AS Film Studies FM1 Exploring Film Form - Micro Features Performance

1. Film Acting
Analysing Performance

3. Casting
 Why cast this actor?
◦ What qualities do they bring to the part?

4. What Role?

5. CHARACTER PROFILING
Given Circumstances

6. Character History
 What’s their story?
◦ Profession
◦ Family
◦ Education, relationships...
 Personality / Demeanour
◦ (Ideology)
 Values
 Attitudes
 Beliefs

7. Back-story?

8. Role in the narrative?
 Does their character have a particular
function?
◦ Villain, Helper, Donor...
 How do they progress the story?
 What’s just happened to them?
◦ Previous Scene

9. Relationships
 How do they relate to other characters
in the sequence?
◦ What do they want from them?
◦ How do they respond to other characters
actions?

10. INTENTIONS
Wants and Needs

11. Character’s Intentions
 What do they need or want to
achieve?
◦ Super Objective (in the whole film)
◦ Objective (in this scene)

12. CHARACTERISATION
The Tools of Acting

13. Projecting a Character
 Physicality
◦ Body Language
 Movement / Mannerisms / Habits
◦ Face
 Demeanour / Expression / Facial Ticks
 Voice
◦ Grain of Voice
◦ Accent
◦ Delivery
 Intonation / Inflection

14. ANALYSING
PERFORMANCE

15. Acting Styles
 Method Acting
◦ Inside Out
 Repertory Acting
◦ Outside In
 Exaggerated (OTT) Performance
 Understated / Subtle Performance

16. Acting & Genre
 Genre calls for different styles of
acting
◦ Comedy
◦ Serious Drama
◦ Action Adventure
◦ Horror

17. EXPLORING
PERFORMANCE

18. Analysis
Intentions
Wants & Needs
Profile
The Given
Circumstances
Analysing
Performance
Acting Styles
Characterisatio
n
The Tools of
Acting