Voice actors

Shake & stirs adaptation of Dracula followed the plot of the original novel by Bram Stoker. Throughout the performance, Michael Futcher’s directorial choices regarding the elements of drama, acting skills and the gothic style made for a mostly effective creation and portrayal of the dramatic meaning, that there is evil in everything and everyone, and we fear it. The effectiveness dramatic meaning was conveyed through the successfulness of the dramatic action. The directorial choices by Michael…

Ani Hovhannisyan Enoch Anderson English 101 03 December 2015 The US Army in World War II within 2:00 Minutes Aundrey Hepburn, one of the most famous British actresses, once said, “Everything I learned I learned from the movies” (Lamoureux). The role that motion pictures have in people’s lives is distinct and undeniable. As a matter of fact, being a mixture of art and technology, movies have always been considered to be the core part of a nation’s culture and the whole country itself. “So it is…

saw the movie before reading the book, it becomes difficult to imagine a character different from the actor or actress who played their role. You also get to see what parts of the book were left out and it adds to the story and can make it more enjoyable to read. But if you read first then watch the movie you get to compare your vision of characters in your mind match faces and or voices the actors or actresses in the movie. But it can be disappointing when a part of the book is left out from…

Heritage films refer to a period of films, initially European, that emerged in the 1980’s and 90’s. Though there is a long list of films that are classified as ‘heritage films’, this type of motion picture is not defined as a declared genre, but rather a list of characteristics declared by the movie industry that classify these films. This paper discusses the characteristics that define a ‘heritage film’, how Tom Hooper’s film The King’s Speech represents the characteristics of a ‘heritage film’…

Acting is simply telling a story; actors are storytellers. They walk up on stage and get into place. The lights go up and the scene starts. Everything is set and it all falls into place to present a story. Acting has been a very important experience in my life because it's shown me what I want to do for the rest of my life, and given me the dedication and confidence needed throughout acting. I have also made countless memories and friendships throughout all of my experiences from a young age…

It is amazing how the available light, soft light, and hard lighting can have such a huge impact in this movie. By picking these certain techniques of lighting it help to play a role in creating certain emotions among actors without the use of words and influence the audiences to develop their own prospected with only minor persuasion of light usage displayed on the characters. Besides the lighting that is utilized throughout the entire movie to help to create a certain…

The film The Wall is directed by Doug Liman which he also directed the film “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.” The Wall is led by three actors Aaron Taylor- Johnson as Sgt. Allen Isaac, John Cena as Staff Sgt. Shane Matthews, and Laith Nakli the voice of Juba an Iraqi sniper. The film is set in 2007 in Iraq at an oil pipeline where Sgt. Isaac and Staff Sgt. Matthews were called on to secure the area after they were informed there was a shootout. When the soldiers arrived, they encountered a sniper that was…

performed by the entire company, specifically “It’s Hot Up Here”. This piece is striking namely for is use of overlapping individual lines to create harmonies, however, it is for this same reason that this piece can easily become a cacophony of incoherent voices. Nevertheless the Guthrie’s cast rose to the occasion beginning Act II with a lovely fusion of unity and harmony. With that said I would have loved to see that same strength and energy applied to their individual roles. I say this…

incorporated naturalism in their work as they believed theatre should be similar to everyday life. For example; there should be a fourth wall separating actors and audience, and only use naturalistic methods when acting. When translating A Doll’s House from book to stage we used Stanislavski’s system; a progression of techniques used to train actors to draw believable emotions into performances. It is also used to explain why characters may behave a particular way. For example; when Nora eating…

in action. When I read the book, it was up to my imagination to create the arena, the Capitol and the Districts in my mind, but when I watched the film, it was like giving voice to my thoughts. It helped me in understanding the discourses of power, technology, poverty and misery in a completely different way. The setting, actors, costumes, makeup and context made it all appear even more realistic than ever. The visual representation of discourse of power and the counter discourse…