Actors Studio

Method Actor. Method Acting is a form of acting that was originally developed by Konstantin Stanislavsky. Although the technique Stanislavsky initially taught has evolved over the years, his theory is still the basis of all acting studios that teach method acting. Stanislavsky focused on the idea of ‘emotion memory’. He indicated that an actor should use a combination of their own personal memories and imagination to find an emotional ‘truth’ within a character (Konstantin Stanislavsky’s An…

Twenty years later, and the past two Academy Awards have had all white actresses and actors nominated as best roles. Why is this? As of 2015, Henriksen, a published reporter from the AltPress database, stated “The majority of the Oscar voters are nearly 94 percent Caucasian and 77 percent male” (Henriksen). There is a need for a more diverse…

Why does Hollywood have few ethnic actors in the lead roles? In modern day films it seems that Asian American actors never get the spotlight they deserve. “Whitewashing,” a term used to describe when a role of an ethnic minority is portrayed by a white individual. This is clearly displayed in the filmmaking industry of Hollywood. The deprivation of ethnic roles and movies still exists in the shadows of Hollywood. Hollywood’s history of whitewashing may seem to have diminished, however it still…

feelings of an actor. In her case, she looked into how “Obie award-winning” actress, “playwright, and associate professor in Yale University’s undergraduate theater studies program” Deborah Margolin felt about playing an unattractive character on TV. Margolin felt that “the line separating her real self from her stage self became less defined the deeper into character she went;” because her “character was unattractive,” somehow “so was [she],” and that “infused the community of actors [she] was…

challenging. As we look at the Paramount Studios, we begin to understand the road to what some may call the “Golden Age of Hollywood.” Paramount films one of the top conglomerates in the film industry and was by far one of the most resilient studios to survive a time of great uncertainty. There were some crucial decisions that needed to be made to aid in the company’s success not just for Paramount Studio but also in Hollywood. Although filming in studios began in the 1920’, the stock market…

films to talking motion pictures. This transition was hard for some actors and actresses in Hollywood which can be seen throughout this motion picture. Not only is Singin’ in the Rain about the difficulties in transitions but also the romance of the city and fame. This can be seen through how it relates to the Modernistic art movement.…

minute, you arrive at your assigned seat and the well dressed man wishes you a wonderful evening and leaves to assist another audience member. Waiting for the show to begin, you decide to look through your program. Headshots and biographies of the actors and characters amuse you for a short period of time, but then you begin to notice that there are more people involved in the show than you had originally thought. Pages and pages of credits for everything from stagehands and…

angles stage sets and settings for motion pictures must consider. For example, if stage directors “use too much of the upstage rear, the audience won’t be able to see or hear well. If they use high platforms to give an actor dominance, they then have the problem of getting the actor back on the main level quickly and plausibly” (Giannetti 302). Stage sets are very…

Wark Griffith has had an enormous influence on cinema and culture throughout many of his films. He was one of the first figures in cinema to begin and start a movement in camera use as well as radical movie directory. David Griffith was an American actor, writer, director, and producer. As well as one of the first figures to advance cinema at the time and begin a movement, both through use of camera and culture depiction of the era. Griffith was called by many the “father” of film editing,…

of the film, when Antonio’s bicycle is stolen there is an absence of assistance from surrounding strangers, whereas in Antonio’s act of desperation is stopped almost immediately. Additionally, the performance of the actors is imperative to the film. Drawing off the use of a child actor, Bruno appears to have a greater sense of morality than Antonio, his father. The fact that Bruno is seen as having the moral high ground over his father makes Antonio’s decision to steal a bicycle all the more…