ACTING

1. ACTING

2. GOAL OF THE ACTOR • The ultimate goal of any actor should be to make us believe completely in the reality of the character • They must be able to project sincerity, truthfulness, and naturalness in such a way that we are never aware that they are acting a part • Becoming the character can be done on of two ways, from the outside or the inside

3. Outside approach- do the behavior and it starts to seep inside • Learn to limp and discover why the character limps • Inside approach- begin with the feeling and memory and those affect your behavior • Learn why the limp is there and then let that affect the limp

4. TYPES OF ACTORS • Impersonators- have the talent to leave their real personality behind and to assume the personality of a character with whom they may have few characteristics in common • Interpreters- play characters closely resembling themselves in personality and physical appearance, and they interpret these parts dramatically without wholly losing their own identity • Personality- primary talent is to be themselves and nothing more

5. CASTING • Directors must consider many aspects of an actor when casting a part to make sure the part comes off convincingly • Some problems can be solved in the production phase, but many can not • Sometimes a director decides a cast should not have any one star • Ensemble acting- performance by a group of actors whose roles are of equal importance

6. Typecasting- consigns an actor to a narrow range of almost identical roles • Supporting players- the major stars play off them (sometimes as foils) and they make the major stars shine brighter