their look, mannerisms, and delivery to suitthe role. |
chameleon actors |
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we tend toblur the distinction between..... |
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... |
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... |
Sarah Bernhardt |
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the coming of sound to movies began in |
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 |
blimp |
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A blimp not only eliminated sound from being recorded but also... |
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 __________ |
movie stars; "star acting" |
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Most simply, a movie star is two people: |
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. |
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. |
option contract |
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Suspended microphones outside the cameras range and capable of moving to follow a character's movements... |
boom |
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In the classical acting era, every 6 months the studio reviewed an actor's standard 7-year.... |
open contract |