FINAL - Acting (VIII)

Question 1

What are some of the specific challenges of acting on film?

Answer 1

• little time for acting rehearsals
• actors must repeat the same action/line/emotion
• movies are shot out of sequence and fragmented
• Framing and Composition brings actors together or could keep them apart.

Question 2

What are some of the different schools of acting?

Answer 2

Many, but main 3 we focused on:

1. Classical
2. Method
3. Meisner

Question 3

Classical acting:

Answer 3

• Roots in Shakespearean performance
• Action oriented, rather than emotional
• Based on script analysis, conveying the text
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Question 4

Method acting:

Answer 4

• Rooted in work of Moscow theater director: Konstantin Stanislavsky
• Seeks the “truth” of the character
• Is emotionally oriented, internal
• Based on the actor’s own experiences and emotions.

Question 5

Meisner acting: (branch of Method)

Answer 5

• Rooted in the work of Sanford Meisner
• Action-oriented and external
• Based on reacting to the other actors and environment

Question 6

Give the 3 performance styles we talked about:

Answer 6

1. Naturalistic
2. Non-naturalistic
3. Improvisational

Question 7

Who are some of the important figures in the history of acting methods?

Answer 7

Meisner, Stanislavsky, maybe Shakespeare?

Question 8

How does editing effect an actor’s performance?

Answer 8

• Editors have considerable power in shaping screen actor’s performances
• Selects, arranges, and juxtaposes shots in cover errors
• Controls the duration of an actor’s onscreen appearance