Here is the powerpoint version of the Acting/Drama lecture

1. Acting

2. What are the differences between acting for the
stage

3. What are the differences between acting for the
stage and acting for the camera?

4. Film acting requires a different approach than theater acting

5. Film acting requires a different approach than theater acting
Films are shot out of sequence

6. Film acting requires a different approach than theater acting
Films are shot out of sequence
- scheduled logistically

7. Film acting requires a different approach than theater acting
Films are shot out of sequence
- scheduled logistically
- can’t build toward a climax

8. Film acting requires a different approach than theater acting
Films are shot out of sequence
- scheduled logistically
- can’t build toward a climax
- get “into character” very quickly

9. Scenes are constructed out of shots:
wide shot, medium shot, close up, etc.

10. Scenes are constructed out of shots:
wide shot, medium shot, close up, etc.
Most films are shot with a single camera

11. Performances are ASSEMBLED out of the best shots

12. Performances are ASSEMBLED out of the best shots
Actor’s performance– in director’s hands, editor’s hands

13. Performances are ASSEMBLED out of the best shots
Actor’s performance-- in director’s hands, editor’s hands
editing may distort an actor’s performance

14. Performances are ASSEMBLED out of the best shots
Actor’s performance – in director’s hands, editor’s hands
editing may distort an actor’s performance
Film = director’s medium

15. Performances are ASSEMBLED out of the best shots
Actor’s performance is– in director’s hands, editor’s hands
editing may distort an actor’s performance
Film = director’s medium
Theatre = actor’s medium

16. Realism and Acting
Realist directors
Long shots (whole body in view)

17. Realism and Acting
Realist directors
Long shots (whole body in view)
Lengthy takes

18. Realism and Acting
Realist directors
Long shots (whole body in view)
Lengthy takes
Less editing

19. Formalism and Acting
Formalistic Directors

20. Formalism and Acting
Formalistic Directors
Convey meaning through editing

21. Formalism and Acting
Formalistic Directors
Convey meaning through editing
Actor’s performance is fragmented

22. Formalism and Acting
Formalistic Directors
Convey meaning through editing
Actor’s performance is fragmented
Many takes from a variety of camera
set ups

23. Psycho (1960) Alfred Hitchcock

30. Filming took 7 days and 77 camera
positions
Contains 50 cuts
the shots of the drain juxtaposed next to
the eye is called a match cut

31. Method Acting

32. Method Acting
-Constantin Stanislavsky, Russian stage
actor and director

33. Method Acting
-Constantin Stanislavsky, Russian stage
actor and director
-(early 1900s) –reaction against
-Theatrical Acting

34. Method Acting
-Constantin Stanislavsky, Russian stage
actor and director
-(early 1900s) –reaction against
-Theatrical Acting
- a more realistic style of acting

35. Method Acting
-Constantin Stanislavsky, Russian stage
actor and director
-(early 1900s) –reaction against
-Theatrical Acting
- a more realistic style of acting
- performances are internal

36. Method Acting
-Constantin Stanislavsky, Russian stage
actor and director
-(early 1900s) –reaction against
-Theatrical Acting
- a more realistic style of acting
- performances are internal
-actors “live” the part

37. Method Acting
-Constantin Stanislavsky, Russian stage
actor and director
-(early 1900s) –reaction against
-Theatrical Acting
- a more realistic style of acting
- performances are internal
-actors “live” the part
- actors encouraged to improvise

38. Subtext

39. Subtext
is often conveyed non-verbally (through body language)

40. Subtext
is often conveyed non-verbally (through body language)
– what the characters are thinking/feeling (beyond the script)

41. Subtext
is often conveyed non-verbally (through body language)
– what the characters are thinking/feeling (beyond the script)
Emotional Recall- exploring their subconscious to trigger real
emotions

42. 1947 - The Actor’s Studio founded in New York

43. 1947 - The Actor’s Studio founded in New York
- based on concepts pioneered by Stanislavsky

44. Search for famous actors
• Who studied at the Actor’s Studio
• Use your Smartphone you’ll have two
minutes to search….

45. 1947 - The Actor’s Studio founded in New York
- based on concepts pioneered by Stanislavsky
Members of The Actor’s Studio include:

46. 1947 - The Actor’s Studio founded in New York
- based on concepts pioneered by Stanislavsky
Members of The Actor’s Studio include:
- Robert de Niro

47. 1947 - The Actor’s Studio founded in New York
- based on concepts pioneered by Stanislavsky
Members of The Actor’s Studio include:
- Robert de Niro
- Sidney Poitier

48. 1947 - The Actor’s Studio founded in New York
- based on concepts pioneered by Stanislavsky
Members of The Actor’s Studio include:
- Robert de Niro
- Sidney Poitier
- Marlon Brando
and many others

49. Drama

50. Drama: from the Greek for action

51. Drama: from the Greek for action
A mode of fiction represented in performance

52. Drama: from the Greek for action
A mode of fiction represented in performance
Depends on collaborative modes of production
and a collective form of reception…

53. The basic unit of construction
theatre = the scene
film = the shot

54. theater time = to the time it takes to perform

55. theater time = to the time it takes to perform
time is often chronological in a play

56. theater time = to the time it takes to perform
time is often chronological in a play
Film time = manipulated/flexible through editing

57. Common differences between plays and films:

58. Common differences between plays and films:
EMPHASIS:

59. Common differences between plays and films:
EMPHASIS:
- Play = dialogue
- Film = action

60. THEATER SPACE
- relatively fixed in a play

61. THEATER SPACE
- relatively fixed in a play
- distance between the audience and the
actors is static

62. THEATER SPACE
- relatively fixed in a play
- distance between the audience and the
actors is static
three dimensional

63. MOVIE SPACE
is flexible and dynamic in movies
-(LS, MS, CU, etc.)

64. MOVIE SPACE
is flexible and dynamic in movies
-(LS, MS, CU, etc.)
-Film space is two dimensional

65. The Audience
theater audience is more active

66. The Audience
theater audience is more active
movie audience is more passive

67. Stage to screen:
EMPHASIS:
Theater = dialogue: meaning = words

68. Stage to screen:
EMPHASIS:
Theater = dialogue: meaning = words
Films = action: based on photography

69. Stage to screen:
Story is often OPENED UP (expanded):

70. Stage to screen:
Story is often OPENED UP (expanded):
- more actors added

71. Stage to screen:
Story is often OPENED UP (expanded):
- more actors added
- more props, sets, locations

72. Closer was a stage play before Mike Nichol’s
made a film out of it
Patrick Marber the writer and director of the play wrote
the screenplay for the film adaptation

73. Closer was a stage play before Mike Nichol’s
made a film out of it
Only four characters appear in the play
Patrick Marber the writer and director of the play wrote
the screenplay for the film adaptation

74. Director Mike Nichols
2004
Featuring
Julia Roberts
Jude Law
Natalie Portman
And
Clive Owen