Cinema SurveyFIL 1000-0001

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Course Objective

Surveyawiderangeofcinemastyles

inordertoeffectivelycommunicatethe basicknowledgeandvocabulary of filmmaking.

Actors

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Fact of the Day

Largest payday for an actor ever was Robert Downey Jr. for the Avengers.

He was paid $50,000,000.00

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Actors and Acting

Actor = someone who represents a character in a dramatic production.

Acting = the portrayal of a character different from oneself in a dramatic production.

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Actors and Acting

Actor = who.

Acting = how.

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Types of Roles

In terms of how SAG (Screen Actors Guild) looks at things, there are only five types of roles that an actor can be hired to play in a production.

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Types of RolesLead

Principal

Supporting

Featured

Background

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Types of RolesLead - Sometimes these are called stars. They are actually the person who the movie revolves around.

Principal

Supporting

Featured

Background

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Types of RolesLead - Sometimes these are called stars. They are actually the person who the movie revolves around.

Principal - Significant character in the story, usually involved in more than one scene.

Supporting

Featured

Background

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Types of RolesLead - Sometimes these are called stars. They are actually the person who the movie revolves around.

Principal - Significant character in the story, usually involved in more than one scene.

Supporting - A character that has a very singular purpose in story. Think of these people as store clerks or cab drivers.

Featured

Background

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Types of RolesLead - Sometimes these are called stars. They are actually the person who the movie revolves around.

Principal - Significant character in the story, usually involved in more than one scene.

Supporting - A character that has a very singular purpose in story. Think of these people as store clerks or cab drivers.

Featured - Background players, we can clearly see in the film but has no lines.

Background

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Types of RolesLead - Sometimes these are called stars. They are actually the person who the movie revolves around.

Principal - Significant character in the story, usually involved in more than one scene.

Supporting - A character that has a very singular purpose in story. Think of these people as store clerks or cab drivers.

Featured - Background players, we can clearly see in the film but has no lines.

Background - Players that have no dialogue, and will not be clearly seen in the finished version of the film.

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Acting Styles

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Acting StylesMethod

Personal

Logical

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Acting StylesMethod - The idea of fully immersing oneself in a role.

Personal

Logical

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Acting StylesMethod - The idea of fully immersing oneself in a role.

Personal - Coming to understand the role through the actors own life experiences.

Logical

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Acting StylesMethod - The idea of fully immersing oneself in a role.

Personal - Coming to understand the role through the actors own life experiences.

Logical - Searching for clues about the character in the text of the script.

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Todays movie

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Method Acting

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Personal Acting

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Logical Acting

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