This document discusses two main acting styles: representational and presentational. Representational aims to appear natural and minimize showing the performance, while presentational foregrounds the performer and directly addresses the audience. Presentational performance is theatrical and non-naturalistic, directly showing the performance through techniques like direct address to the audience. The document also briefly mentions some techniques used in film acting like framing, composition, editing, and close-ups that can affect a performance for camera.

1. PERFORMANCE

2. Acting Styles

3. Representational Presentational

4. Representational Presentational
Naturalistic; Non-naturalistic;
Attempt to appear Foregrounds
not to be acting; the performer
Behaving as performer;
Theatrical

5. Representational Presentational

6. Representational Presentational
Indirect address; Direct address;
Minimize “showing” “Show” the
the performance performance

7. Presentational Performance

8. Presentational Performance

9. Presentational Performance

10. Presentational Performance
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11. Representational Performance
The Method

12. Representational Performance
Indirect Expression

13. Stars

14. Movie stars often have a recognizable
persona.

16. How Filmmaking
Affects Acting

17. Framing, Composition,
& the Long Take

18. The Camera & the Close-up

19. Editing